| Are scrapbooking borders really necessary or are | | | | page but when I really want to hold my reader's |
| they becoming a thing of the past? | | | | interest and draw attention to something, not having a |
| Fashions come and go & admittedly at one time, | | | | border surprises them and that in itself; I find, draws |
| to create a scrapbook and not think to include borders | | | | them into the page. |
| would have been sacrilege. | | | | I personally like the look of parchment or anything that |
| They frame a page beautifully and can often entail | | | | gives an aged effect to my work and often this entails |
| themes of a certain event or day that took place. I've | | | | less than perfect finishes and plenty of texture. |
| often colour-coded my borders within a scrapbook, | | | | Borders, I find can be too neat and exacting for this |
| denoting different countries visited and/or different | | | | style & instead I like the occasional piece of a |
| ages of nieces and nephews when collating family | | | | journal to stick out beyond a page, inviting the reader |
| memorabilia. So, in the past I've been grateful for | | | | to think "oh, I wonder what that's about". As long as it is |
| borders. They certainly have more uses than just | | | | presented sturdily and in not too outlandish a fashion, I |
| adding decoration and a frame. | | | | think it works rather well. |
| However, of late I've been scrapbooking and have | | | | Then instead of a border, a momento can be affixed |
| deliberately not included borders. | | | | to a corner of the page and a little quote or |
| Maybe it's because I've more time on my hands now | | | | explanation can be included near to it. This allows more |
| and I want to break out of a rut but I'm trying to make | | | | to be included on each page and gives a more unique |
| my pages more interesting. Having no borders is | | | | and personalised effect for your treasured scrapbook. |
| making me explore other options and making me | | | | Scrapbooking borders, to be or not to be? The choice |
| literally think outside the box. | | | | is yours. |
| Scrapbooking borders have been useful for framing a | | | | |