FATHER’S DAY SCRAPBOOK THEME When we buy gifts for our mothers it is not as difficult as buying one for our fathers. Men’s needs in general are expensive and do not have much variation. There is one gift that you can give to the special man in your life. Honor you father by creating a scrapbook of him with a father’s day scrapbook theme.

A scrapbook is one way of showing your father how his presence has influenced your life. This scrapbook will be treasured more than an expesive gift because you have made this scrapbook with your father in mind and this will leave a long lasting impression unlike most gifts.

There are many themes that you can choose. Will the father’s day scrapbook theme capture your dad’s life from boyhood to the present time? Are you going to center on the learning and effect of your father in your life? What is your dads favorite hobby? Can you make some type of graphic for your scrapbook that will capture the theme of his hobby? Let us say that your father is a fishing enthusiast, you can probably have fishing tools as background images. You can create a theme based around his favorite baseball team.

You can then proceed to acquiring the materials for your scrapbook. Here are some tips to help you get organized:

·Have a spread of photos of your dad whether alone, with the family or with other people. Select the best ones for your scrapbook. These would be the photos that highlight an important event in your dad’s life or those that convey your emotions about your father.

·Be sure to select maximum of 3 colors for your scrapbook page. You want to select colors that match the photos that you are using in the scrapbook page. Placing odd colors with photos can make the picture clash with the background and you want to keep your colors working together. If you know your father’s favorite colors then this can be used.

·Choose one photo that is to be the focal point of the scrapbook. This can be a solo shot of your father. It can be a studio shot. Try to find an outdoor photo of your father. These outdoor photos make great center pieces.

The main picture should be highlighted to stand out. You can mat the image by having a wider border or another color which will stand out from the rest.

·Add journaling to your scrapbook page. Place a comment or caption about what the photo is, where it was made, what happened, etc. This will make the scrapbook more interesting.

·Arrange the elements of the scrapbook in a way that does not crowd the page.  Many people will create scrapbook pages that are full of pictures and make the page look more like a photo album.  This is not the look that you want if you are trying to create a scrapbook.. A page that is covered in many pictures may crowed the page leaving the viewer overwhelmed.

·Place embellishments on your page – stickers, die cuts, rubber stamps and punches. You do want to be careful not to overpower the images on the page.

If you are close to other family members, you may consider asking them to supply you with some pictures as well as some quotes that they would like to include in your dad’s scrapbook. Involve all the special people in your father’s life to make the scrapbook have more meaning.

My name is Teresa Surrency and I am the host of Scrapbook Secrets With Teresa.  You can post and search Scrapbook Crops on my Scrapbook Events Website