Overview
Vacations never end when you've scrapbooked their special memories in original ways. Inventive techniques and materials, shown in inspiring sample pages, are especially suitable for recapturing the fun associated with "getting away from it all." It's easy to imaginatively draw attention to photographs by adding decorative accents that relate to your subject. If you've taken a picture of a flower-laden veranda, for example, place dried flowers near it. Don't forget to include keepsakes from your trip like travel tickets and documents. Mementos, such as a charm bracelet or foreign coins, will instantly evoke a time and a place. Placing these treasures in a transparent plastic pouch will allow them to be easily seen as well as protected. Small reproductions of paintings and prints of the locale you visited will immediately transport you back. Headline pages by creating lettering that ties into your theme. If you've traveled to Florence, spell out the name of the city on tiles like those you might see in Italy. A single title across two pages connects disparate items featured on each. Let the patterns, textures, and colors of the papers and artifacts you choose reflect each location. Try faux-animal prints to remind you of a visit to Africa and copper accents to suggest the grandeur of India. Use unevently torn tissue to expand the vista beyond the page to evoke a misty mountainside from a past trip. All the wonderful places you see while away from home can be remembered again as you look through your scrapbook.Synopsis
Vacations make the perfect scrapbook subject, and this colorful, inspiring guide shows how to capture those memories in a beautiful album. Every page suggests fabulously original ideas for layouts, and for incorporating beloved photos of interesting locales and family fun. These hints and tips keep things organized and great-looking: display keepsakes securely in a small florist’s, or semi-transparent, envelope. Frame paper edges prettily with patterned vellum. Create a “bulletin board” look with crisscrossed ribbon. Highlight a photo by using a mat smaller than the picture itself to create an image-within-an-image. The result: a scrapbook as interesting as the vacation itself.
Library Journal
Modern scrapbooking materials make saving those vacation photos and small souvenirs a creative revisit of one's travels. Ure (10-Minute Decorating) shows how it is done with this collection of pages incorporating materials from around the world. It is a revelation to see how many different papers, mounting materials, trims, and found objects can go into the making of a scrapbook. Learning how to bind the pages into a book is left up to the user. Public libraries wanting more scrapbooking material will find this a welcome addition. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.