This document provides instructions for making a scrapbook. It discusses gathering supplies such as photos, scrapbook paper, stickers, and glue. Specific stores where supplies can be purchased are listed, both physical and online stores. Themes for scrapbooks are suggested such as family, holidays, or weddings. Directions are given for assembling the scrapbook pages by laying out elements before gluing and putting together the finished pages in a logical order or timeline. The final product is a personalized scrapbook with photos, quotes and decorations that tells a story.

1. How to Make A Scrapbook By: Stephanie Martinez

2. Getting Started Gather the photos you want to use. Gather supplies that you may need. Decided on a theme for your scrapbook.

3. Choosing Photos Any photo can be used. You may choose funny photos, sleeping photos, or even candid shots. You might even chose your photos by starting with the birth until a certain age. There is no set rule of what photos to choose or not choose.

4. Supplies You Will Need Chose a scrapbook. There is a variety of sizes to chose from. Pick out the scrapbook paper that you like. Choose die cuts and cut outs of items if you choose. You may pick out stickers and ribbon with designs on it. There are special scrapbook markers and pens that can be used also. You will need glue or scrapbook tape. Be sure to choose acid free products.

5. Were to Get Supplies Hobby Lobby Michaels Craft Store Wal-mart Target Actual Scrapbook Stores Online Scrapbook Web Sites Friends and Family may share extras

6. Some Online Scrapbook Sites These are just a few sites I have found online. These sites are both for ideas on making a page or buying supplies online. www.Smilebox.com www.scrapbookingsuppliesonline.com www.americascrapbooking.com www.scrapbooks.com www.save-on-crafts.com www.scrapbooking-warehouse.com

7. Choosing a Theme You can chose a variety of theme. Sports Vacation Holidays General Family Weddings Baby Book School Days There are a variety of themes to use. It is your choice of what theme you want.

8. Assembling Your Page I suggest that you lay your page out and toy with it before you glue or tape it together. Move the pieces around on the page to see what you prefer. You might combined different types of papers. Example a polka dotted sheet with a sheet that has stripes. Once you have your page laid out to your preference I would then glue or tape it in place of the way you have it laid out.

9. Putting Your Pages Together Depending on the type of scrapbook you are making determines the order of your pages. Example of putting pages together would be the following: Lets use a baby book example, you might start the book with the birth of the child or even with the baby shower pictures. Next could be adding pages by months or things that happened each month. Then you could start by age once the baby has reach 1 year old. It is really just how you want your pages to go together .

10. The Final Product Now that you have gathered supplies, a scrapbook of your choice, and the photos you want to make the scrapbook with. You don’t have just any ordinary photo album now. You have a photo album with quotes and special moments accented with some fun designs. Also you have add you own special love touches and character to the photos. Scrapbooks make the old dull version of photo albums fun. Now that you have finished your book go and show it off the friends and family.