There are so many websites that have something to do with scrapbooking. When I searched "scrapbooking" I received over 42 million hits so I refined it to "begining scrapbooking" and reduced the hits to 152,000. When I conducted a search using "baby + scrapbooking" I came up with 21,800 hits. Some of the sites were just selling scrapbooking materials and others dealt with digital scrapbooking so I had to sift and sort through quite a bit of information. Like Kuhlthau states, "Living in the information age requires people to go beyond the ability to locate information and requires competence in seeking meaning and understanding."
Here are some of the search terms (keywords) that I have come up with:
scrapbooking, beginning scrapbooking, baby scrapbooking, scrapbook layouts, scrapbook themes
Although I have always known that I wanted to create a scrapbook for my son, I soon found that there were many themes and formats that I needed to choose from. I know that I will not have time to complete a whole book for this project (nor do I want to rush through to get a finished product) I had to decide what occasions, events, ages, or milestones that I would focus on.
These are what I plan to begin with:
- Birth/Hospital
- First Birthday
- Halloween
What questions did I answer:
- Coworkers scrapbook
- Babysitter scrapbooks
- No classes in my area at this time
- Useful material in books
- Must have materials: book, adhesive, pages & covers, cardstock, journal pen(s), paper trimmer, photos
- Materials I want: craft scissors, stickers, embellishments, ribbon, vellum
Most of the information about materials was gathered when I interviewed my coworker and babysitter. They were very helpful and even brought out their scrapbooks for me to look at. I think I have a good handle on what materials I will purchase.
The two books I checked out from the public library are Scrapbooking for the First Time and Scrapbooking Baby's Cherished Memories both by Rebecca Carter. The first book has been very helpful in providing lists and ideas of things to do to get started. I can easily scan the chapters and pick and choose what I want to read about.
I have created a word document as I have been going through this process to keep track of websites that I find useful. Here are the websites:
http://www.mycraftbook.com/Baby_Scrapbooking_Ideas.asp This site contains a wealth of information concerning beginning to scrapbook for babies. It was nice to view the photos of the various layouts and themes.
http://www.geocities.com/scrapbookingsite/scrapbooking_ideas/baby_scrapbooking_idea.html This site had various pictures of layouts to choose from when beginning to scrapbook your child’s milestones.
Journaling –
http://www.scrapyourstories.com/journalideas.htm Journal articles and ideas
http://www.allthingsscrapbooking.com/baby_scrapbooking_quotes.html Free site for quotes to use in the scrapbook
http://www.scrapbook-crazy.com/scrapbooking-baby-quotes.html Adorable scrapbooking baby quotes
Scrap Basics –
http://www.scrapbooking101.net/ A guide to the basics of scrapbooking
http://scrapbooking.about.com/ How to make a basic scrapbooking page
http://www.scrapbook.com/index.htm Acommunity of scrappers from beginning to advanced
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/static?page=scrapbooking How-to guide to scrapbook, materials and online forums
Youtube videos-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rz0ZUCzyHs Youtube video of tips for beginning scrapbooking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poAhe8k3q_8 Pre-designed baby scrapbook album pages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d98uFBaq-8 Scrapbooking by Trish Hess
I believe I will now be able to make informed decisions about purchasing items and designing a few scrapbook pages.
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