| Scrapbooking Your Winter Solstice | | | | Ideas for your scrapbooking treasures can involve |
| Winter scrapbooking themes and layouts are a | | | | your best and worst memories, a favorite movie, |
| spectacular way to envelope the spirit of the solstice | | | | past-time, and major milestones. Scrap your New |
| season into your celebrations. Ever thought about | | | | Year's resolutions and the hopes and dreams for the |
| creating your own winter wonderland scrapbook? | | | | coming year. Use photos in your scrapbooking timeline |
| What does your winter solstice mean to you? Winter | | | | as you photograph your home, car, clothes, furniture |
| brings many wonders, including the rain, bare trees, and | | | | pieces and hairstyles. |
| sometimes a clear, cold night sky blanketing the earth | | | | Valentines Day Scrapbooking Ideas |
| with heavenly lights. | | | | The month of February brings with it the celebration of |
| For astronomers and others, the connection between | | | | Valentines Day. There exist many things about this |
| astronomical events and the season held great | | | | day to love. Here are a few Valentines Day |
| importance. Archaeological sites such as New Grange | | | | scrapbooking ideas to consider for your Valentines |
| in Ireland and Stonehenge in Britain are two examples | | | | Day scrapbook or for a valentine gift idea. |
| of the stories that have grown up around our | | | | Find a photograph. The photo does not have to have |
| understandings of the winter season. Similarly, we build | | | | been taken on Valentine's Day. One from another |
| our own meanings into the pages of our winter | | | | occasion of the both of you will work just fine. For |
| scrapbook of what this winter season means to us. | | | | instance, I have a photo of my husband and me at my |
| Winter scrapbooking usually brings on thoughts of the | | | | sister's wedding reception before we were married. |
| holidays, the most prominent among others, being | | | | That would be a lovely picture in a Valentines Day |
| Christmas, New Years, and Valentines Day. These, of | | | | scrapbook page. |
| course, are sprinkled with many other celebrations | | | | Choose a page title. Pick something, for example, from |
| such as Chanukah, Kwanza, Epiphany, President's Day, | | | | a favorite or popular love song, a phrase from a poem |
| and Ash Wednesday. Touching on, for the most part, | | | | or a novel or use common terms like Soul-mates, |
| the three most recognized holidays (or etymologically | | | | Sweethearts, I Love You, and Be Mine. |
| speaking, "holy days,") in our winter scrapbooking, will | | | | Choose romantic page elements such as hearts or |
| be Christmas, New Years and Valentines Day. The | | | | roses. Other scrapbooking elements for a romantic |
| scrapbooking projects ought to be applicable to any | | | | theme would be white lace, satin ribbon, red bows or |
| given holiday though. Again, as the focus is on creating | | | | Victorian-style accents. For an entirely different project |
| a winter wonderland scrapbook, consider in what way | | | | I used small dried roses in a layout and it turned out |
| your own holiday holds meaning for you and how you | | | | beautiful. These elements work well when you are |
| can show that in your page. Following are some idea | | | | working with shadowboxes. |
| sparkers. | | | | Add color. Red is a popular color for Valentine's Day. |
| Check out these winter scrapbooking projects for | | | | For something different, try more white and pink using |
| Christmas. | | | | red or even black as an accent. Scenes from Sixteen |
| Not sure what to do with old Christmas and other | | | | Candles and Pretty in Pink come to mind for ideas in |
| holiday cards? Create scrapbooking gifts tags for the | | | | color and colorful phrases. |
| next year. Cut out the front of the card in creative | | | | Add your Valentines Day cards for decoration. Make |
| shapes, like stars, letters, toys and more. Write to and | | | | a pocket on the page for holding the cards you gave |
| from on the back. Cut out the main picture on the card | | | | to each other. Include your children's Valentine Cards |
| (such as Santa or the Nativity), punch a hole in it and | | | | and how they feel about the holiday as well. Return to |
| tie to your packages. | | | | it and read the sentiments inside anytime you want. |
| Not sure how you can afford the stamps for sending | | | | This next one is a favorite of mine. Write love letters. |
| cards this season? With some creative scrapbooking, | | | | Do this through journaling in your Valentine layout. Use |
| you can make post-cards out of those old cards | | | | title ideas for prompts in your scrapbook journaling. |
| (whether holiday, birthday, anniversary or other). It can | | | | Also include handwritten love letters given at any time |
| be pretty, humorous, whatever you want it to be. | | | | of the year or further back. A form of this idea I have |
| You can also make gift bags for the following year as | | | | on one of my scrapbook pages. During the time my |
| well as scrapbooking embellishments, table place cards | | | | husband and I were dating, we left quick little notes to |
| and tree ornaments for your next holiday party. | | | | each other using photos from Webshots in our emails. I |
| Finally, you could donate your cards for scrapbooking | | | | saved these and put them on at least a couple pages |
| and other craft projects to local schools, senior | | | | of my scrapbook. I used the phrase "You've Got Mail" |
| centers, church groups, a local scrapbook club, and | | | | from a movie title with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. |
| various youth centered groups such as the girl and | | | | Finally, dedicate a page in your winter wonderland |
| boy scouts of America. | | | | scrapbook to your Valentine expressing the reasons |
| New Years Scrapbooking | | | | why you love him or her. |
| New Years winter scrapbooking projects include | | | | Again, in your winter scrapbooking quest, whatever |
| creating a scrapbooking timeline or what has also been | | | | you choose to reminisce in your winter wonderland |
| called a time-capsule. Included in this year in review for | | | | scrapbook, remember that it is your winter solstice you |
| your scrapbook might be headlines of important news | | | | are scrapbooking and journaling about. Let these ideas |
| events of the past year, receipts showing the price of | | | | inspire you this winter season to create a dialogue |
| various grocery items such as milk and bread, | | | | between you and those you love or at least open |
| brochures or postcards from family vacations, your | | | | awareness to your own thoughts and feelings. Happy |
| children's drawings and any other type of memorabilia | | | | Scrapping! |
| to capture the vintage moment of that present time. | | | | |