Scrapbooks are not always meant just for photos. I tend to often date myself but, When I was a kid, my sister had a scrapbook that I used to sneak into from time-to-time. Of course back then she used plain paper and colored construction papers that are now yellow from the acids. She also used white school glue that is no longer holding anything in place. The important point I'm trying to make is that I still remember the contents of that scrapbook.
She kept theme park and movie ticket stubs, concert ticket stubs, and as she got older, I even found an old love letter from a boy she liked at the time. Other things I remember seeing were school papers with an A+ on them, notes passed in class from her girlfriends and even pressed flowers and leaves.
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Today, we can still preserve those kinds of memories by adding these little extras to our scrapbooks. The difference today is that we know that many of those types of things are destructive to our scrapbooks and we know how to fix that by using digital scrapbook techniques. I always recommend making digital photo copies of everything. Unless the original paper is guaranteed acid free, it will yellow and crumble with time. So, keep the original in a memory box or other safe location, but use safe digital copies in your scrapbook.
So, what other types of "extras" are safe and what kinds of things will destroy your scrapbooks?
Items that are safe:
* Old Report Cards
* Short Essays or Poems
* Birthday Invitations
* Vacation City Maps and Post Cards
* College Brochures and Acceptance Letters
* Special Occasion Greeting Cards
* Decorative Napkins
* Name Tags or Place Cards from Table Settings
* Receipts from a Favorite Restaurant
* Play and Concert ticket stubs and programs
* Sporting Event Ticket stubs and Programs
* Old Drivers Licenses
* CD Covers
These items can be added to individual pages or they can be left in tact and put into a sheet protector alongside photos of the events they represent. Just be careful of bulky or uneven items as they can ruin the pages on top of them over time when the book is closed.
Common items that can destroy your scrapbooks over time:
* Pressed leaves and Flowers
* Newspaper Clippings
* Magazine Clippings or Articles
* Thermal Print Receipts or carbon copies
* Crayons and Most Felt Tip Pens
* Glitter or other sharp edge objects
* School Glue or Rubber Cement
* Synthetic Material or Cloth
* Most Hobby and House Paint or Stain
Organic materials such as flowers and leaves have natural lingon and give off gases that will deteriorate your photos and papers. Newspapers and Magazines use oil based inks full of acids and they get on everything... just look at your fingers after reading them. Thermal papers and carbons have lots of acids and it takes very little heat to turn them totally black. Crayons, felt tip pens, house paints and stains use acids and other harmful chemicals to bind the colors just like your white glues (school paste) and rubber cements. Glitter has thousands of sharp little edges that cut, scratch and ruin your photos and other elements... not to mention that it gets everywhere.
If you must use glitter, get the more expensive kind that is totally encased in an acid free clear glue. While it's not perfect, it keeps most of it in place and covers most of the sharp edges.
Here's the whole point. There really is no limit to the items (and memories) that you can put into your scrapbooks. Extra items can help capture the feelings and emotions as well as tell more of the overall story. Just use a little caution. Check to make sure the materials are acid and lingon free. If you are in doubt... make a copy on your scanner or color copier and use the digital version in you book. Keep the thick and bulky items for your shadow boxes or protect the pages below and above them from the damage the thick edges will cause.
Above all... Happy Scrappin'
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