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We live in a time when any product can be found in a store, it will be of different price categories, of different quality, but purchasing what you want, in general, is not a problem. Therefore, more and more often I want to give a gift to my loved ones. significant dates and give something unusual, not typical. Such a gift evokes more emotions and is more memorable. During my childhood, on the contrary, after the shortage, plastic photo albums seemed like a novelty - they were so smooth and bright. But over time, they began to lack some kind of peculiarity, life. Such a gift thirty years ago would have been a joy, but now it will merit a nod out of politeness. But this does not mean that no one prints out photographs and indulges in memories; you can also give photo albums. But only those in which part of the human presence is invested. For example, for the birth of my daughter, my sister gave me a wonderful gift - a photo album created with her own hands. She used scrapbooking, but there are many more ideas and techniques that can help you create great designs.

How to make a photo album with your own hands

When we see the finished result, it seems impossible to repeat this. And there is no need to repeat, the main thing is to harmoniously combine all the elements and colors. This is what we will talk about.

The easiest way to create an album with your own hands is to go to a store for handicrafts (and there is one specifically for scrapbooking) and buy a ready-made set. Usually, it includes sheets with prints of the quantity you need, frames, and stickers. You can buy additional cardboard that does not have ugly stiffening ribs. And at home, using your imagination, you can simply put together an album. But this is more expensive than making such beauty from improvised means.

For example, a set of 6 sheets with decor will cost you from 400 rubles. The more content in the set, the more expensive it will be.

But, not everyone likes bright and colorful designs, so for a beginning craftswoman, you can just take colored thick paper or print the drawing yourself on a printer, if your apartment is equipped with such equipment.

Before starting work, a needlewoman needs to understand what she will need and choose a place where there is a flat, wide surface.

The paper on the front side can be replaced with fabric. Before work, all sections must be carefully ironed - this will help to carefully and evenly cut the required sizes and maintain a beautiful appearance.

You will need an adhesive component: double-sided tape and Moment glue.

Also, it is beautiful and convenient when the photo album is on rings or with free-standing pages. This can be done beautifully with the help of a grommet installer, which is sold in hardware stores for 150 rubles.

Another tip for choosing a color scheme: where there is a lot of decor, choose a background that is as uncluttered and non-colorful as possible. Otherwise, the result will be a bad taste effect and the decor will be lost in diversity. Most often, this rule applies to the front cover. All colors must be combined, they can be supported by a pattern, tones in one color scheme or be flowers - companions. This can help.

The craftswoman is also trying to make the inside very complete. They also use pockets and envelopes with closing elements for small photos or details dear to the heart. Anything is suitable for decoration: wooden shavings and saw cuts, twine, buttons and lace, ribbons, napkins, beads, twigs, artificial flowers and pompoms. In general, everything you have in your sewing box, in the kitchen, or in the children's room.

Glue a backing in place of the intended photograph; this will add originality and zest to each spread.

It’s not a problem now to print different tags and places for notes. Print it out in a regular copy center and stick it in a photo album.

We’ve figured out a little about where to get materials and what can be used, now let’s move on to a step-by-step master class on creating a photo album with your own hands.

Making a photo album with your own hands step by step with photos, detailed master class

I think that now this information is read mostly by beginners who are just developing their own technique and style of performance. Therefore, we will analyze a simple version of the album. By the way, have you noticed that the craftswomen who make such albums to order always have their own style? Some use unusual natural materials, some use a certain composition in decoration. Even, at first glance, similar albums made using the same technique will be very different in design and decor.

We will need:

• Two cardboard blanks for the cover
• Two small cardboard blanks for the end
• Glue Moment
• Double sided tape
• Beautiful fabric, preferably linen or cotton
• Eyelet installer, ruler, scissors and decor

You can vary the sizes as you need. But, these dimensions must fit all blanks.

If you don’t want to spend money on your first photo album, you can replace store-bought cardboard with cardboard from a shoe box.

Before work, you need to cut all the workpieces to size. So the cover should be slightly larger than the inner pages, usually 0.5 -1 cm.

1. We glue double-sided tape around the perimeter of the cardboard blank, iron the fabric for the cover and place it face down.
   
2. Glue the cardboard blank to the fabric so that there are 1.5 cm allowances on the sides.
   
3. We glue the small element at a distance of 4 ml from the main part - this will be the end of the album.
   
4. We glue double-sided tape around the perimeter of the cardboard, capturing the small part.
   
5. We cut off the fabric corners, but leave 1.2 mm so that the cardboard does not stick out.
   
6. Glue the fabric allowances onto tape.
   
7. The fabric corners can not be cut, but bent into a triangle and glued, as in the photo. Do what seems simpler.
   
8. We do the same with the second part of the back cover.
9. Glue the decor
   
10. We coat the workpiece on the wrong side with glue and decorate it with cardboard.
    
11. In the place where the spine should bend, you need to push (not tear) the cardboard and bend it.
    
12. Now you need to make even cuts in the spine; to do this, mark 1.5 cm at the top and bottom.
    
13. We take the grommet installer and make a hole. We install a grommet in it.
    
14. We make holes on all pages.
    
15. You need to make an even fold on all the leaves in the direction in which they will be leafed.
    
16. We connect all the parts with a cord.
    

When decorating the inside of the cover, the glue can be smoothed with paper so that there are no waves.

Start decorating the pages using decorative elements. You can also close it with an elastic band or tie it with a ribbon.

The simplest photo album using scrapbooking technique is ready.

As an example, I’ll give you a few already decorated pages, but you can also leave empty colored leaves, which is also beautiful.

Variants of inscriptions are below in the photo.

I really like it when they design the first page as a title page.

Below is an option for designing a page with an envelope.

More ideas for using design, pockets on the page.

I invite you to view another idea for making a beautiful photo album.

Ideas for decorating a photo album with your own hands (family, wedding, for a newborn)

Products made using the scrapbooking technique continue to win the love of the audience with their delicacy and abundance of details. There is a lot of volumetric design, which not everyone likes and is not always convenient. Having scoured the Internet, I found several very interesting ideas using other types of materials. For example, the technique of burning, embroidery, wood carving, metal elements, etc. is used. I’ll give you a few works that really resonated with me.

Scrapbooking is more suitable for gentle girls, young mothers and children. This technique allows you to create beautiful photo albums for newborns and weddings.

For a baby, you can create such beauty in the photo, the highlight here is that all the elements are sewn on. Imagine that you can even use technology, which will also add uniqueness to the product.

Still very nice option cover design using lace and ribbons. Notice how harmoniously all the shades and background for the decor are chosen. This is what we need to strive for. This beauty can be given to any family for any occasion.

Another option for a family album. Two colors are used, one main calm color, the other saturated, but in smaller quantities. A padding polyester was also placed on the base of the cover to give the appearance volume and texture.

But I think that for people of a more serious age, for an anniversary, as well as for people who value natural charm, products with elements of wood and leather are suitable. Look what wonderful and colorful products you get.

Another very interesting option.

Using the burning technique, you can make ornaments and designs. There are also a lot of materials for adding color and bringing out the wood texture, everything will come in handy here!

An interesting option for using rough wood texture and lace.

There is a maritime theme here.

Another version of a family album in aged technology using belts.

Look how interesting the background looks from artificial leather on the product.

The use of embroidery really distinguishes the craftswoman from the whole variety of hand-made albums. Do you agree? Very unusual, and not at all difficult.

A playful background is more suitable for children.

Or here's another children's version.

For those who like to celebrate brightly and collect such moments, there is another option for designing a cover with embroidery.

See how all the shades and design details come together. The boys should like it.

Another gentle album for a child or a young mother. I think it will be nice to pick him up and look at him, and then read the inscription on the newborn’s tags and look at the first photos.

Well, another very laconic, but self-sufficient option. There is little decor, but it creates a feeling of completeness.

I really liked the ideas; you never cease to be amazed at how much imagination and creativity people have.

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A family album is an important element of every home. It is the center of attention when visiting friends and relatives, at family celebrations and in warm moments of memories. This is a secret of the past, a kind of relic, the life story of each of us. Today, most photos are stored on phones, tablets, and mobile phones. But it’s much more pleasant to turn through the pages of history and touch pictures than to view them on a monitor. A handmade photo album will be a successful alternative to electronic folders.

Photo album using scarpbooking technique

The scrapbook is a literal translation of the newfangled trend of creating photo albums. Such albums can contain everything: dried flowers, “tags” of a newborn, small meaningful things, cuts, lace, beads and, of course, photos. Design imagination knows no bounds, and modern materials make it possible to realize any ideas.

Masters work in several directions:

• modern. All current attributes, stencils, blanks, bright prints, rhinestones, etc. are appropriate. In this direction you can often find shabby chic;

• V retro And vintage albums use aged paper, cute trinkets, jewelry, clippings from old newspapers or magazines, lace, braid;

• romantic implies the use of everything delicate and airy: lace, fabric, ribbons, jewelry, braid, poetry.

When creating an album on any topic, it is important to think through the basic design and create a color composition. Basic scrapbooking tips for beginners:

• decide on the style in which the album will be made;
• choose the background of the pages. It should be combined with the shades of colors used in the album;
• think over the semantic content of the album, if you need to select poems, quotes, make clippings.

How to make an album with your own hands, see the video below.

A love story: wedding album

Wedding photo album does not have to contain exclusively photographs of the celebration. You can start a story about your family with a story about how you met: photos together on vacation or dating moments.

When creating a wedding album with your own hands, you need:

• choose size. The 30*30 cm option is ideal for placing several photos on a page. The parameters 20*20 cm mean a standard photo on the page and a few small things. But the album 25*25 cm is the average option. You can place several pictures and diversify with additional inserts;
• Materials you will need: thick paper (cardstock), film with a pattern (overlay), cardboard figures (chipboard), foil, beads, garter, invitations, napkins, bows, buttons, lace, cards, tulle.

Watch the video below for the album creation process.

And naturally, your family life will be long and happy, so you need to provide pages for future anniversaries.

How to make a cover in the video below.

Creating an album for a newborn

When creating a children's album, it is appropriate to use a variety of scarp paper, stencils, and baby things. The following may be useful for registration:

• a hand or foot print of a child. This can be done using regular gouache, or on a special base, which is then placed on the cover;

• pregnancy photos and ultrasound images;
• horoscope, name meaning - all this will be a good addition to the album;
• pictures of your favorite toys will decorate the pages;
• a lullaby for your baby is suitable for a photo of a sleeping child;
• first phrases, a memorable drawing, a page from a diary - everything that seems ordinary now can be of great value in 10-15 years;
• menu, favorite dish, favorite cartoon - mentioning these moments will be a good addition to the photos.

How to create a children's scrapbooking album, see the video below.

A children's album made from envelopes will be creative and non-standard. Watch the master class in the video below.

Chronicle of generations in photographs

Family photo album – great gift for your wedding anniversary to your nearest and dearest. The story of their family, photos of children and everything significant events can be placed under one binding. This album will look good in a vintage or retro style.

For a family history album you can use:

• lyrics that were relevant at a certain time, poems and sayings, newspaper clippings;
• significant things or their photos;
• artificial flowers, various stamps, elements of old costume jewelry, iron butterflies, flowers, figured photo frames, suede and velvet.

See the video below for an example of the design.

An integral part of such albums is aged paper. It's not difficult to do:

• in order to give the edges a “frayed” look, you need to treat them with a distresser;
• coffee will turn a white sheet of paper yellowed with age. Brew 5 full teaspoons of coffee in 200 ml of boiling water. Let it brew for 10 minutes with the lid closed and strain. Lightly crush a sheet of paper, dip it in coffee and hold for no more than 5 minutes. Dry and iron;

• Black tea will give yellowness to the paper. Brew 5-10 tsp. in a glass of boiling water (depending on how much the leaf needs to be yellowed). Leave for 10 minutes and strain. Keep the leaf in tea leaves for about two minutes. Dry and iron. You can drop tea leaves onto the sheet several times.

It's a good idea to create a family tree. You can bring your idea to life by drawing it, cutting it out of cardboard, felt or fiberboard.

How to make a family tree with your own hands, see the video below.

DIY travel book

For travel lovers, a travel book will be relevant - a book of photographs, notes, plans, saved tickets and small souvenirs.

How to create a travel album, see the video below.

The travel book contains:

• a lot of entries. By hand and not necessarily with a ruler. These could be stories about your expectations from the trip, what you managed to achieve, a description of the highlights of the trip;
• You can devote a page to each topic: food, relaxation, sights, new acquaintances;
• special pockets for small souvenirs.

Review the full design of the travel album in the video below.

Stroller, heart or house: creating figured photo albums

Who said that a photo album must be rectangular? Figured albums look bright and unusual. You can download ready-made stencils from the Internet, or you can create them yourself. An unsurpassed family album in the shape of a house was made by blogger Elena Stepanova. The author made a multi-story house and placed the photographs as follows: as the family grows, the floor increases. The result was amazing.

Figured albums can be family, children's, or reflect the hobbies of household members.

Album pet interesting for children, because filling it with pictures of your pet is very entertaining.

How to design a figured album, see the video below.

Mini-album for beginners

This album will be a good start for those who are trying their hand at scrapbooking. It can be designed in the form of a book, box or accordion. The last option is the easiest to implement. All you need is 70*10 cm cardboard, decorative paper, double-sided tape, tape. The album is composed as follows:

• folds are made on the cardboard at a distance of 10 cm. This will be the binding;
• the cover will be two squares measuring 10.5*10.5 cm, covered with decorative paper, which are attached to the binding;
• Sheets of decorative paper measuring 9.5*9.5 cm are glued to each page of the album;
• the album is decorated with a ribbon tie.

Instructions

Create a photo albumA program for creating photo albums - AntWorks FotoAlbum. Download it from the official website. Download the program to your computer and open it. Click "File - Create Album". Enter the name of the photo album in the window that opens and upload photos from your computer to it by clicking on “Add”. If you need to select the entire folder with photos, then select “Add folder”. Click "Create".

Design an album cover and view photos When you launch the program, a list of photo albums will be presented on the left. By selecting one of them, all its photos will appear on the right. Creating photo albums involves accompanying images with a number of effects. You can make an album cover by pressing the F9 key and selecting the “Cover Settings” line. To set up a slideshow - F7, start a slideshow - F6, view photos in full screen mode– F5 (all this is in the “View” tab).

Add music to your photo album To add music files from your computer, press F8. A playlist window will open, select “Add” in it. Save the desired song for the album by clicking “OK”.

Make a video from photos. Select an album, go to “Tools – Create video” or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F. In the “Create Video” window, in the “Images” tab, select the photos with the left mouse button while holding down the Ctrl key. In the adjacent “Settings” tab, set the video parameters you need (frame size and time, music in wave format, etc.). After that, click “Create”.

Create a collage of photos. To do this, select photos in the album with the left mouse button + Ctrl. Go to “Tools – Create Collage”, define a style (stack, grid, horizontal or vertical) and click “Create”. If you are not satisfied with the position of the photos in the selected style, then click on “Create” until the program selects the position that suits you. Then save the collage.

Make an HTML gallery An electronic photo album can be uploaded to the Internet. Select “Tools – Create html gallery – template/simple”. Designate the directory, i.e. folder on your computer where the html album will be saved. Enter the name of the html page in Latin letters, select/download a template (if you are creating a gallery using a template), name the gallery, click “Forward”, set the necessary parameters, then “Forward” and “Finish”. Now a photo gallery with html code can be placed on the site.

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• How to make a photo album | Creating a photo album in AntWorks FotoAlbum
• photo album for computer
• Where to create a photo album online?

Modern technologies allow any computer user to edit their own video or film. This can be done using both more professional programs - Pinnacle Studio and Adobe After Effects, and standard ones included with Windows, for example, Windows Movie Maker. Using Windows Movie Maker as an example, we will look at creating a simple video.

Instructions

Open Windows program Movie Maker. It is on yours, regardless of the version of Windows. To do this, use the “Start” button, “All Programs” link.

Click on the “Import media” button and indicate to the program those files that you plan as material for, these can be audio files, as well as static images -. The files you specify will be copied to the program’s working folder - “Imported media files”.

At the bottom of the program you will see the editing area; it can be displayed in several modes (the -switch is in the lower left corner of the window): in the “Storyboard” mode and the “Timeline” mode. The latter gives you much more about the editing materials: the duration of video and audio fragments, the text of the titles superimposed on the frames. Storyboard mode is useful for transferring files from the Imported Media folder to the editing area, as well as for applying effects and transitions.

Move the necessary files in the desired order to the editing area. In the “Timeline” mode, select a file and adjust the duration of its display in the future video.

From the drop-down list at the top of the window, select Transitions. Transition options will be displayed that can be used between any two fragments in the editing area. Customize transitions in your video by dragging them onto the editing area.

In the same way, configure “Effects” for each file separately.

Save the video by selecting one of the options in the "Publish to selected location" menu. You can save the video on your computer, on DVD, or send it via email.

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Today, websites bring good income to their owners. But in a competitive environment, it is necessary to constantly maintain your resource in the TOP, otherwise users and search engines simply will not find it. One way is to fill the site with video content.

Instructions

On the World Wide Web there is large number services that allow gallery on the resource for those users who do not have enough disk space in their computer memory to accommodate large video files. Videos are stored on these services and played through them. Another advantage of this method is the relative ease of implementation. The most popular of these services is YouTube.

If you want to make a video gallery on your site, first post the video on YouTube.com. If you are not registered on it, be sure to go through this procedure. First of all, as in most cases, create an account. Click on the appropriate button to go to a page on which you will have to enter the following data: date and year of birth, country of residence, indicate gender and click on the box called “I Accept.”

First study the conditions that YouTube puts forward. Then enter your address mailbox, enter the new password twice. After this, carefully type the characters (captcha) that are presented in the window). Registration is completed.

Click on the button that says “Add video.” On the page that appears, click on the same button. After that, select the video to download that is located on your computer. Click on "Open".

Come up with a name for your video, write tags for search robots, and in the drop-down window select the category in which the video file will be presented. Complete the posting procedure on the site by clicking on the button called “Save Changes”. Please be aware that the maximum size of the posted file is no more than 2 GB, and the playback duration is 15 minutes.

In order for the video to be played on your resource in the HTML code of the page, write down the link and HTML code.

Photo albums can preserve memories of important moments in life throughout many years. To make your album as interesting as possible and delight not only you, but also your guests, you can design its cover yourself.

You will need

• - colored and shiny paper;
• - decorations (beads, rhinestones or sequins);
• - glue;
• - velvet or staple;
• - gilded braid;
• - photos.

Instructions

One of the most suitable ways to design any photo album is appliqué. Choose a story for it in accordance with the theme of the album. For example, to decorate a collection of children's photographs, colored and shiny paper, as well as shiny decorations - beads, rhinestones or sequins, are suitable. Create a composition suitable for the child’s age. For the little ones, you can make an applique with animals and cartoon characters. Older children will especially like models of cars, boats or airplanes. The album looks good with paper decorations in the form of beautifully dressed dolls or flowers.

A photo album cover intended for photographs of both adults and adults can be covered with velvet or staple. Choose a color depending on the preferences of the child or other family members. In the center of the cover, place the best photo, in your opinion, of a child, newlyweds or other people important to you. The edges of the album can be carefully covered with gilded braid or other original decorations. Decorations made from threads or yarn would also be appropriate.

A wedding photo album provides many suitable design options. The main place in the composition here can be occupied by an applique of the newlyweds’ favorite flowers. Lovers of everything bright can make a cover from contrasting shades - red and green, black and white, etc. Those who prefer classics should choose calmer tones. Decorate the central area of ​​the cover with two wedding rings made of gilded paper, or with your best wedding photos together. Creative people can also use various wedding accessories for appliqué: flower petals from the bride’s bouquet, bows and ribbons from the cortege decoration, etc.

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Family photos can be used to make an interesting slideshow. To create your own simple option Microsoft PowerPoint is suitable for slide shows. This program is designed to create effective presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint is rich in functionality and is included in the package software Microsoft Office.

You will need

• - personal computer;
• - installed program Microsoft PowerPoint;
• - photos.

Instructions

Create a separate folder and save the photos from which you will make a slide show. Remember the location of the folder.

Open Microsoft PowerPoint. In Control Panel, click the Insert tab and select the Photo Album section. In this section you need to select the “Create photo album” option. A dialog box will open in which you need to select the “File or disk” command.

After clicking the "File or drive" button, specify the path to the folder with the necessary photographs. In the Add New Pictures window, select multiple photos to create a slideshow using the Shift key. Click "Insert". The photos open in the Photo Album dialog box. Click "Create".

Click "Insert". The photos open in the Photo Album dialog box. Click "Create". All selected photos will be displayed on the right side of the monitor.

From the Control Panel, select the View tab. In this tab, click the "Slide Sorter" button. In this mode, you can change the order of the slides. To do this, select the desired slide with the left mouse button and drag it into place of another slide. The photos will be swapped.

Click on the "Normal" button in the "View" tab. On the first slide, change the title of the slideshow.
In Control Panel, click the Animation tab. In this tab you need to select the type of transition between slides from those offered by the program. In the "Change Slide" field, check the "Automatically after" box and select a time.

To create interesting presentation I need to put music on my slideshow. To do this, go to the “Insert” tab in the control panel. Click the Sound button. The program will offer several positions to choose from. Select the “Sound from file” option. In the Insert Sound window that appears, select a music file to accompany your presentation. Click OK. A dialog box appears asking “Play sound when showing slides?” Click the Automatic button.

To set automatic slide changes, go to the “Slide Show” tab. Open the Presentation Settings window. In this window, set the following options: slide show – automatic, slides – all, slide change – timed.

Save the document. To save, select the file type "PowerPoint Demo" with the file extension - *ppsx. Give a name and specify the path to the folder to save the slideshow.

Tip 6: How to make a wedding photo album yourself

A photobook, unlike memory, will never let you down; it is visual evidence best moments life, which includes a wedding.
Modern technologies make it possible not only to capture happy moments in the lives of lovers, but also to save colorful, vibrant photographs on for many years forward. Without a statute of limitations, when there is no yellowness on the paper and small cracks in the upper corners.
Become an author own history love. Choose the best wedding photos and make a photo book out of them. Unlike ordinary photo albums, you can pass it on to future generations!

You will need

Instructions

Select required template photo books. Currently, 6 templates are available on the site, corresponding to the most popular album sizes.

Upload and arrange photos in special frames, add text.

When you click on the image, a window will pop up in which you can edit the colors, size or tilt of the image. You can also add frames, clipart and choose a background.

The next step is to view your photo book. Click the "View" button in the lower right corner of the screen. If you like everything, then you can proceed to checkout. If you need to change anything else, click on the "Edit" button.

Complete your order by choosing a convenient delivery and payment method. If you encounter any difficulties, use the video instructions in the “Help” section or an online consultant.

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Please note

The online photo editor “accepts” images of no more than 10 MB. Simply put, if the photos are overweight, use the “offline” version; to do this, download it to your computer. And then every detail noted by the camera will fully appear in the picture.

Useful advice

The quality of printed photo books does not depend on the physical size of the photos. You should not use photographs from which you can print a poster.

The size of the photos should be approximately the same as their size in the already printed photo book in order to get truly clear, bright photos.

One of the most important characteristics that determine print quality is the number of DPI (dots per inch). It is optimal to use images with a resolution of 300 DPI.

The correct selection of paper means a lot for the future safety of your photo gallery. You can choose standard Colotech paper or, for special occasions, exclusive non-yellowing EverFlat.

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• Wedding photo album

Beautiful photos deserve to be included in an unusual photo album. You can order it from a scrapbooking master or create it yourself from scrap materials.

You will need

• - file folder;
• - cardboard;
• - fabric, ribbons, lace, laces;
• - beads, bugles, buttons;
• - glue, threads, needles, jewelry, etc.

Instructions

Buy a file folder of any size, for example, A4, A5 or A6. Buy strong, durable cardboard of the appropriate size; it will serve as the pages of the future album.

Cover the front and back covers of the folder with thick, bright fabric; do not cover the spine, otherwise the fabric will bunch up when you open the album. It is better to paint this part with opaque paint. Make a fold of the fabric in the place where the spine begins, carefully glue it, fold the material along the edges of the crust, and glue it from the inside. To prevent the edges of the fabric from being visible, glue cardboard or thick paper to the inside of the front and back crust. colored paper.

Decorate your album cover. Sew large buttons to the material, make a loop from an elastic band or ribbon, and sew to the back of the folder to form a stylized clasp. You can also use old belt buckles. Decorate the surface of the folder's crust with pieces of leather, ribbons, and appliqué. If you are preparing an album from a trip, decorate the folder in the appropriate style - glue waves made of ribbons, steamboats assembled from newsprint, seagulls made of feathers.

Cut out sheets of cardboard of a size suitable for the folder, and round their edges. Create a unique look for each page of the album, decorate them only on one side, on reverse side There is no need to paste photos.

Here are some ideas for decorating the pages. Glue light fabric onto cardboard with PVA glue, and use a gel pen to write the lyrics to a song that means a lot to you. Place photos on top of the text. Or roll the transparent tape into a loose tube, secure it with thread on one side, fluff the resulting one, make stems from ribbons or laces. Wide leaves can be made from pieces of leather. Place all the details at the bottom of the page, glue it, fix the photo at the top. Cut flowers with four to five petals from leather or substitute. Choose thick, bright threads and make two cross stitches in each flower in the center, like a button. Fasten the thread from the wrong side. Fill the empty space on the page with flowers.

A photo album is the most convenient way to store and display photos. In our time of digital technology, photo albums have become more of a souvenir item than a means of storing photographs, so an exclusive photo album will be more valuable than one purchased in a store. Namely, you can make such a photo album, unlike others, yourself.

You will need

• Files
• Thick paper
• Photos
• Foil

Instructions

You can make a photo album in different ways. The easiest one is to remember how our grandmothers made it. They took an album or notebook with thick sheets of paper, cut holes in the sheets for corners, or glued corners. Less often, they simply pasted a photograph onto a sheet. They colored the pages with paints or felt-tip pens, signed the date of the photo and who was depicted in it. The cover of such an album was covered with colored paper or foil.

In our twenty-first century, you can always purchase a folder with files of any format in a stationery store. The printed ones will only need to be inserted. It’s easy to decorate the folder cover; just cover it with velvet or soft leather and decorate it with rhinestones.

Nowadays there is a fashion for photo albums - they are often used for weddings and... It doesn't take much work to make an album like this. The box should be covered with wrapping paper or cloth, decorated with bows, beads or rhinestones, and a decorated box should be placed inside in the same way.

In the 21st century, people take digital photographs every day. They are saved on mobile phones and shown to friends on social networks. But a homemade photo album with memorable photographs, inscriptions and decorations makes an unusual impression. A DIY photo album, design ideas and its final editing is a matter for the whole family, a creative way to express an attitude towards life. The whole family will show their talents by creating a photo album with their own hands; design ideas will definitely come to your mind.

Friends at home will happily leaf through such a work of art. A handmade album will become a priceless gift.

Album themes

Making a classic photo album with your own hands is not difficult if you have the necessary materials, tools and original ideas. The design depends on the chosen plot.

Topics that are traditionally devoted to self-made photo albums:

• birth of a baby;
• wedding;
• journey;
• school prom;
• bright event.

You can make an album for an anniversary for a colleague or as a gift for your beloved man. Children's albums and photo books for parents are popular. Once the topic is outlined, you should stock up on tools. In the table you can see what is needed to create a photo album with your own hands.

Materials and tools for work

Tools:

• miniature scissors;
• simple hole punch;
• knife-cutter;
• pencils;
• paints;
• markers;
• glue stick;
• curly scissors;
• figured hole punch;
• double sided tape.

Materials:

• paper;
• cardboard;
• cover material;
• fur, leather, lace, beads, chains, etc.

Decorative details play an important role in the original design. These are any interesting things found at home or in a scrapbooking store.

How to make a base for a photo album

The basis of the future masterpiece is the pages in the cover.

Step by step instructions to create a photo album with your own hands:

• count the photos. 1-2 photographs are placed on 1 page;
• cut out a paper backing for each page;
• stick the backing onto cardboard squares with a side of 30 cm;
• punch holes for fastening;
• cover the cover of a purchased album with material;
• punch holes in the binding;
• attach the pages to the cover with string or rings.

Home artists make round-shaped albums, in the shape of a heart or a house. For a beginner, it is better to start with square sheets. It is more convenient to make the base part of each page separately, and then attach the pages to the album cover. D Decorative additions are glued last.

Experienced craftsmen make photo album covers with their own hands. It is better for a novice designer to use a ready-made binding. It can be covered with foam rubber and covered with a beautiful fabric on top. The soft layer inside creates a plump effect and looks especially good in newborn photo albums.

The top cover of the cover is made of fabric that suits the style, fur or leather.

Composition: learning to design photo albums

Selecting beautiful photos and stocking up on decorations is not all you need to create a photo album with your own hands. All elements must form a visual unity.

Each sheet is filled out according to scrapbooking rules:

• select the semantic center of the page;
• choose a harmony of shades for photographs, inscriptions and decorative details;
• choose decoration that matches the meaning of the photo;
• balance the proportions of large and small parts;
• make bright accents;
• do not overload the page with decorations;
• outline the triangle “photo – title – signature”;
• place an odd number of details on each page.

Create contrast from one large element and several small ones in the opposite corner. For example, at the bottom right there is a large snowflake, at the top left there are three small stars.

Family album design options

A family album should reflect not only history, but also the spirit of the dynasty. It is important to select the most important memorable photographs.

For example:

• "Little Dad with Young Grandfather";
• "At the wedding table";
• “We’re having a baby”;
• "First time in first grade."

Beginners should try their hand at creating a small album with their own hands - 15-20 pages. You can decorate the inside of the family album with scanned documents and maternity hospital tags of newborns.

Ideas for creating a page about your sailor grandfather in stages:

• trim the “Pearl Turquoise” paper backing along the edges with scissors with a wavy edge;
• make the title “Across the seas, across the waves” at the top;
• highlight the name with strips of decorative tape depicting fish;
• Place a vintage photograph in the center;
• Attach a small anchor to the lower left;
• opposite, put a sticker with the inscription “Black Sea Merchant Fleet, July 1979.”

A young mother can make a photo album of her newborn with her own hands. Children make albums as gifts for their parents. Another popular type is a wedding photo album. Designing a family album with your own hands becomes a fun joint project.

Photo album as a gift for a teacher

Traditionally to graduation party preparing gifts for the class teacher and the first teacher. The best way to capture childhood memories is through self-made photo albums. They include the most striking photographs from school life: lessons and excursions, concerts and work in the school grounds. There are many styles for designing a photo album: children's theme (for the first teacher), computer theme (for the computer science teacher).

The “school” style is popular in albums for teachers - notebooks with a slanted ruler, a chalkboard, autumn leaves. The photographs are accompanied by funny illustrations: scanned “notes” from schoolchildren’s diaries, fragments school essays. Often graduates make photo albums as gifts with wishes.

Ideas for the page:

• light paper background;
• in the center - photo;
• to the left of the photo is a strip of decorative tape with maple leaves;
• above the photo is a monthly calendar (printed or made by hand);
• to the right of the frame is a checkered sticker with the inscription: “History lesson, 02/04/2016”
• below is the inscription in blue marker “One day in our life.”

All students can sign the graduation photo album for the teacher. Homemade teacher albums are a great addition to pockets filled with CDs of memorable videos.

Original photo album ideas: capturing life

Digital technology provides us with a wealth of photographs from all walks of life. It’s nice to show your friends a photo album you created with your own hands, the ideas of which were suggested by life itself.

Here are some interesting stories:

• "Best moments of the year";
• "I love this city";
• "My hobbies";
• "Me and my cat";
• "Men in my life";
• "Home and Garden";
• "Cool selfies."

Good quotes for a photo album. You can print them on a printer or write them with a gel pen on colored stickers.

Review your digital photos, choose themes with a similar theme. Think about what and how to decorate your photo album. Any items from home will do: scraps of lace, buttons, colored paper clips, dried flowers.

It’s interesting to make several photo albums with your own hands in the style of diaries. Such a photo album-diary is decorated with simple stickers, often with statuses from the Internet.

The covers of self-made photo albums are decorated with “all sorts of things”: openwork knitting, straw, collages of small photographs. Vintage albums are decorated with items from “grandmother’s chest.”

Small album: wonderful memories

Sometimes a whole series of photographs are accumulated, connected by one subject. For example, a romantic walk with your loved one, a friend’s wedding, the smiles of a baby. These images can easily be combined into a mini album.

There are several options for how to decorate an album with photographs in an unusual way:

• use half size paper;
• use a purchased small-format album as a basis;
• make a book that folds out like an accordion.

When decorating a mini photo album, only 1 photo is placed on the page. Inscriptions, decorations, quotes are placed on a parallel page.

Designing a photo album page step by step:

• background – “Dandy” scrap paper;
• on the page on the right is a photograph cropped at the edges with comb scissors;
• in the upper corner of the photo there is a heart chip;
• on the left page there is a blue inscription “The two of us under an umbrella”;
• under the inscription there is a fabric autumn leaf;
• along the edge of the left page - a vertical strip of decorative tape;
• on the tape there is the inscription “Autumn is...”.

To create a mini photo album with your own hands, you will need double-sided paper. Tilting the photos will add dynamism. You can glue scraps of bright fabric or lace under the pictures.

In the “mini” style, you can perform a large family cycle: “I was born!”, “First steps”, “Walks with grandma”, etc.

Decorating a page in a homemade photo album

A sketch of the photo album page must be drawn in advance. On a regular page there are 5 main components: title, photographs (1-2), inscriptions for them, background, decorations and additions. The page is marked with a simple pencil.

First, do all the work with paints and felt-tip pens so as not to smudge it later. Fill out the page starting from the top. When the artistic elements have dried, stick the photo in the intended area.

Inscriptions on album photographs are made with ink, gel pen, and felt-tip pen. Then flat decorations are attached. It is more convenient to attach volumetric elements when the album is fully assembled. They are glued, sewn or nailed. It is convenient to use a glue gun when decorating photo albums.

For the design of photo albums, the most different materials: paper, fabric, wood, metal, plastic, felt. The subject of the pictures will tell you how best to decorate your photo albums. A wedding photo album is decorated with lace and pearls, a traveler's album is decorated with pebbles and shells. You can make decorations with your own hands: knit, cut out of paper.

You don't have to buy appliques from scrapbooking stores. Dried flowers and leaves look even better than plastic ones.

The Internet and special reference books contain thousands of extraordinary tips on how to make photo albums of any subject with your own hands. Experts conduct master classes on scrapbooking. But it’s much more fun to invent and create on your own!

Master class: scrapbooking (3 videos)

Various album design options (45 photos)

Who said that with the advent of digital photos, the days of paper photo albums are gone? My friends are convinced that printing digital photos is an unnecessary waste of money. “Of course,” I agree. But only if the printed photos then lie in an unsorted pile in a desk drawer. And it’s a completely different matter if you put in a little effort and imagination and make a photo album. A well-thought-out photo album of the most interesting photographs is much more pleasant to show to friends and relatives, who, in turn, will not have to look through hundreds and even thousands of not always interesting photos on your computer.
I invite MirSovetov readers to consider what modern photo albums are like.

Classic photo album

I consider three types of classic photo albums:

• with cardboard sheets on which photographs are pasted;
• with magnetic sheets;
• with plastic pockets where photographs are inserted.

Of course, albums with plastic pockets are extremely practical and easy to fill. I stuffed the photos into the pockets and that’s it - they are well protected from dust and touches. That's why they became so widespread. However, these albums also have a significant drawback - they do not allow you to be creative. And guests often look at them. If you still prefer this type of album, I highly recommend taking one that allows you to insert photos of various formats into it. The 10×15 format is convenient, but large photos, for example, 20x30, look much more interesting. In addition, some albums have special stickers for inscriptions. Come up with a witty caption for each photo or simply describe what is shown in the photo - human memory is short-lived.

The situation is completely opposite with the less practical cardboard album, which you can design to your heart's content. Well, at least with the size of the photos and their location on the page.
Albums with “magnetic” sheets also allow you to use a creative approach and you don’t have to struggle with glue or adhesive corners - you can place photos of different formats on the sheets, and subsequently change their location. But over time, the magnetic sheet turns yellow and gets scratched, and the photos begin to peel off.
I offer the readers of MirSovetov several rules, adhering to which when filling out a classic photo album, you can achieve excellent results.
Each event has its own album.
It is better to dedicate a separate album to each significant event in your life: “My baby” (for the first year of a child’s life), “Our wedding”, “ Kindergarten", "A trip to the sea", etc. If you are keeping a photo chronicle of your family, dedicate one album to a specific period - a year or 5 years.
Choose your cover carefully. The choice of covers is now very diverse: oilcloth, from various fabrics, with decorative elements, from fur, from artificial and natural leather, etc. Assorted covers with flowers, kittens and dogs are no longer in fashion; choose more stylish solutions. In addition, there are special thematic albums dedicated to a particular event - pay attention to them. In my opinion, a very interesting option is if the entire family photo archive is placed in several numbered albums in the same style, a kind of “collected works.”

Connecting sheets in an album. Paper sheets, for example, can be joined using glue or book method, and the second is much stronger and more convenient. Both plastic and paper sheets can be connected using a spring (easy to view) or a ring (you can swap pages, remove excess, add).

Place the photo in the album immediately after printing. Otherwise, unsorted photos will accumulate and accumulate, frightening you with their quantity.
Observe the time principle. Place photos in the album according to the chronology of events. It’s strange if at the beginning of the album your child is 5 years old, in the middle he is a year old, and at the end he is depicted as seven years old.
Choose only the most interesting photos for the album.
Those that are of aesthetic value or are simply very dear to your heart. Avoid similar photos! If you have 300 wedding photos on your computer, they don't all have to go into a photo album.
Elementary computer photo processing. For example, some photos could use cropping or adjusting the contrast (Microsoft Office Picture Manager and other more complex programs for working with images can do this).
Agree, visible from the right side household appliances This photo doesn't look good.


Create in photo editors. Working in Photoshop requires serious skills, but even in basic photo editors you can do a lot of interesting things. For example, turn a photo into a pencil drawing or add an interesting texture.

It is also interesting to insert some photographs into a frame - and send it to print along with it. Both Photoshop and online resources allow you to insert a photo into a frame.
In my opinion, this photo benefited greatly from a well-chosen frame.


Create compositions. This recommendation is for photo albums with magnetic and cardboard sheets. Of course, you can just post a photo, or you can use some invention and combine them according to some principle. For example, in a children's album, one page can be devoted to baby photos of all the child's closest relatives. It will certainly be clear what traits the baby inherited and from whom. And for the men's album - how the main character goes in for sports (with a barbell, with a kettlebell, jogging, in the pool).
This is what I came up with when I was preparing small posters for my husband’s birthday.

Ready-made thematic photo albums

These albums are most often sold in bookstores and are a cross between a book and a photo album. Usually such albums are dedicated to a specific event (“I was born”, “For the first time in first grade”, etc.). Those. The book contains empty spaces for pasting your photos and signatures.

These albums have undoubted merits. Firstly, this is an excellent workmanship: typographic printing, durable book covers. Secondly, everything has already been thought up for you. Thirdly, this is more than a photo album, it allows you to make various notes, for example, about when the baby cut his teeth or what kind of juice he likes. But the disadvantages often outweigh the advantages, here are just a few of them:
So, when purchasing such a photo album, do not be too lazy to carefully study all its contents right in the store. And for children's albums, do not forget to fill it out as the event occurs - mothers very quickly forget when their baby began to hold his head up or sat down confidently.

Scrapbooking

Albums in the scrapbooking style are now gaining great popularity.
So, scrapbooking (“scrap” is a cutting, “book” is a book) is handicraft, the production and design of photo albums from a variety of materials. Not only photo albums are made in the scrapbooking style, but also postcards, invitations, diaries, etc.
In such a photo album, along with photos, you can put whatever you want - memorabilia, magazine clippings, signatures (handwritten or printed) and even voluminous ones (buttons, beads, braid, etc.).



You can find ready-made scrapbooks on sale, but fans of this hobby prefer to do everything with their own hands - even making the album itself. For this purpose, you can find special blanks made from chipboard (thick cardboard), acrylic, or any cardstock (painted cardboard) will do. In principle, any classic album with cardboard sheets can be used for scrapbooking.
Scrapbooking is perhaps becoming a whole science; entire styles and individual techniques have emerged. Scrapbookers use many special materials, tools and decorative elements. For a novice scrapbooker, this variety can even be intimidating. I will list just some of the materials that may be needed when working on a scrapbook.
1. Paper.
You can already find them on sale even in regular office supply stores. special paper for scrapbooking. You will be amazed by its variety: it can be one-sided (with a pattern on one side) and double-sided, regular and embossed, with sparkles and iridescence, with certain designs for thematic albums. But you can also use paper for watercolors and colored paper for pastels.
2. Tools:
In my opinion, skillful hands can create a scrapbook from anything, having only scissors, glue and a pencil in their arsenal. However, so that the flight of fancy is not limited by anything, it would be nice to have the following devices:

• mock-up rug (it spreads on the table);
• rulers, pencils (simple, preferably mechanical);
• regular scissors of different sizes and a set of curly scissors;
• breadboard knife and roller cutter;
• tweezers;
• devices for corrugating paper;
• figured hole punchers, corner and edge punchers;
• various types of glue, tape, glue gun;
• various paints and brushes;
• crop pipe (for installing eyelets);
• stamps, etc.

3. Decorations.

• contour and volumetric stickers;
• buttons, rhinestones, beads;
• anchors, eyelets;
• ribbons and braid, waxed cord;
• felt figures;
• chipboard decorations (blanks made of thick cardboard in the shape of various figures, frames);
• carnations;
• flowers, leaves, etc.

You can look for all this in the accessories and stationery departments, but it is much easier to purchase from online stores dedicated to scrapbooking.
Scrap albums, in my opinion, have two significant drawbacks - their creation requires a decent amount of money and time. Financial issue, by the way, can be resolved quite easily. To create and design your first albums, you can easily make do with improvised means; in any home there will be some stickers, old beads, unnecessary magazines, felt-tip pens, paints, sheets of cardboard, and scissors. But, of course, special materials for scrapbooking are much more aesthetically pleasing, and also more practical (they have archival quality - they do not oxidize the photo, and do not fade on their own).
Here is an example of a scrapbook postcard that did not cost me any money. I made it many years ago, without even realizing that I used the scrapbooking style.

The advantages of such photo albums are obvious. This is no longer just a collection of photographs - it is an expression of your creative self. Scrapbooks are real works of art, they are unique, individual, and also very informative, because here you can make notes about events, insert poems, songs, etc.
Thanks to the Internet, everyone is interested in scrapbooking. more people. There are special sites dedicated to scrapbooking, a lot of useful information can be found on the forums of sites for moms, there are even master classes and online scrapbooking schools - free and paid. And, of course, online stores, domestic and foreign, where you can buy everything you need for this handicraft (it can be difficult to find what you need in regular stores).
It is also worth noting that the hobby of scrapbooking can develop into an income-generating activity; hand-made is in demand today.

Photobooks

And finally, the last type of photo albums that I want to talk about are photo books. They come in two types - Photobook and Printbook.
Photos for Photobook are printed in a single spread, then they are glued onto a plastic or cardboard base. The choice of covers for such photobooks is very large (laminated with any image, leather, fabric), and the Photobook itself can be of various sizes. These photo albums are not very popular because... extremely expensive, and I advise making them only for special occasions important events or to emphasize your status.
Photobooks of the Printbook type are printed on printing equipment, their pages are sewn into a spine like a real book. On the Internet you can find special services offering to create such photo books; any amateur photographer can understand them. These photo editors contain templates for photo books of various formats and different themes (“Amor... Amor...”, “Our baby,” “ New Year's fairy tale", "Soldier of Fortune", etc.).





Printbooks can also come in different formats, with soft or hard cover. Laminated, leather, fabric covers and even dust jackets are used.
You can take a ready-made template, for example, on the theme “First-graders,” and just insert your photos. Or you can create by designing each page yourself from the proposed elements (choose your own background, frames, decorations, signatures, etc.). In addition, you can add your own elements downloaded from the Internet to Printbook. In this way, working with Printbook turns into real electronic scrapbooking. This area of ​​scrapbooking is also very popular now, and the most suitable program for it is Photoshop. Just like for classic scrapbooking, on the Internet you will find many lessons and recommendations for creating electronic scrapbooks, and you can also download or purchase numerous clip-arts, frames, brushes and Quick Pages.
The main advantage of Printbook is that it is affordable, unique and allows you to express your creative potential and create an interesting chronicle of your family. Ordering a Printbook is very easy, you simply send your layout via the Internet, and in a few days the finished photo book will be delivered to your home by courier or regular mail.

I hope my story inspired MirSovetov readers to create their own photo album. I wish you beautiful photographs and original photo albums!