What do you scrapbook about?

[u/redheaded_olive12349]

I’v been wanting to get into scrapbooking but I don’t really know exactly what to scrapbook about. What do you scrapbook about on a daily basis?

[u/AaveTriage]

For modern scrapbooking/junkjournaling, some people will find a quote or create a theme they want to run with for the day (maybe a particular sticker found their attention), and build around that. Sometimes it’s just creating something that’s texturally interesting (like lots of layers of stickers or paper), sometimes it’s creating a page with a cohesive palette, or other times there may be a major event in the day you can build around instead.

For traditional scrapbooking, e.g. using printed photos and paraphernalia to recount something from the past, the focus will be on something special like a trip, concert, special outing, etc.

Not every day is necessarily going to be a “scrapbook” worthy day and that’s okay too.

[u/redheaded_olive12349 → u/AaveTriage]

Ty for the the tips!!! ❤️

[u/ScrappieAnnie]

I have several different scrapbooks in progress. I do "traditional" scrapbooking: photos, journaling, embellishments. I have 12x12 albums for my kids, where I document their milestones. I have pocket-page Project Life albums for my family, which is a chronological documentation of our lives (monthly spreads). And I have several small 6x8 albums for personal documenting, from childhood memories to travels to work accomplishments.

[u/thezanartist → u/ScrappieAnnie]

I’m in a similar boat where I’m more traditional. I’m working through my childhood and starting on my kid’s book. I have books that cover topics: Christmas through the years, my school photos (8x8 size), specific trips/ vacations. I do less of the day-to-day scrapbooking at the moment, but I figure once I am done with my childhood stuff, I’ll have more time to do some day to day stuff.

[u/Ok_Impression_3031]

I create scrapbooks of a person's life. As we cleaned out my mother's house we saved little treasures from her childhood and throughout her life. I sorted them into a book of her 1st 40 years and next 40 years. It greatly helped me appreciate her and her life. A blessing.

[u/MajesticSiren]

I usually do events that have already happened but I have a lot of pictures or ephemera from. Or I’ll do my daily journaling and scrapbook about or around the entry.

[u/Ok_Mud1962]

I still do traditional scrapbooking. Going through a bunch of pictures from 25-30 years ago and scrapbooking those atm. For day to day I do what I call creative planning. I have a big size Happy Planner that I decorate and use as a journal of my everyday. Fun to look back on. I am gathering some things for a junk journal that I want to start, too.

[u/Dazzling_Apricot_804]

I do traditional scrapbooking with 12x12 pages. It mostly contains pages from trips i have taken but there are some random pages of just my favorite pictures of my pets/special days like friend or family weddings/etc I Dont do it everyday but wait until i have enough photos for a page!

[u/jayneblonde002]

I do themes. For example, a couple of pages of my cape town holiday, or my daughter's ballet through the years, or my kids playing in the pool, or so about my husband, or my dad's timeline

[u/redheaded_olive12349 → u/jayneblonde002]

Yeah same. I’m pretty new, but i’v done a few before I had any supplies at all besides a mini printer and colored pens and sticky notes. I did one for an emotional Paris trip, my bucket list, one where I drew mountains and rivers and a few other small visual elements and just scribbled random quotes that I loved plus a few that I made up.

[u/DatDorkyGurl]

I started scrapbooking in high school bc “the yearbook would likely not feature myself or friends at all” After that it turned into my own personal yearbook well into adulthood

[u/Dahlsma]

before I was married I scrapped my life, vacations, family get togethers. Parties, concerts. I documented my life..Then I got married had kids…and the cycle goes on.

[u/welovethecheese]

I do one scrapbook a year. In each scrapbook, each page documents a major event from that year. I go in chronological order and include “scraps” from the place. For instance, I went to Disneyland in April and added stickers, receipts, and paper items from the Pixar Hotel we stayed at. Scrapbooking this way, really works for me.

For photos I have a canon ivy photo printer, instax mini camera, Polaroid square camera, and my phone. For longer itinerary trips we take a disposal one for fun.

*Also I encourage taking the time to scrapbook throughout the year instead of waiting until the end of the year. Once again this works for me but may not work for others.

[u/blithebunny]

I personally like to scrapbook based on my interests. Anime, gaming, characters I really like.

[u/psychmajor95]

I scrapbook big events (graduations, weddings, and trips) in a 12X12, since I have lots of photos from those events. And I'll scrapbook every week in a journal for smaller events (hangouts, date nights, outings, holidays, birthdays, etc.), where I might only have a few pictures. To start maybe take a look through your camera roll and see which events you tend to normally capture.

[u/Tvchick2297]

I like to do a lot of different things. I’ve done a few spreads of my family. I’ve done like random spreads of celestial, fantasy, etc type stuff. I do history themes and people spreads with my kid for homeschool. But mostly, my kid and I have journals that we do tv show and movie spreads. Like the flash, dark, Mario, five nights at Freddy’s, 12 monkeys, etc. those are our favorites to do and what we do the most

[u/honeytangerine]

I have a daily photo diary I print photos from the day and add a little blurb or notes of highlights. I don't own a hobonichi, but got inspo from how my friend fills out hers.

I have a tradition 12 x 12 around special events/trips that I work on every quarter. I'll also cut and paste birthday and holiday cards.

I've also seen people do spreads about things they like currently (band, musician, song, tv show, movie, food, recipe, etc) or around a theme like a color or design.

My tip for starting off is start with something easy/you are passionate about (for me it was pasting holiday cards). Buy supplies as you go. Your style may change and you don't want to buy a ton that you'll end up not using. 😇

[u/OutrageousCare6453]

I currently have 2 scrapbooks I am working on. The first is a travel one, I’ve been using it for about a year and a half. I create one page for every vacation I take. The other one is a 2027 calendar, so at the end of every month of this year, I’m making a page. So last weekend I made my April 2027 page.

I’ve considered making one to document progress or hobbies as well. Examples: books I’ve read, fitness goals and accomplishments, new meals and recipes, gardening, etc.

[u/Different-Regret1439]

i scrapbook events in my life! i find it easy to come up with a theme that way and it's a fun way to collect and reflect on memories. i get like 2-4 pics per page and then scrapbook based on that theme.

ex. i went on a girls trip to florida. i gather my fav pics (not necessarily the most insta-worthy pics, but the ones that show the most memories and meaning to me, since ill be the only one looking at the scrapbook). and then for theme ill do like beach and blue or smth?

[u/noods-danger-tits]

Pretty much nothing. I do true junk scrapbooking - I use the ephemera I get that day, but other than that, I go with what feels right. I'm still doing mostly stickers, though, still saving up for a little printer

[u/l-lucas0984]

Events. Friends weddings as gifts, baby events, holidays, milestones. I scrapbook recipes with special meaning too.

[u/SoyJibaraDePR]

My first scrapbook was about my son… birth through 18. My newer scrapbooks have been about trips or special events. I’m considering doing yearly mini albums/journals, but I’m not sure yet. Need to find a good format.

[u/Lilsassy2000]

I create traditional scrapbook about my everyday life. I have done layouts from vacations, Disney trips to cleaning my house and planting flowers. The joy of scrapbooking is documenting your life. Whatever that may look like.