Scrapbooks were loosely bound clippings and memorabilia compiled with few explanations and fewer details and rarely included any photos. These methods have many drawbacks. Practically speaking, photographs and newspaper clippings deteriorate rapidly when exposed to acids in paper, album pages and covers, and magnetic sheets. Memorabilia are also subject to the same hazards and may cause damage to photographs if mounted together. Pen writing used to identify pictures frequently results in their ruin when it bleeds over onto the face of the snapshot.
Pencils mar photos by leaving indentations on the images.
But worse, the separation of family tales, family documents, family photographs, and oral tradition can leave the real story of your family lost in the details. Scrapbooking your family history solves all these dilemmas, by incorporating archival methods and materials with artist inspiration, family records and memorabilia, and participation by even the youngest members of a clan. Contains more than 100 valuable scrapbook page ideas from family vacations to graduations. Discover tips on organizing, journaling, and arranging. Scrapbooking basics Scrapbooking is as individual a hobby as the person undertaking it.