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Some of the best free scrapbooking tips one can learn involve goal setting! Yep, you read that right. There are so many aspects to scrapbooking, so many supplies and pages that it’s nearly impossible to complete a great scrapbook without goals. Learn more about setting scrapbooking goals below.

Goal Setting For Scrapbooking

Always set goals that are reachable and make small baby step goals – reach them and make more.

Remember you are only human you may forget so write them down. If you don’t reach your goal pick out what you did well and how you can improve on it next time. Don’t overwhelm yourself with the big picture; focus only on small attainable goals.

Write our specific goals at the beginning of each year. These goals could include:

• Amount of albums
• Budget
• Specific Albums You Will Complete
• Baby – 1 7×7 for each set of grandparents
• Pregnancy – 1 for baby, 1 for yourself
• Vacation – 1 for

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Imagine sitting down and looking at all of your beautifully completed albums. Tea in hand you relax because you have finally finished exactly what you set out to do. Here are some ways to help keep you on track with your goals:

• Better Photos: Work on taking better photographs. Plan out the story of your day. Get pictures of the place you’re going, keep in mind what you want to show in your albums.
• Details: Pay attention to details. Watch out for other people in the background that you don’t know.
• Get Close: Think to yourself, “What am I taking a picture of?” when you look through your viewfinder. If you’re getting a full body shot

Are you pregnant? Expecting Your New Baby?

While you wait, you can get ready! You must remember that your little one’s scrapbook does not exactly have to start once he or she is born.

If you had your baby shower while you are still expecting you can start on it. You can have your baby shower pictures in your little one’s scrapbook; this will start you into the habit of scrapbooking before the baby is born.

When the little angels arrive, besides feeling overjoyed, you will have a rush of ideas for your scrapbook. At times these “idea over-loads” can turn the ideas into mush and you cannot separate them.

Here are some simple keywords and ideas that might help you out:

Baby Shower

• Your invitation
• Guests
• Presents
• Cards
• Cake

Hospital

• Visitors
• Nurse
• Doctor
• Flowers given
• Guests
• Visitors

The “Firsts”

• Day home
• Holidays
• Christmas
• New Years
• Easter
• Crawling
• Walking
• Hair cut
• Bath
• Using the pacifier
• Birthday
• Professional photo
• Close-Ups

Facial Features

• Hand
• Foot
• Cheeks
• Face
• Lips
• Ears

Take a picture each month and keep list of events for that month until he or she is one year old.

Items

Creating your first scrapbook can seem like quite a challenge if you are new to the art of scrapbooking.  Before you begin you will need a few basic supplies.  Here are a few ways to prepare in advance and make
creating your scrapbook fun:

Before you begin, make sure you have the necessary supplies:

• Scissors and a Paper Trimmer
• Adhesives (such as two-sided tape and photo safe glue)
• Sheet and Album protectors
• Archival pens and Markers

These items are the basic supplies that will make your scrapbooking experience a lot easier.

You will also want to have Decorative Accessories on hand such as:

• Colored or textured paper
• Stickers
• Unique Material and Fabric (to complement your pages)
• Eyelets
• Acrylic Paints

You should choose in advance the photos and items you want to include in your scrapbook.  Save the pictures and memorabilia you are not going to use in a safe place in case you want to add to your scrapbook at a later time.

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