The first step in making a scrapbook may surprise you, as it is not picking out a book to use. The first step is deciding what will fill it. You do not need to have all the items, just an idea of what they will be. Think of groups as you make your decisions. Any event in your life that you feel is important enough to document can be a scrapbook.
Materials There are many craft items on the market today specifically for the scrapbooker.
There are many nice empty books on the market sold as journals, and these work great as scrapbooks. Photo albums that have removable pages will work. Homemade paper, punched and tied together with ribbon or jute can become a special book of whatever you decide to fill the pages with. Decide on a theme for your scrapbook, and keep this in mind as you gather the materials. If you are making one about your family vacation, look for stickers that consist of street signs, or cut out paper frames to back the photos in shapes of highway markers and signs.