Vacation Scrapbooking Pages: Planning Before You Go on Your Trip
When preparing for your vacation, you always remember to pack your camera, but do you ever think about how you will scrapbook your vacation photos before you leave on your trip? Planning your vacation scrapbooking pages before you begin your trip makes it easier and quicker to design a beautiful vacation album when you get home.Here are a few tips to think about when planning a vacation scrapbooking album.
Your Vacation Scrapbook
Most of us plan in advance for our vacations. It’s never too early to start shopping for a vacation scrapbooking album.You will want one that reflects the location or the theme of your vacation. Consider a location-specific album like Disney or Hawaiian scrapbooks.You might prefer a basic vacation album or an album with a beach theme.Planning ahead will give you lots of time to check your local craft store or scrapbooking store for specials and sales.You can even buy a plain, chipboard-covered album and design your own scrapbook cover.
Vacation Scrapbook Embellishments
While you are shopping for your album, look to see what coordinating products are available to match it. Planning in advance allows you to take advantage of sales on embellishments as well.Select paper and page elements that will coordinate with the theme and location of your vacation pictures.For convenience, you should keep all your embellishments with the album you chose together in one spot. They will be ready when you come home from your vacation.
Writing About Your Vacation
Remembering the details of your vacation is part of the journaling process on your scrapbooking page layouts.Make it simpler by wrting in a journal or keeping notes on your trip. Note the dates and the places you visit as well as your feelings and thoughts. Now when you return home, journaling in your scrapbook will be quick, easy and more detailed. You can even tear a few pages from the journal and include them right in your layouts.
Planning Photos of Your Vacation
Pre-plan some of your vacation photographs. You’ll want a picture that can serve as the title page of your album. If you’re going a cruise, a picture of the ship would work well for this. If it’s Disney World, take a photo of the Disney World sign. Remember that as you take photos of the places you visit you will want to be sure to include yourself in the shots too.Before you leave on your trip, make a list of what photographs you want to remember to take. Tuck the list in your camera bag so it’s always handy.
Vacation Mementos
You’ll want to bring home mementos of your trip for your vacation scrapbook.Pack small, plastic bags to hold them so they will not be damaged during your trip back home.Save your tickets to shows and parks, maps and brochures, menus and napkins. You will definitely want to add these to your page layouts.
With planning, your vacation scrapbook album will easily come together. Try to get your pictures developed as soon as possible, and start working on your pages while the memories are still fresh in your mind. Following these scrapbooking tips, you’ll have everything you need when you arrive home to design a beautiful keepsake of your trip.
