Wedding scrapbook pages
- a gift filled with love
Creating wedding scrapbook pages might possibly be what has drawn you to this hobby. Whether they are for yourself or someone you love, whether you are a beginner or have plenty of experience, these pages will mean so much to the recipient that they are worth taking time over.
A personal wedding gift
Whether the wedding is still in the planning stages, or you are looking back and reliving the memories of your own special day, recording the event in a scrapbook is definitely a labour of love. Knowing that time and care was taken over each and every page will mean so much and will top any shop bought gift that you could give.
If the special day has not yet happened, how can you give an album as a gift? How about giving the album itself, with the first page featuring the happy couple together, with a promise to fill the rest of the book with pages showing the wedding day? You will find some creative gift wrapping techniques on DonnaLynne's site to give you ideas on how to present your gift.
I did something similar for my daughter. I digitally scrapbooked her life up until that point, and added the wedding scrapbook pages afterwards. It created quite a stir at the reception with everyone asking if they could have a look through. It also gave her new husband a glimpse into her childhood and adolescence.
When my brother got married, I was fortunate enough to know his mother-in-law. I asked for childhood photos of Jenny and scanned them into my computer. I then created pages showing both her and my brother at the same age, including pages of the two of them together once they got engaged. Jenny's surprise when she was presented with the gift was wonderful to behold.
"Where did you....", "how did you get....", "oh I remember that day!" she exclaimed as she turned the pages.
Wedding scrapbook pages - more ideas
If you are depicting the special day in your pages, then there are some people who you most likely will want to include. Each of the following could have their own page in the album...
- Bride
- Groom
- Mother and Father of the Bride
- Mother and Father of the Groom
- The couple's siblings
- Bridesmaids, Page boys, Ringbearer
- Ushers
- Best Man
- Chief Bridesmaid/Maid of Honor
It would make the gift extra special if you approach these people and ask for any special messages they wish to give to the bride and groom. These can then be added as journaling on the wedding scrapbook pages. These sentiments will provide more information than the photographs themselves, valuable for when the album becomes an heirloom for future generations.
Then there are other elements of the wedding day that can be documented. Check the list below and see if your imagination and creativity are sparked by answering the following:- Wedding plans - the choices that were made and the reasons behind those choices
- The significance of the flowers used - the Brides bouquet, Bridesmaid flowers, boutonnieres, table decorations? Were they designed by the Bride? Where did the inspiration from them come from?
- The wedding cake - what was it like? Was it a fruit cake or a sponge? Was the top tier kept for later?
- Something Old, Something New,
Something Borrowed, Something Blue - a lovely picture to capture them all and even putting them in your album will add a richness and unique element to your wedding scrapbooking pages. - Wedding Jewellery - a photo of the rings, or the exchange ceremony. Are the rings engraved? What precious metal are they? Are any stones featured, is there a tale or significance behind those?
- Venue - Where was the wedding? Where was the reception? Why were they chosen?
Of course each wedding will have a unique feature that you will need to capture in your pages. Something that made it extra special for the newly married couple. In the case of my cousin's wedding it was the fact that our uncle from Australia was able to attend. The first time he had been back to the UK in many, many years.
Guest book mini scrapbook albums
Did you send a book around your guests at the reception so that they could write you a little message of congratulation or impart words of advice or wisdom?
This is becoming a more widely held custom, but you will often find that not all of the pages are used, or that people have only written on one side of the two page spread. If this is the case, then you can add to this little book.
Look through your wedding photos, and find pictures of the guests who have written in the book. Add those photos to the book, along with any memorabilia to make mini wedding scrapbook pages to supplement your main album.
If you are still working on your wedding guest list, you will find some helpful advice at www.checklistcaddy.comNeed more ideas?
Do you have a special wedding photo that you want to add to your scrapbook. Maybe one of my scrapbooking sketches for single photos will jump start your creativity.
