I got into this "scrapbooking" thing last spring when I realized that some of my older photo prints were starting to look old! My sister (a Stampin' Up consultant) -- who had been telling me to deal with it for a while -- finally made me attend one of her classes. Anyway, that was the beginning of the end. Now, I can't get enough. I started off by taking my pictures out of the old yukky albums, and redoing them in an archival-safe way -- this means not to use that sticky-back stuff, put the photos next to acid-free and lignin-free products -- use archival-safe pens -- and so on. I started off by scrapbooking a trip I made around Europe back in 1993. We were living there and I took off on a 2 week trip around Austria and Bavaria. Mostly, I matted my photos and stuck them in a Creative Memories scrapbook that I got on eBay.
My new project (which you will hear more about), is to use the Everyday Stories system (EDS) that IRW developed for a trip to Australia back in 1988. I was looking through the old photo album, and it raised some fun (although faint) memories.
Here's what you need to get started:
- Page protectors in varied configurations (see EDS catalog at http://www.jjcweb.net/catalogs.html for layouts)
- Pictures (I have about 200)
- Acid-free, lignin-free Cardstock
- Adhesive (I like the Xyron
Later on, you'll also want an album to put them in (I usually start with this, too, so that I can manage the page protectors more easily) and some embellishments. The beauty of the EDS system is that you can use as few or as many embellishments as you like!
One last thing! Backup your digital photos!
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