Sneak peak of my younger years

Hello my fellow scrapbookers!  This week I'm going to show you a few more layouts using photos from my childhood.  Whenever I have a lot of photos that I can organize in chronological order, I like to keep them together between one and two pages, but it all really depends on what your scrapbook encompasses.  This particular scrapbook was titled "All About Me", so I wanted to include as many life events and holidays as possible.  As a parent you might want to break up your scrapbooks into some of the following:

• School years
• Holidays
• Birthdays
• Special events (trips to the zoo, extracurricular activities)

If you're just getting into paper crafts, breaking up your scrapbook subjects might make it easier and less overwhelming.  Doing this will also allow you to go into more detail on each page of the scrapbook, whereas my layouts can be a bit more crammed because of all the photos I wanted to include.

Pictured above are a few action pics of me playing dress-up.  There was clearly no hope for me becoming a fashion designer, with my Barney pajama pants and a slip as a cape?

Remember to include as many embarrassing photos as possible!  As you can see my mom had no problem taking pictures of me she knew I would cringe at as I got older.  I'm not a mom but I can imagine that's one of the highlights all you mothers take pride in when you're flipping through your boxes of photos.

 

These photos of me were taken during my elementary and middle school years.  If you've ever seen the show Freaks & Geeks you'll know exactly how those years went for me.  Note to moms** if your daughter is growing a uni-brow GET RID OF IT!  You're ruining her life if you don't, just ask Madonna's daughter, I'm sure she will agree.  As you can see I added my report cards to the page by simply gluing and using a couple brads to fashion an envelope.  This is a really easy way to keep added memorabilia with the relevant pages of your scrapbook rather than showcasing them individually.  Like I mentioned earlier, if you want to add more detail rather than crowding one page I suggest you make a scrapbook just for the school years or whichever topic you choose.

 

Here's a page with a little more added decoration around one photo.  I love adding quotes and sayings to my pages, and you can write them yourself or purchase quote books that are stickers or rub on.  I like to use a popular brand called "Quote Stacks" because they have tons of specific quote books depending on what your topic is.

Questions? Comments? Do it!  Have fun and scrap on!