Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS So I usually make a scrapbook AFTER my trip and after I have all of my pics together and know how I want to lay them out. Here's my issue - My WDW trip isn't until OCT 2013 and it's all I can think about!!! So I thought maybe if I started making the scrapbook now I can harness some of this excitement and really have one hell of a book (since I'm spending a year to make it LOL) once I'm done. Have any of you ever made a scrapbook BEFORE you went on a trip? I guess what I'm asking is am I setting myself up for a scrapbook failure, or will it be ok since I know what we will be doing, where we will be eating, etc. How would I go about it? Just make sure I have 4x6 mat spaces and not cut the pics (when I get them) into various shapes? Or should I just leave spaces that are at least 4x6 and determine how to crop the pics later?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I would leave spaces and decide how to crop later. Sometimes cropping the photos into creative shapes is half the fun. Or maybe lightly tack down your elements so they can be adjusted to fit your photos after you get them. I haven't scrapped in so long and I really miss it.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Since you know what you are going to do, I don't think you're setting yourself up for failure. Just make pages themed for the places and activities you know you'll have photos for, like your resort and such. Just be sure you leave room for pages you want to make after you get back.
Originally Posted By hopemax Perhaps, you could do some pages for certain themes, or concept pages. Like if you know you are going to take a picture with Mickey, you could pre-make a character page. But maybe, you don't know how many or what type of orientation you would do for a parade, so you could save those to do later. Or you could half a layout. The countries in Epcot might be a good example. You could completely make one page, with one or two 4x6 spots, title and then have an "empty" second page, where all you have is the background paper, that you can fill in when you have pictures in hand.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Great suggestion, hopemax! That is the kind of input that really helps. Autopia Deb, I also like the idea of constructing the page and then leaving the picture spots loosely attached. That way I can make any adjustment I need without too much hassle. I think I am going to find a way to merge both of your ideas. Scrapbooking can get expensive, so this will also help cost wise if I take a year to do it
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk I like looking through idea books and making pages from those. Then add photos after. Fun to set up your photos to go with the pages you have already created!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I did make a little scrapbook autograph book for my last trip and it worked well. I knew some of the characters that we definitely would get autographs & pics of and then others I just made more general. I think for an actual scrapbook, I would have a hard time doing it before hand. What I would do is just buy papers and embellishments and start planning the pages in my head. That way you can buy a little bit here and there over the next year and it would spread out the cost, but you wouldn't be tied down to a particular format that might not work with the pics you end up with.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I think I'm going to try to at least make 50% of the pages ahead of time for these two reasons: 1) We've now added a Disney cruise to our WDW trip making me even more excited 2) Today is the official first day of changing my eating habits so I can frolic aimlessly with no worries in the Bahamas, so I need something to keep me busy so I don't keep eating LOL
