Surely everyone has such an album of memories
Stores offer a variety of cards and albums for all occasions, but it is often very difficult to make a choice when you want to congratulate and surprise a loved one. You can choose an original postcard in handmade goods stores. Scrapbooking masters create amazing things from cardboard, paper, various stickers and details.
But prices for “handmade” products are often very high. What if you do your own scrapbooking? This type of creativity is one of the most popular. It requires virtually no initial skills (except for the ability to use scissors, glue and tape) and a significant investment. You can also make stencils, paper decorations and stamps for scrapbooking with your own hands.
Beginning of work
As mentioned above, scrapbooking requires a minimum of tools, but as you become more passionate about this type of creativity, you may need additional materials.
All the necessary materials and tools that will be useful for a beginning needlewoman
Let's list them all:
- Paper is the main element in scrapbooking. In this type of needlework, special durable cardboard is used as a base, and decorative paper with illustrations or ornaments. For those who are taking on this business for the first time, it will be convenient to use ready-made sets of several types of sheets that match each other in style and color.
- The second thing you can’t do without is scissors. Scissors can be any kind, the main thing is that they are sharp - the paper must be cut evenly, the edges must remain smooth.
- Double-sided tape is a very convenient thing for scrapbooking. When you need to glue voluminous or simply large parts, it is indispensable. The strength of the connection is superior to glue and does not leave dirty marks; it is a pleasure to work with.
- In some cases, you cannot do without glue. For example, when you need to add small details.
- Hole punches are a functional thing, and in some cases, a decoration tool. Sometimes you just need to connect several pages, this requires holes. And sometimes decorate the sheet with carved patterns.
- Stamps. With them, making beautiful inscriptions is as easy as shelling pears.
- Cutter or utility knife. Cutting a cardboard sheet in half or trimming a photograph with scissors is unlikely to work out neatly; here you will need a stationery knife, or even better, a cutter.
- And finally, a variety of volumetric decorative elements. Without them, a handmade postcard or album will be no different from ordinary store-bought items. Scrapbooking supply stores are simply eye-opening. Buy a few individual decorative parts to get started. And if you decide to engage in this craft seriously, it is much more profitable to purchase goods in bulk.
Volumetric decorative elements visually resemble a 3D picture
When you have decided on all the tools and elements, it’s time to choose a place to work. Good lighting of the workplace and sufficient free space are important for scrapbooking.
Necessary materials for work
It is better to remove everything unnecessary from the table so that nothing gets in the way of your hands and small details are not lost.
Which style to choose for decoration
Among the many design options in scrapbooking, there are several main styles:
- Heritage and vintage. Postcards and albums “from the past” are created in these styles. Muted colors, scuffs, old photographs, newspaper clippings. It would be appropriate to use lace, stamps and beads. A gift in an antique style looks expensive and elegant.
Worn elements give the album an antique look
- If you like polka dot or striped designs, then the shabby chic style will not leave you indifferent. The combination of a simple background and layering of lace, beads, and pictures is romantic and daring.
Delicate tones and ruffles speak of shabby chic style
- The classic of modern scrapbooking is the American style. Album pages and postcards are designed in the form of a collage. As a rule, there are several photographs, decorated according to the theme with ribbons, paper figures, and inscriptions. Each sheet of the album is unique, in its own style and fully reflects the mood of the day when the photographs were taken. An interesting addition would be air or train tickets, tickets to an amusement park or zoo.
Very bright and rich style in scrapbooking
- European style is more minimalistic compared to American. Mini-albums are created in scrapbooking in this style. Not many decorative elements are used, but pencils and pens are used, complementing the composition with artistic sketches. The edges of the pages can be decorated using shaped hole punches and scissors.
This album is suitable for drawing lovers
- The increasingly popular steampunk style is considered a “masculine style.” Indeed, without flowers, lace and beads, with a truly brutal design, a “steampunk” postcard will appeal to the stronger sex. This artistic movement is interesting for its set of decorative elements: gears, old miniature mechanisms, drawings and maps. The design is done in gray-brown tones.
In this design you can show all your artistic abilities
Several master classes of different styles:
American design style, with grunge style, vintage, shabby chic and steampunk.
Scrapbooking techniques
When creating products, various techniques are used in scrapbooking: rare ones, which are mastered by experienced craftsmen, and simple ones, accessible to everyone.
Scrapbooking techniques
For example, several well-known techniques that are used most often:
- Artificial aging of paper. You can achieve the effect of old paper using improvised means: remove the top layer of the sheet with tape, use a scraper to create an uneven edge, use tea and coffee to color the paper in brown shades to give it a vintage look.
- Embossing allows you to make paper parts convex and voluminous. The technique can be “wet” or “dry”, in which a special hair dryer is used.
- Stamping. Stamps fit well into almost any scrapbooking style and add originality to scrap pages, emphasizing the “hand-made” design. You can make stamps yourself; for this you will need: a foam block, thick cardboard and metal parts, the shape of which will be the stamp. The fittings are placed on the foam block, the surface is heated with an embossing hairdryer, and cardboard is placed on top. The parts are pressed into a soft surface, leaving imprints (stamps) on the cardboard. The finished elements need to be cut out and can be used for matching cards and album pages.
Interesting decor using embossing, stamps and a cutting machine
Albums using scrapbooking techniques
Using the scrapbooking technique, you can create not only postcards, but also a variety of albums for all occasions, displaying your most significant and memorable events.
They can be large, almost grandiose, or small, neat, that fit in your hand.
Review of a travel album using scrapbooking technique
Mini album
A good start for beginners in scrapbooking is to create your own mini-album. It’s bold to take on large-scale work right away, but it’s better to start small.
Master class: mini - bound album part 1
Master class: mini - bound album part 2
First steps to make an album:
- Take some strong scrap paper and divide it into 12 equal square or rectangular pieces. Cut the sheet evenly in rows, but be sure to leave one square (rectangle) with an unseparated side. It is these two uncut lines that will need to be glued together.
- Fold the sheets like an accordion and collect all the future pages of the album together, and then glue them on the inside. Use ribbon as the spine of the book. The album layout is ready.
When you have a completed but empty book in your hands, it’s time to begin the creative stage of creating an album. Guided by the experience of the craftsmen, make a sketch of the product in a thin blank notebook or on blank sheets of paper, which you then staple together. Sketch the location of the photographs, the principle of their division, inscriptions and design. Decide what decorative elements and in what quantity you will need. Let there be a little less detail, without going overboard - this overloads the work and spoils the overall picture of the album in assembled form.
Mini-album with accordion binding
Album with binding
The album on the rings looks great, but it looks solid, of course, with a binding.
Cut narrow strips of strong paper to glue the album sheets together. On each of them, mark a section 2-4 mm wide in the middle. A gap of this width will allow you to use volumetric elements when decorating.
The most important part of the album is the binding.
Cut the extreme parts of the strips diagonally. Leaving a marked gap in the center, fold the sides over and glue them to the pages. Thus, you get two sheets connected to each other. Next, you will glue the sheets to them using the remaining strips. Do this work carefully, otherwise the album will end up uneven.
The internal content of the album is ready, it’s time to move directly to the binding. You will need gauze that is as long as the height of the album and as wide as its thickness plus a couple of centimeters. Attach ribbon along the horizontal edges of the binding.
The spine is made of a thick sheet of paper with a margin of 1-2 cm in width. Place it evenly on the base of the resulting book, and glue the cover to the album to its protruding stripes. Now the base of the album with binding is ready, then it’s just a matter of imagination.
Album from scratch part 1 - binding
Album from scratch part 2 - cover
Binding with hidden rings
A popular theme in scrapbooking is weddings. Any girl, after answering “Yes” to a marriage proposal, begins to think through all the details of the future event. A wedding requires a lot of attention, even in small things. If the bride has time, she can create a photo album for pictures of this important event entirely at her own discretion.
Volumetric elements only add freshness to the album
Wedding album review
The cover is the first thing a person sees when picking up an album. The cover can reflect the idea of the wedding - theme, color scheme or remind of the venue. You can use all sorts of ready-made solutions for wedding scrapbooking. Stencils, stamps, badges depicting the bride and groom, miniatures of wedding arches and retro cars - it is impossible to list everything that specialized stores of this craft have.
Master class on creating a wedding album
The design of the album pages is also an individual choice. An interesting solution would be to split the album into several parts. In one - professional photographs of the photographer, in the other - selfies with friends, in the third - reportage photographs of wedding guests. Then a section of pictures of gifts or photos of spouses as children.
We fill the album with only fun and bright moments
Creating a wedding album will be a fun activity that will help you pass the “endless” wait for the celebration.
1. HOW TO DESIGN AN ALBUM USING SCRAPBOOKING TECHNIQUE
Scrapbooking is a fascinating technique for original design of book covers and postcards using different materials and designs. , family albums, notepads, photo frames . In the previous publication we told you about how you can do it yourself beautifully decorate cards - wedding invitations, New Year's invitations, congratulatory invitations (from March 8, Happy Valentine's day , Happy birthday).
In this article you will find interesting master classes, ideas, tips, step-by-step photo and video lessons for beginners, with which you can make beautifully decorated children's, family, and wedding albums in scrapbooking style at home . And useful ideas will help you decorate an album for a newborn in an original way using the scrapbooking technique.
For decorating children's and wedding albums You can use not only professional scrap materials with decorations, but also a variety of improvised materials - buttons, badges, accessories, remnants of various fabrics, threads, braid, zippers from old clothes, lace, feathers, small parts from children's construction sets, homemade flowers from ribbons , newspaper clippings and postcards, small soft toys , hair clips, dried plants and flowers, various fasteners and belt buckles, carved figures made from plastic bottles and other waste materials.
■ Popular decorations for scrapbooks (pictured):
■ Stamping. Rubber and acrylic stamps, popular inks for stamping in scrapbooking (pictured):
■ Popular scrapbooking tools (pictured):
Ideas for decorating a wedding album using scrapbooking technique:
Wedding for any family - this is a very important and bright event, a serious stage in the relationship of loving people. And of course I want to preserve these joyful moments, touching minutes of a solemn event for the home of a new family, beautiful decorated wedding glasses and dishes on the festive table, chic a wedding cake , loving glances of newlyweds who look irresistible in luxurious wedding dresses . One popular way to do this is to fill a voluminous wedding album with the best photographs related to the preparation and holding a wedding.
photo album cover decoration.
the cover of the wedding album can be decorated with kanzashi flowers , the petals of which are folded from white satin ribbons (for example, from those that decorated the car for the bride and groom). You can cut out graceful hearts from felt. You can play with the prints of the newlyweds’ joined hands in an original way - place them on the cover, decorate them colorfully, paint on the wedding rings with gold paint;
"secrets" between the pages.
Between some pages of the album you can place various cute memorable little things, reminiscent of bright wedding moments. For example, a fragment of a cushion from wedding rings, lace, bows and other bride’s accessories ,several dried flowers from a wedding bouquet;
Thematic design of the pages of the wedding album.
You can divide the pages of the album into sections, which are preceded by beautifully designed inserts, decorated in scrapbooking style: in the registry office, the bride and groom next to the wedding procession, wedding bouquets in the hands of girlfriends, newlyweds dancing, guests from the bride and groom, feast, kisses, wedding cake, fastening the lovers' lock to the railing of the bridge;
wedding gifts and congratulations.
Dedicate several pages to photographs of gifts from friends, relatives and guests. Use scanned texts from greeting cards with wishes and poems to decorate these pages of your wedding album;
individual fragments in the photo.
Photos in good resolution of various details of costumes, wedding accessories, and jewelry look interesting;
photos of different shooting options.
You can add to your photo album not only staged photos from professional photographers , but also amateur versions of guests, as well as reportage photographs;
design of the internal pages of a wedding photo album.
It is advisable to design all pages in the same style. For example, pages made in vintage style or decorated in an antique style look very beautiful.
How to design a newborn baby’s album using scrapbooking technique:
The birth of a baby is a wonderful and very joyful event for the whole family of a newborn baby. And we can start creating and filling a photo album about the life of a little man even before he is born! :)
♦ the base of the photo album cover can be decorated with velvet fabric. From felt we cut out cartoon figures, a sun, a stork and carefully glue them to the cover using a glue gun. Then we design the composition in scrapbooking style - carefully sew on small soft toys and graceful satin ribbon bows ;
♦ ultrasound images can be placed on the first pages of the newborn’s album , which show the first photos of a boy or girl in their mother’s tummy;
♦ then you can post a series of photographs with the baby’s leg, which rests against the mother’s tummy from the inside;
♦ men often like to draw various funny faces, big hearts, and bright colors on the belly of their beloved pregnant wife. Why not include photos of these daddy arts in your newborn photo album? :)
♦ first photos of a newborn baby.
On several pages you can post photos of the baby’s first smile, separate photos of tiny fists and feet, weighing the baby, and the first feeding. Between these pages you can place a tag from the baby’s hand;
♦ at the exit from the maternity hospital.
Let's dedicate a series of photographs in which the newborn is held in the arms of the father, mother, and grandparents. Photo with a baby in an envelope , V stroller , in a car seat before leaving home;
♦ sections of a newborn’s photo album by month.
We will allocate a separate section in the album for each month of the baby’s life. Here we will post photos with all the baby’s achievements . Since we are creating a scrapbooking album, we decorate individual tab pages with decorative elements and memorable accessories. This could be buttons from the first slip, a strap from a romper, knitted booties, a cap with lace, a tiny handprint (made of polymer clay, for example), a bunch of cut hairs;
♦ on the last day of each month, take a photo of your baby with the same soft toy in little hands. A child grows very rapidly in the first years of life and the toy will become smaller and smaller with each subsequent photograph :)
How to design a children's album using scrapbooking technique:
We have already made a photo album of the newborn baby. Now we will dedicate one voluminous children's album to each year of the baby's life. . On the cover of each scrapbooking album, you can place a beautiful stylized figure made of fabric and accessories. Around the number you can make a decoration of ruffles and lace with plump angels on the sides.
The pages of a children's scrap photo album can be divided by topic:
Our little angel is sleeping.
Here we post photos of a sleeping baby with a favorite soft toy in his arms, a crib, accessories above the crib;
our little angel is waking up.
Touching photos of a baby’s sleepy face, how we yawn, get dressed, smile with a toothless mouth;
our little angel is eating.
Funny photos of a baby pug stained with porridge, with a mug in her hands, in a high chair;
our little angel is walking.
Here is a photo of a baby in overalls, bright hats, and booties on his feet. Here he is in a stroller, and here he is sitting on the soft grass. You can take a photo of footprints and fingerprints in the sand, a spatula in the handle;
our little angel is bathing.
Photos of a baby in a bathtub, a washcloth, floating toys, an inflatable swimming ring, wrapped in a fluffy towel after bathing;
our little angel is playing.
Here we post photos of a baby playing with a mobile phone in the crib, with a rattle, with an educational book or rug. Don’t forget to design thematic pages in scrapbooking style. For example, to design this section, you can use pictures of toys cut out from packaging;
our little angel is crawling.
Photos of the baby’s exploits in a fenced-in space, on a spread blanket. Don’t forget to take pictures of the changes taking place in your child’s room;
the first steps of an angel.
Photos showing the baby walking with support, without support, holding on to the furniture around him so as not to fall on the floor.
2. SCRAPBOOKING FOR BEGINNERS. WE DESIGN A CHILDREN'S ALBUM WITH YOUR OWN HANDS
How to make a children's mini photo album with your own hands using stamps, printouts with letters, and watercolor supplies:
3. IDEAS AND MASTER CLASSES ON SCRAPBOOKING. LEARNING TO MAKE PHOTO ALBUMS
Master class No. 1:
HOW TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL ALBUM FOR A NEWBORN IN SCRAPBOOKING STYLE WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO.
Master class No. 2:
LEARNING TO DO.
Master class No. 3:
A VERY SIMPLE WAY TO MAKE A SCRAPBOOKING ALBUM AT HOME.
Master class No. 4:
Click Class
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We live in a time when any product can be found in a store, it will be of different price categories, of different quality, but purchasing what you want, in general, is not a problem. Therefore, more and more often I want to give a gift to loved ones on significant dates and give something unusual, not typical. Such a gift evokes more emotions and is more memorable. During my childhood, on the contrary, after the shortage, plastic photo albums seemed like a novelty - they were so smooth and bright. But over time, they began to lack some kind of peculiarity, life. Such a gift thirty years ago would have been a joy, but now it will merit a nod out of politeness. But this does not mean that no one prints out photographs and indulges in memories; you can also give photo albums. But only those in which part of the human presence is invested. For example, for the birth of my daughter, my sister gave me a wonderful gift - a photo album created with her own hands. She used scrapbooking, but there are many more ideas and techniques that can help you create great designs.
How to make a photo album with your own hands
When we see the finished result, it seems impossible to repeat this. And there is no need to repeat, the main thing is to harmoniously combine all the elements and colors. This is what we will talk about.
The easiest way to create an album with your own hands is to go to a store for needlewomen (and there is one specifically for scrapbooking) and buy a ready-made set. Usually, it includes sheets with prints of the quantity you need, frames, and stickers. You can buy additional cardboard that does not have ugly stiffening ribs. And at home, using your imagination, you can simply put together an album. But this is more expensive than making such beauty from improvised means.
For example, a set of 6 sheets with decor will cost you from 400 rubles. The more content in the set, the more expensive it will be.
But, not everyone likes bright and colorful designs, so for a beginning craftswoman, you can just take colored thick paper or print the drawing yourself on a printer, if your apartment is equipped with such equipment.
Before starting work, a needlewoman needs to understand what she will need and choose a place where there is a flat, wide surface.
The paper on the front side can be replaced with fabric. Before work, all sections must be carefully ironed - this will help to carefully and evenly cut the required sizes and maintain a beautiful appearance.
You will need an adhesive component: double-sided tape and Moment glue.
Also, it is beautiful and convenient when the photo album is on rings or with free-standing pages. This can be done beautifully with the help of a grommet installer, which is sold in hardware stores for 150 rubles.
Another tip for choosing a color scheme: where there is a lot of decor, choose a background that is as uncluttered and non-colorful as possible. Otherwise, the result will be a bad taste effect and the decor will be lost in the diversity. Most often, this rule applies to the front cover. All colors must be combined; they can be supported by a pattern, tones in the same color scheme, or be companion colors. This can help.
The craftswoman is also trying to make the inside very complete. They also use pockets and envelopes with closing elements for small photos or details dear to the heart. Anything is suitable for decoration: wooden shavings and saw cuts, twine, buttons and lace, ribbons, napkins, beads, twigs, artificial flowers and pompoms. In general, everything you have in your sewing box, in the kitchen, or in the children's room.
Glue a backing in place of the intended photograph; this will add originality and zest to each spread.
It’s not a problem now to print different tags and places for notes. Print it out in a regular copy center and stick it in a photo album.
We’ve figured out a little about where to get materials and what can be used, now let’s move on to a step-by-step master class on creating a photo album with your own hands.
Making a photo album with your own hands step by step with photos, detailed master class
I think that now this information is read mostly by beginners who are just developing their own technique and style of performance. Therefore, we will analyze a simple version of the album. By the way, have you noticed that the craftswomen who make such albums to order always have their own style? Some use unusual natural materials, some use a certain composition in decoration. Even, at first glance, similar albums made using the same technique will be very different in design and decor.
We will need:
- Two cardboard blanks for the cover
- Two small cardboard blanks for the end
- Glue Moment
- Double sided tape
- Beautiful fabric, preferably linen or cotton
- Eyelet installer, ruler, scissors and decor
You can vary the sizes as you need. But, these dimensions must fit all blanks.
If you don’t want to spend money on your first photo album, you can replace store-bought cardboard with cardboard from a shoe box.
Before work, you need to cut all the workpieces to size. So the cover should be slightly larger than the inner pages, usually 0.5 -1 cm.
- We glue double-sided tape around the perimeter of the cardboard blank, iron the fabric for the cover and place it face down.
- Glue the cardboard blank to the fabric so that there are 1.5 cm allowances on the sides.
- We glue the small element at a distance of 4 ml from the main part - this will be the end of the album.
- We glue double-sided tape around the perimeter of the cardboard, capturing the small part.
- We cut off the fabric corners, but leave 1.2 mm so that the cardboard does not stick out.
- Glue the fabric allowances onto tape.
- The fabric corners can not be cut, but bent into a triangle and glued, as in the photo. Do what seems simpler.
- We do the same with the second part of the back cover.
- Glue the decor
- We coat the workpiece on the wrong side with glue and decorate it with cardboard.
- In the place where the spine should bend, you need to push (not tear) the cardboard and bend it.
- Now you need to make even cuts in the spine; to do this, mark 1.5 cm at the top and bottom.
- We take the grommet installer and make a hole. We install a grommet in it.
- We make holes on all pages.
- You need to make an even fold on all the leaves in the direction in which they will be leafed.
- We connect all the parts with a cord.
When decorating the inside of the cover, the glue can be smoothed with paper so that there are no waves.
Start decorating the pages using decorative elements. You can also close it with an elastic band or tie it with a ribbon.
The simplest photo album using scrapbooking technique is ready.
As an example, I’ll give you a few already decorated pages, but you can leave empty colored leaves, which is also beautiful.
Variants of inscriptions are below in the photo.
I really like it when they design the first page as a title page.
Below is an option for designing a page with an envelope.
More ideas for using design, pockets on the page.
I invite you to view another idea for making a beautiful photo album.
Ideas for decorating a photo album with your own hands (family, wedding, for a newborn)
Products made using the scrapbooking technique continue to win the love of the audience with their delicacy and abundance of details. There is a lot of volumetric design, which not everyone likes and is not always convenient. Having scoured the Internet, I found some very interesting ideas using a different type of material. For example, the technique of burning, embroidery, wood carving, metal elements, etc. is used. I’ll give you a few works that really resonated with me.
Scrapbooking is more suitable for gentle girls, young mothers and children. This technique allows you to create beautiful photo albums for newborns and weddings.
For a baby, you can create such beauty in the photo, the highlight here is that all the elements are sewn on. Imagine that you can even use technology, which will also add uniqueness to the product.
Another very beautiful option for decorating the cover using lace and ribbons. Notice how harmoniously all the shades and background for the decor are chosen. This is what we need to strive for. This beauty can be given to any family for any occasion.
Another option for a family album. Two colors are used, one main calm color, the other saturated, but in smaller quantities. A padding polyester was also placed on the base of the cover to give the appearance volume and texture.
But I think that for people of a more serious age, for an anniversary, as well as for people who value natural charm, products with elements of wood and leather are suitable. Look what wonderful and colorful products you get.
Another very interesting option.
Using the burning technique, you can make ornaments and designs. There are also a lot of materials for adding color and bringing out the wood texture, everything will come in handy here!
An interesting option for using rough wood texture and lace.
There is a maritime theme here.
Another version of a family album in aged technology using belts.
Look how interesting the faux leather background looks on the product.
The use of embroidery really distinguishes the craftswoman from the whole variety of hand-made albums. Do you agree? Very unusual, and not at all difficult.
A playful background is more suitable for children.
Or here's another children's version.
For those who like to celebrate brightly and collect such moments, there is another option for designing a cover with embroidery.
See how all the shades and design details come together. The boys should like it.
Another gentle album for a child or a young mother. I think it will be nice to pick him up and look at him, and then read the inscription on the newborn’s tags and look at the first photos.
Time flies so quickly with your baby! Here's yesterday's baby, who couldn't even hold his head up, is already taking his first steps. A children's album will help leave this in the memory of every family member.
The first few months of a child’s life are full of different events: first words, smiles, hesitant steps. There are also often situations when a camera is simply necessary. After all, I really want to relive these moments in a few years!
In the first few months you will be busy with your baby, but when he is 6 months old, you can already take some time and start making his first photo album. In addition, by this age there are already many photographs.
Children's stores offer a variety of photo albums of various sizes and thicknesses with blank cardboard sheets or sheets with magnetic film, which will allow you to make your baby's album unique and unlike any other.
What items can be pasted into a children's album?
. Tags from the maternity hospitalGreeting Cards
Photo ultrasound
Names and surnames of doctors and midwives
Baby's first hair (cut lock)
Labels from baby's first clothes, fruit puree or mixture
1. The album can contain information about the baby’s horoscope, as well as a description of the animal in the year in which he was born
2. You can trace the newborn’s leg and arm and paste this sheet into the album
3. Any information related to the baby will be interesting - write the date and time of birth, weight and height, weather on the baby’s birthday, etc.
4. Maintain a consistent design style for your children's album.
5. If you know how to draw, you can dress each photo in a unique picture
6. If you have problems with drawing, borrow drawings from good quality magazines and newspapers.
7. Try to place at least a few portrait photographs in the album - they are more expressive
8. It will be interesting if, along with photographs of the baby, you paste photographs of the first feeding, first clothes, favorite toy, etc.
9. Try to experiment - place photos not in chronological order, but with the same objects and people. For example, on one of the pages place a photo of the baby with his grandmother at 1 month, at 6 months and at one year. There you will clearly see the growth and weight gain of the child.
Poems for the design of the baby's first album
This album brings togetherFirst (name) days and months:
How he was born, how he grew up,
What toys did our baby play with?
Words and smiles - like every hour
Little (name) made us happy.
I'm in the hospital, I'm not sick:
I was born, I am happy!
I'm so glad that mom is happy
Do not need anything else.
I don't understand your faces
After all, I was just born.
But I know a delicious color
There is no better color in the world.
This color is the most reliable:
This is the color of mom's robe!
The first photo is mine,
Guess where I am?
Looked closely once, twice,
I covered my face with my hand.
When I saw you, baby,
In just one moment, the whole world turned upside down.
You seemed to smile too,
Shyly, he brought his fists to his lips.
Even though the sprout is still very small,
But already dear and beloved to me.
A unique moment will soon come,
When I can hold you in my arms.
And, peering at the screen monitor,
Guessing your contours,
I dream of being just like your dad
And know that we are looking forward to seeing you! Grow!
A poem about mom's belly
Why at mom's
Has your belly suddenly grown?
Maybe my mom
Does he eat and drink a lot?
Maybe she swallowed it
Inflatable ball?
Or he's just joking
So is she with me?
But this morning
I found out the truth -
I have her in my ear
Dad told me.
He revealed today
It's a big secret to me.
Can I tell you secrets?
I'm already five years old!
And now I know
What is the belly for?
There inside mom,
My brother lives.
There's probably a lot
It's boring to be alone.
Let him come out soon
I will be glad to see him.
Rhyme about the tag
(Name) was born at this moment
They gave him the first document.
Baby was born today
And she couldn’t be cuter!
The sun looks out the window,
Sending her regards.
Let this ray of goodness
It shines for many years!
The girl will be healthy
And always happy
The daughter has appeared!
Everyone around is moved:
Well, how sweet
What a beauty!
May she give you joy
For loving parents,
Growing up happy
And the most amazing!
Happy parents!
In honor of an important event
We want it immediately, this very hour,
Congratulations on your heiress!
Let it grow for sure
Healthy, wonderful,
Beautiful and sociable
To your delight, parents!
The eyes shine clearly and the clear voice is heard,
The greatest happiness is the birth of a child!
Adorable little girl! The only mystery is where?
Or maybe there was such a miracle in cabbage?
We all know this for sure
There is no mystery here:
A thousand sons a day
Is born...
The only interesting thing is this:
If we go around the light,
Better than your son
We can't find anyone!
A baby is born!
A little boy is born!
A cheerful and playful boy was born!
Let the centimeters and grams grow quickly,
There is no more joy for dad and mom!
Let the stork rest a little now...
And again he will bring you someone!
Your son is still in diapers,
But day after day, year after year
Wonderful, joyful child
Let him grow up without worries.
May life give him happiness,
Health, mind and long life,
So that you have wonderful parents
He has grown into a wonderful man!
Extract
Our expectations are long
The precious hour has struck.
With a loud sweet voice
You made us all happy!
The child is lying
I like to lie on my back
Put your foot in your mouth.
Baba, look.
Well, repeat it!
I'm lying on my tummy, looking in all directions,
I won't say a word to you -
I can't talk
just puff out your cheeks!
Placed on tummy
you need to hold your head
I'm tired... unhappy...
It's better to just lie down!
We follow the pen
I'm lying in a crib
and I watch the pen -
Whose fingers are these?
soft like bunnies?
I barely understood, friends,
this is my little hand!!!
We're sitting
I'm already big!
I'm sitting by myself!
And like a girl from a fairy tale
I'm looking far away
I sat down well
and learning to pose.
Run here quickly
Take pictures of me!"
Look quickly, parents,
Look, grandma and grandpa;
You haven't seen this yet:
I learned to sit!
First steps
Stomp with one foot, stomp with another,
I'm already big
And they walk on their own
Feet straight to mom.
About legs
What kind of legs? What kind of legs?
You, our baby!
Neither dog nor cat
We won't give you your legs.
These legs, these legs
They will run along the path
First steps
Our girl is gone!
The room has become small
Training every hour
Our legs are getting stronger!
I'm not going yet.
I'm lying. I’m still sitting.
And I can still stand.
And one day I will run.
I can train.
If you hold hands,
Then I go step by step.
I'm big already - that's it!
Learning to walk
Stomp with one foot, stomp with another,
I'm already big
And they walk on their own
Feet straight to mom!
And these are my first steps
In a huge, interesting world
Parents call that world “apartment”
I'll run, try to catch up!
I crawled to the kitchen.
I want to play here.
Please, I don't need you
Close all the cabinets.
There are so many interesting things there:
Pots, lids, bowls.
Well, let me play
A little bit for your Dasha.
Leg, arm, leg again
How difficult it is to control your body
But you won't turn back time
Look, mom, I'm growing
And now I’m already crawling!
I don't sit still
Although I’m not going yet!
If something is far away
Not easy to reach
I get on my knees
And I crawl there!
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Baby eats
Porridge was cooked on the stove,
Where is our big spoon?
I chew everything at home,
Everything that is even unfamiliar
Everything that is tasty and tasteless -
If only I wasn't sad.
From an egg, like from a diaper
A little chicken got out
Look how he looks!
Feed me semolina porridge!
One - chamomile, two - chamomile!
Mom's cup is covered in flowers.
And there is a flower on the teapot,
Oh, and our delicious tea.
What's for breakfast? Porridge again!
Oh, (Name) doesn’t like her.
You fill your mouth full
But everything doesn’t go to the stomach.
What to do? How to be?
You can't live without her:
Gives agility and strength.
So, go to your mouth!
This spoon gives me strength
This one to be beautiful
This one, to be smart...
What else should I not forget?
A spoon so it doesn't hurt,
To be able to do everything.
I think I said everything.
And there was not enough porridge.
If you crush it with a spoon,
I ate everything, one might say.
I eat lunch myself.
I open my mouth and AM!
So that there is strength
They cooked some soup for me.
What's for lunch today? -
Milk soup and omelet.
How big Nikita: himself
Holds a spoon: YUM-YUM-YUM!
Smeared with chocolate
Round cheeks.
And it's so delicious to kiss them
With my beloved daughter!!!
Chocolate, chocolate -
I'm incredibly happy to see you!
While mommy doesn't see,
I eat 5 pieces in a row!!!
Our favorite little one
I tried watermelon today
Ears, nose and cheeks
Everything in watermelon juice
If the day is very hot,
There is ice cream in the park.
Here's a glass, here's a horn.
Choose any, my friend!
What is juice?
Uh! And it's delicious!
Let's knock over the cup!
It won't be sad with me!
The cup flew to the floor.
Don't be angry mommy.
You can't swear at me
I'm your sweetheart!
A chef walks around in a cap
With a ladle in hand
He's cooking us lunch
Porridge, cabbage soup and vinaigrette.
This is the kind of watermelon we have -
Tastes wonderful!
Even the nose and cheeks
Everything is in watermelon juice...
As if smeared with honey
Round cheeks
And it's so delicious to kiss them
With my beloved daughter!
If you were found in cabbage,
You have no reason to be sad
Because then you
Food provided.
You've already grown up, son,
try carrot juice
try, try, don't be shy,
get some vitamins!!!
In a barn where there is no light,
I entered bravely!
Crow from the yard
drove away bravely!..
But suddenly I dreamed at night,
what am I
completely alone.
And I cried.
I became so scared.
I'm cheerful and happy.
These guests are drinking tea,
eat marmalade.
But they don’t give me marmalade...
I don’t want to cry, but I have to!
Tired of being a baby.
Rattles rattle idlely,
They play with me like a toy.
They kiss, pinch and tickle,
I’m lying there angry, and everyone is laughing.
What kind of attacks and manners,
You need to have nerves of steel.
I don't want to endure it anymore
Well, everyone, hold on, I shout:
A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a…………
I was seriously offended
Streams of tears running down my cheeks.
What if I spend them all?
How will I pay then?
Your first laugh, wow!
Faster videos and photos!
Well.., we were late, as always -
Already sobbing to the point of hiccups.
"Amazing Child"
Everyone is talking about me.
Because I'm from the cradle
I smile at everyone.
I'm a laugher, I'm a merry fellow.
Everything in this life is okay for me.
I open my mouth wider and wider,
I live without hassle and worries.
And today I'm just
Smiled for the hundredth time
Fidgety baby
Light head,
He pours out, sings,
Just like the nightingale!
It doesn’t matter that there is no skill,
Much joy from singing!
I sat and was sad,
Mom turned on the music -
Immediately hands, head
They started dancing for me!
Everyone is laughing!
Sleigh down the hill, ski down the hill,
I'm climbing up the mountain - closer to the sun!
And without skis and without sleigh
I'll go down the hill faster than everyone else.
Funny! Funny!
I keep my balance.
But I couldn’t resist below,
My head hit a snowdrift.
One leg, two legs,
From the snowdrift, like horns.
What fun! What fun!
Everyone is rolling around laughing.
So beautiful in winter!
I don't want to go home.
Fun, laughter and closeness
It's icy on the hill.
The mittens have long been wet,
But we don't freeze.
And we're in the snow,
And we're in the snow,
And we play snowballs!
We sit on the sleigh
And we quickly rush downhill.
Snow, snow, white snow -
We are racing faster than anyone!
We'll go for a walk now
But let's not freeze.
To make us warmer,
Let's wrap ourselves in a blanket!
The ribbon is bright!
The blanket is hot!
Just eyes and nose!
For a walk! Out in the cold!
When I walk down the street with my mother,
I hold mommy's hand tightly.
Why should she go and be afraid,
How can she get lost?!
Don't let your parents get angry
That the builders will get dirty,
Because he who builds
He's worth something!
And it doesn't matter what for now
This house is made of sand!
And we went to the beach.
And I swam in the river.
And I ran on the sand
And I wasn’t afraid of the sun!
The swing is flying up,
I'm holding on tight there.
Rock it dad
Higher to the skies.
Football player
I hit the ball with a running start,
The ball lies, and I fly.
Goal disallowed - in goal
Turned out to be only bots
Eh, the days are good
I'm shopping with all my heart!!!
I'll splash in the water
And try to pull it away!!!
Summer, summer has come to us!
It became dry and warm.
Straight along the path
The feet walk barefoot.
There is noise and din on the site
Cheerful chatter!
And what is there just not -
Motorcycle, bicycle!
Get on your rollers and skate!
Go play badminton.
Whatever you want to do.
You can do anything! But don't be bored!
The gentle sun shines from above,
Illuminates the earth, grass and flowers.
And the sun came into our yard on time
And the sand in the yard turned golden.
A little girl went out for a walk:
There's a lot of sand, you can play!
Curly curls and flushed cheeks,
There is an embroidered flower on the elegant dress.
Golden curls, golden sand,
Golden sun, golden day!
A baby is one of those things whose value only increases over time. So rest assured that the hours you spend creating it will turn into evenings filled with pleasant memories with your family. To make creating a children's album easy and enjoyable, we offer you some useful tips.
Preparing the base and decorative materials
The ideal basis for a photo masterpiece is an ordinary album with plain pages made of thick cardboard, without “corners” and “windows”. Today it is quite difficult to find them in stores, but every professional photographer can tell you “passwords and appearances”. An alternative version of the “base” is sheets of thick A4 paper, which are then connected using a hole punch in a binder.
For decorative finishing you will need colored paper of different colors and textures. It can be glossy and matte, “velvet” and with a metallic sheen, plain or patterned - the more choices there are, the easier it is to realize almost any creative idea. In addition, the following will be useful:
- Ribbons
- All kinds of stickers
- Bright magazine pictures for collages
- Dry flowers
- Leaves
- Beads
- Buttons and any other materials that your imagination suggests.
You will also need sharp scissors, a paper knife and glue without acids that corrode photo paper.
Choosing photos
For every loving mother, all photographs of the baby are simply perfect, but, nevertheless, try to look at them critically. Put aside blurry and dim photographs, photos with “cut off” faces and bad angles, shots with the same poses and “entourage”. If the remaining material is clearly not enough, you can arrange a photo session - an experienced children's photographer will certainly offer many interesting and original ideas.
Some ideas for choosing a topic
The classic design of a children's album is pictures arranged in chronological order with a short story about each of them. If you decide to stop at it, decide in advance for what period of time to calculate the baby’s first album - it can be dedicated to his summer adventures, or it can talk about the first year of his life. When preparing funny stories, be sure to write a draft of the text and let it sit for at least a couple of days - during this time you will almost certainly remember interesting little things and details that will complement the final version.
An interesting idea that a grown-up child will definitely appreciate is to start a “chronicle of events” with your photographs in the last months of pregnancy, photographs of the maternity hospital and ward, the obstetrician and your memories of preparation for this important event. To record the growth and development of a child, you can take a series of monthly photographs of him in the same position, and leave a handprint and foot print next to them.
Very impressive shots will be provided by professional photography of children with animals or during their favorite activities, and for children over three years old, you can choose to design a children’s album in a retro style.
Focus on details
A rule that any professional photographer or designer will confirm: the key to an ideal result is the impeccability of details. Therefore, pay attention to every detail of the album.
Start with the main background of the pages - in order for the photos to look harmonious, the color of the paper should be present in each of the photos. The main task of all decorative details is to emphasize the theme of the photographs. So, for example, for pictures from a vacation on the seaside, you can choose the appropriate surroundings - stickers in the form of fish and boats, interesting collages in a “marine” style, or come up with funny captions in the form of quotes from films about pirates. If professional photography of children was carried out at a picnic or at the dacha, the pictures will be perfectly complemented by stickers in the form of ladybugs, flowers, and the background can be a pattern in the form of suns or a frivolous cage.
You should not paste photographs directly onto the page - they will look much more impressive if you place them on a mat - a backing with protruding edges. For pictures of a standard size of 10x15 cm, it is enough to leave a frame 0.5-1 cm thick, and the bottom frame can be slightly wider. The color of the mat should be contrasting with the main background or match one of the colors if the paper is patterned.
Creating a “draft”
Before you take up the glue, lay out all the photographs, cards with signatures and decorative details on album sheets - make sure that they do not create a piling-up effect that is tiring for the eyes - the “air” around the photo looks much better than an abundance of inharmonious details. Once again, make sure that the photos do not need cropping - cutting off unnecessary details and elements.
Let's move on to the last stage
Quickly and carefully apply the main background, and then move on to the largest elements - photographs and collages. For a small photo, it is enough to apply glue at four points in the corners, retreating about 1 cm from the edges; large photographs and portraits taken by a children's photographer are glued along the entire perimeter. The final touch of the work is gluing the lightest and most fragile decorative details - dried flowers, grass or “clouds” made of cotton wool.
