Antique Scrapbook???
I am making a scrapbook of my grandparents, they both passed away. I want to make this scrapbook antique looking, by using like blacks, greys, whites, etc. This scrapbook is really special to my family so any ideas on:
photo layouts
color schemes
stores
online stores/cataloges
journaling ideas - i want a lot of journinling
and whatever you think will make this special will be greatly apreciated :]
Public Comments
1. sorry for your loss.there are features on picnik.com where it has scrapbooking looks that might be what you are looking for.
good luck (:
2. Is your scrapbook digital or traditional? I own a scrapbooking site and heritage scrapping is my favorite of all time as I am very much into genealogy [so please forgive me if I give you lots of ideas and run on about it].
If you want the antique look, go with warm browns and soft ivory and faded yellows.
Scan your photos [at 300 dpi]. Some of the photos you have will probably be real old and way before color....
To get continuity throughout your book, convert the color profile of your scanned images to sepia tone.
For layout placement, you might try looking at some of the sketch templates that I have available for FREE on my site. These templates work equally well for traditional paper scrapbooking or digital scrapping. [you didn't mention which method you will be using].
I personally prefer digital scrapbooking as embellishments tend to damage photos, no matter how much care is taken when storing the book.
As for the journaling. Start out with a page each, one for your grandfather and one for your grandmother. On this page, give a little background for them: when they were born, where, parents names [including their mother's maiden name if you know it].
Continue on this way - a page for each of them [granddad on the left, grandmom on the right], for the years until they met. You can include things as the schools they attended, their employment histories, favorite things, etc. Then create a page for once they have met. If you can find the earliest photo of them together use it. The journaling on that page should give all the known details of their meeting: where, when, how - were they introduced by friends, etc. Then the wedding. Continue on with pages of them together or singly for different events specific to one or the other of them. Don't forget to include pages for their kids. Then include the grandchildren.
Things to include are their hobby's, vacations, and special talents.
Another thing to include would be to photograph special heirloom items. These photos of things could be something as simple as a chopping block your granddad made in woodshop or your grandmother's wedding rings.
Talk about birthmarks, scars, tattoos, habits such as winking when laughing. You get the picture.
The next to last page I would make a COLOR photo of the two of them together.
You may think this next part is strange, but I'll explain after. Take a photo of their headstone/s.
Why? It's a record of their lives together. Record the death facts for each, and where they are buried. Someday, there might be a great great grandchild that would like to visit. The knowledge of where they are buried will make it easy for anyone in the future to locate their graves.
If you would like any additional help, please feel free to e-mail me personally at LCB_FLORIDA@YAHOO.COM
