- 1). Consider what type of album (scrapbook) you want to put together. For example, you wouldn't want a flowered cover on a boy's sports album. By choosing the topic, you narrow down the style of the album and the pages you might want to create.
- 2). Choose a size that compliments the topic. For example, if you are doing a wedding album where you intend to put little extras like the invitation and announcement, then you need to make sure the page/paper size is larger than the largest object you wish to include.
- 3). Decide if you want to use protective pages. Protective pages will allow your scrapbook to be "touchable."
- 4). Choose a color scheme of three analogous colors. These are colors that sit beside each other on the color wheel. For example, green, yellow-green and light yellow sit beside each other. (See the link at the end of this article for an online color wheel that includes a brief guide on how to choose colors that compliment each other.) These colors will become your background colors.
- 5). Gather up all the pictures that you want to use in the album and keep them in one place for easy access during the project.
- 6). Count your pictures and extra items, and divide them by an even number. This will allow you to have facing pages in the album and prevent an "odd" page at the end. Try to keep the pictures down to three or less per page.
- 7). Choose an alphabet style to use throughout the album. If you are really creative, you can choose two that compliment each other for alternating information on the same page. Journal style writing is also acceptable if, and only if, you have legible writing. However, keep in mind that the page topic needs to be in a printed (as in ink, not actual print type) alphabet for emphasis.
- 8). Decide on a "Title Page." This is the introduction to the album's topic. If you include this in the page count you will now have an odd number of pages (which is what you want).
- 9). Layout your background pages. Background pages can be used to separate the secondary topics in the album. For example, if you are making a sports album of a child through the years, you might want to use the same color background for each sports picture for one year, and then change to another color for the next year.
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