Scrapbooking for Graduation

A wonderful way to honor your graduate is to create a scrapbook highlighting memories and achievements over the years.

If you love scrapbooking then you're probably well underway and the only thing you have left is to add this year's pages. 

However, most people are not this organized and they use their graduation party as an opportunity to create their first scrapbook.  If this is the case then you'll want to start early!  Of course the first thing that needs to be done is to collect pictures and awards to be used in your scrapbook.  Look for:

• Printed photos - go through all your old albums and shoe boxes.  If you like the photo but you want to keep it in its original album or frame, bring it to a copy store or a photo processing store and have them create a copy for you.
• Digital photos
• Awards
• Certificates
• Newspaper clippings

Photos of your grad in school, with teachers, with classmates, on school trips, with teams, etc. are especially fun and will be a great source of conversation at your graduation party.

Traditional Scrapbooking

If you enjoy scrapbooking then you already know what to do!  Just look for fun school related papers and embellishments at your local scrapbooking store.  We have a small selection in our online store that you can browse as well.

If you haven't scrapbooked very much or not at all then you may need some help.  A good way to get started is with scrapbook page packs available in our online store.  Our page packs have 38 coordinating pieces including six different 12" x 12" papers and many coordinating borders, stickers, frames and other embellishments.  Here are a couple of our most popular page packs:

Click here to see more page packs as well as other scrapbooking items.  

Cropping workshops are a great place to get caught up on your album projects, get inspiration, new ideas and get away from the distractions of home.  Workshops are offered in homes or at scrapbook supply stores.  You can even organize you own scrapbook party.  Invite other moms (or dads) of graduates and even the graduates themselves.

If you feel really overwhelmed, there are people who organize scrapbooks professionally.  So check with friends or stores that cater to this type of scrapbook.

Digital Scrapbooking

A great alternative to traditional scrapbooking is digital scrapbooking.

Our partner Snapfish.com allows you to create a "photo book" in several different sizes and styles.  You can pick the color of your book (consider your grad's high school colors or favorite color), create collages of photos, add text, and more.  The design options are endless.  Another nice feature is that you can order multiple copies.  So if Grandma & Grandpa can't make it to the graduation party, you can create an extra copy of the photo book just for them. 

If you have photos that are not digital (which many of us do) you can scan them in or bring them to a photo processing store and have them scanned or copied to a CD.  The scanned images can then be uploaded to Snapfish and used in your photo book.

Awards and certificates can also be scanned in.  If you can't do this yourself, once again you can bring them to a copy store and have them scan them to a CD.