I love pictures and didn't want to lose any details. But my friend Cindy showed me how cutting out unimportant background details helps to focus on what is important in the picture. I should start with a few details about scrapbooking. Since I am a beginner, there is much I don't know, so check out our favorite links page for some great scrapbooking sites. They include some information and usually sample layouts.
Photographs are sensitive things.
They don't like acid. Unfortunately, most photo albums have always had acid in their papers. This leads to fading over time, and eventually to picture destruction. Since I've learned about this I've looked back in my albums and found quite a few pictures that are in bad shape. I have some examples of acid damage .