1.    READY - Scrap booking Ideas. One of the best ways to get a feel for scrap booking is to study ideas others have used. Flip through magazines and books at the library or ask a friend to share their albums.  Decide what type of scrapbook album you want to create, for example Milestone or Memory album. You may want to start out small. A Milestone album captures a specific moment in time and encompasses a specific event, such as a vacation or wedding, while a Memory album may chronicle a year in the life of your family.  Either way, all you need is a few photographs and in no time you will create an album that will be enjoyed for years to come…Magic

2.    SET – Preparing Your Photo’s For Scrap booking.  Now that you have decided what type of album you want to create you will want to a simple method of sorting your photographs so that you can find them when you are ready to begin scrap booking.  The simplest method is chronologically.  This allows you to recapture the event(s) and prepare them to tell the story.

3.    GO – What Do I Need To Begin Scrap booking? Once you have decided they type of scrapbook you want to create it is time to purchase an album.  Your theme may help you decide what type of album you wish to begin your scrap booking adventure. There are endless styles and colors to choose from.  If you theme is a recent vacation to the Caribbean, there are even island inspired albums with palm tree motifs or you may wish to choose something classic, such as a leather cover album.  In addition, adhesives will be used to mount your photographs to the album pages and pens for writing, or journaling the events on the page.  We recommend “photo safe” products that will preserve your memories for years to come.