Making a high school scrapbook is a lot like working on a project or assignment that you had lots of in your college years. The difference here is that you're not getting marked on it and with luck this one is lots more fun!
Speaking of assignments... This brings me to my first bit of advice. You can re-use your old school projects in your school scrapbook. They are one of the best things to add into there. They are a great comparison of how you used to be in school.
Were you a perfectionist, trying to get the highest grade possible or did you only do enough to get you over the line? Either way, its a way to show how you were then to how you are now!
Moving along to the next bit of advice: borders, borders and more borders! No, I am not talking about the chain of book stores, I'm talking about page borders. There are such a lot of different things you may use as a border. Try making your borders look like the side of a ruler, marking out inches or centimetres.
Or you might want to put your art skills to task and re-use a border from some of your old school art work. For a blast from your past, you can put a page border of the alphabet surrounding outside, with both the capital and lower case letters, just like those posters in your early school years.
When thinking about how your book should appear, I like to divide them up into subjects "chemistry, mathematics, english, history and so on. I have heard of other folks dividing them up into year levels, so if that works better for you - go for it! These approaches will give you a lot of flexibility and the chance to be very creative with your decorations!
So if you use only one or two of these ideas, you can turn your C grade school scrapbook into an A+!
Speaking of assignments... This brings me to my first bit of advice. You can re-use your old school projects in your school scrapbook. They are one of the best things to add into there. They are a great comparison of how you used to be in school.
Were you a perfectionist, trying to get the highest grade possible or did you only do enough to get you over the line? Either way, its a way to show how you were then to how you are now!
Moving along to the next bit of advice: borders, borders and more borders! No, I am not talking about the chain of book stores, I'm talking about page borders. There are such a lot of different things you may use as a border. Try making your borders look like the side of a ruler, marking out inches or centimetres.
Or you might want to put your art skills to task and re-use a border from some of your old school art work. For a blast from your past, you can put a page border of the alphabet surrounding outside, with both the capital and lower case letters, just like those posters in your early school years.
When thinking about how your book should appear, I like to divide them up into subjects "chemistry, mathematics, english, history and so on. I have heard of other folks dividing them up into year levels, so if that works better for you - go for it! These approaches will give you a lot of flexibility and the chance to be very creative with your decorations!
So if you use only one or two of these ideas, you can turn your C grade school scrapbook into an A+!
About the Author:
To get more great high school scrapbook layouts and embellishment ideas check out Janette Miller's website. Also while you're there why not download some of the free scrapbooking layouts that are available.
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