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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Baby Scrapbook Pages

Scrapbook pages are packed in two main sizes 8 x 8 inches or 12 x 12 inches. A popular baby scrapbook kit is Baby Days Pages pack, which features Baby Days, mother and father's Stories, hands and feet Keepsakes, gifts, First Home, First haircut and many other storylike pages.

Coordinating pages, borders and the albums are all available to create your child's first scrapbook. Even a novice can create a beautiful and memorable baby scrapbook with these colorful pages and images.

Record more than just milestones. Baby scrapbook theme kits come in various styles and pages. Scrapbook theme kits may include the cat, dog, beach, water, bath time, good night, and the baby and me themes. Use baby scrapbook kits help to make fun and colorful pages to your child's albums such as park and playground, sunglasses and sand bucket, bath time and good night, kisses and teddy bears, and many more.

Baby scrapbook kits are also gender specific. If you expect or already enjoy your precious baby girl, so look for baby girl scrapbook kits. The kit includes pages of assorted pink and pastel theme plates, letter stamps, coordinating tags and all materials are acid and lignin free.

But if you expect or already enjoy your active little guy, and then use a baby boy scrapbook kit, which typically feature assorted blue theme plates, letter stamps, coordinating tags and are acid and lignin free.

Major baby scrapbook kits include a baby souvenir calendar scrapbook kit. Every month you will see your little one as you write down all the first moments of his or her experience. Calendar scrapbook kits can be saved in your child's scrapbook albums, and treasured for years to come. In addition, your baby's calendar scrapbook kit is a unique and unforgettable gift to give your family, especially if they do not live in your area.

Do you have a special theme for the baby's room? Baby scrapbook theme kits can be purchased also. Precious moments, Suzy's Zoo, Disney, various religious themes, creative imagination, Rubber Ducky kits include theme pages, die cuts, rub-ons, letters, words and other assorted embellishments to make your baby scrapbook complete.

Each season of the year is also available: spring, summer, autumn and winter theme kits. Other theme kits include holiday pages: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween and Christmas.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Baby Paper For Scrapbooking

Once you have decided to skip the traditional baby book and create something completely created by yourself, you may be wondering how to find the baby paper for scrapbooking. The fact is you are not the first person to decide you want to create a memorable keepsake for your baby; therefore there are dozens of places to find this type of themed paper and a large variety as well.

What is great about scrapbooking today is that the prices have gone done so much that everyone can afford to create something special for their baby and you can find the materials practically anywhere if they have a crafting section to their store.

When you think of baby scrapbook paper, you may picture little pink rabbits, rubber duckies, toys and of course pastel colors. In the scrapbooking world, you have complete creative control over your baby's scrapbook; therefore you are not limited to the traditional and even cliché baby themed papers that exist.

You can choose from literally thousands of different themes, patterns and colors for your scrapbook and simply add the baby accessories and decorative pieces later. You will find that the most affordable way to purchase your baby scrapbook paper is to buy it in a scrapbook kit or a book.

Many of the craft stores and manufacturers today sell baby themed scrapbook paper in large books of up to 1000 sheets. Some books offer double sided paper, one side color and the other side pattern which allows you to mix and match whenever you want!

You can also choose to buy your baby scrapbook paper separately in packages of 2-5 sheets to allow you to mix and match as you see fit. Maybe at the beginning of your scrapbooking you will want to go with the baby theme paper and then half way through you decide to change to solid color paper or even a different type of pattern, you can. It is completely up to you.

The great thing about creating a scrapbook is that not all the pages and layouts have to be the same; you can make each and every page different if you want or you continue through the entire album with the same layout and theme.

You will find that of all your scrapbook materials and accessories, the baby paper for your scrapbook is very important. This component literally creates the atmosphere of the album and that particular page. Once you have decided on the paper you are going to use, the rest of the decorations, accessories and lettering have to match this theme.

As you can see your baby paper for scrapbooking is the essential part of your album because everything else you choose to use on that page needs to coordinate. Take the time to layout your page before permanently gluing or taping it down so you can see just how everything looks together when you are done.

Tracy Ballisager is a stay at home mum. To read more on baby scrapbooking go to http://www.babyscrapbooking-ideas.com

by Tracy Ballisager

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Baby Girl Scrapbooking Layouts - How to Immortalize Your Little Girls Childhood Memories

Are you a new parent, grandparent or perhaps know of someone who just had a baby girl? The early years of children are exciting. So are their teenage years but let's just look at the early years of your baby girl.

You are going to want to use scrapbooking to preserve the memories of this time because before you know it this time will pass by. To get started you are going to want to look at baby girl scrapbooking layouts and pick one out.

There are a number of themes that you can choose from:

  • Nature: flowers, trees, meadows, beaches, etc.
  • Colorful: bright vibrant colors, pinks, oranges, yellows, reds
  • Fairytale: Castles, pixies, woodlands, fairies, etc.
  • Princess: Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella etc.

Once you have selected from the baby girl scrapbooking layouts you will need to pick out the baby pictures you want to use. If you're anything like my wife and I you will have quite a few to pick from. Remember there's nothing stopping you from making more than one scrapbook.

You can make the scrapbook from scratch or you can use a scrapbook kit. There are many baby girl scrapbooking layouts that come in kits. These kits are great because they have most everything you need. They are put together professionally and pretty much assure a scrapbook that will receive many compliments. You will just need to supply the tape, pictures, scrissors and pens (acid free).

Yet another idea is to purchase a digital scrapbooking kit. These are great because all you are going to need is a computer to make the scrapbook. You will be able to pick from the various baby girl scrapbooking layouts that are online. You'll find that this option is good since it removes all clutter that normally comes with scrapbooking and will allow you to make an outstanding scrapbook.

Enjoy the early years of your baby girl. They are precious and all to soon will be gone. By selecting from one of the baby girl scrapbooking layouts that are either traditional or digital you will be creating something that can be shared for years to come. Undoubtedly when your baby girl has her own baby girl this scrapbook will be proudly shown and your efforts truly appreciated.

If you would like to learn more about preserving your baby girls moments then visit my site at http://www.freeprintablescrapbooking.com/baby-girl-scrapbooking-layouts.html

Erik Birkeland writes on business and family related issues.

To read more about scrapbooking and how to enhance your experience with it then visit http://www.freeprintablescrapbooking.com

by Erik Birkeland