| Over the years most of us accumulate boxes and | | | | create scrapbooks that look professional and, over |
| boxes of photos, trinkets and other bits and pieces, | | | | time, teach us the rules and techniques of successful |
| serving as a reminder of past events and occasions | | | | scrapbooking. The best guides out there provide a |
| worth remembering. Rather than keep these | | | | huge range of templates to work off so you can jump |
| memories locked away, it's a good idea to consider | | | | straight in with scrapbooking, but they also explain why |
| scrapbooking; and a good template for scrapbooking | | | | those templates work so that in time you can create |
| can make it easy. | | | | your own without needing to work off templates. |
| Most of us either don't have the time, energy or talent | | | | Scrapbooking is definitely a rewarding craft, especially |
| try scrapbooking the mementos we've collected over | | | | when you put the time in to develop your skills and |
| the years. And those that have the courage to try it | | | | create your own from scratch. It's also a great way to |
| often sit in frustration as they dapple with layouts and | | | | store all mementos from an occasion, be it photos, |
| themes that make the page greater than the sum of | | | | trinkets or other bits and bobs. With the help of a |
| the individual pieces. | | | | template for scrapbooking and a good guide, there's |
| Thankfully, some creative people have developed | | | | no reason you can't jump straight in and start |
| templates and guides for people like us so we can | | | | organising all those boxed treasures. |