My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years and live together. i wanted to make a scrapbook of us for him. I'm not very creative though and have never made a scrapbook. We've gone alot of place so we have so many pics and we met at work about six years ago so we were friends for a while first also. So any ideas and advice would be good! If you don't think this is a good idea, could you please give me some other thoughtful ideas? Thanks!
2007-02-05 01:30:24 · 6 answers · asked by Erin S 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Valentine's Day
Guy's to be honest really don't care about stuff like that....at any age. Men just have a different mentality. I mean scrapbooks are more things girls do with their friends. I mean my girlfriend and i have a book of pictures but not a scrap book. Get him an Ipod or wear lingerie for him or Something else...but Scrap the Scrapbook idea.
2007-02-05 01:38:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, I'm not sure guys really care about stuff like this. But I saw one a girl at work did once for her boyfriend, and she went to Walmart and got those scrapbooking pages and just made it out of the best pictures she had collected of them and made the scrapbook.
It turned out pretty good, but like I said, I think a guy would rather have something else. I guess it just depends whether he's romantic and sentimental or not.
2007-02-05 09:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local hobby store like Hobby Lobby or Michaels. They have huge scrapbooking sections and usually you can find tones of packets of pre-made scrapbook pages that come with everything you would need to put the pages together to make it look good. They also have idea books and how-to's. You could even ask someone who works their and they would be happy to help you with ideas. You could even go one step farther and see if they offer classes.
2007-02-05 09:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by minicoop_jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put in photos of you and him throughout you lives together for example like a picture story book of the past 6 years and maybe even write in the story like a pic of you on your own then him on his own then around about the first time u met then a night out then your first date then your first holiday and then your house etc etc sort of a trip down memory lane!! leave some pages at the end blank so you can always add to it too such as wedding day honeymoon kids etc etc.... good luck hope it helps and yes i do think its a lovely idea...
2007-02-05 09:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by roblou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.lovingyou.com
If it were me I wouldnt only do pics- I'd include original, creative, personal stuff inbetween the pics/ momentos, or incorperate them. Some ideas:
make a list of "my fav memories" including inside jokes/phrases, funny moments, places you've gone, things you've done, etc
make a list of things you love about him - physically and personality-wise, or things that he does that you love
do a timeline of your time together, highlighting the great moments (could use the pics/momentos too)
or do a list of top 10/ top 12 moments (could also do it with one great memory for each of the months of the year)
write the story of us storybook style and include a nice twist on the end or make it "to be continued"
cut out things from magazines that represent him to you, or represent the two of you.
make a poem with his name, example:
Silly
Affectionate
Mischievous
Muscular
Yummy
find quotes which apply to you guys
( http://library.lovingyou.com/quotes/ )
.... if you decide against a book for him that site has other ideas, I think a book would be nice, but you do have to be creative
good luck
Happy Vday
2007-02-05 10:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by chigaimasu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its a brilliant idea, i made one for my mum of her first wedding and she cried her eyes out. First things first, sort and organize your photos into different groups, ie holidays, special moments, big events, that sort of thing. Visit some web sites that will give you good ideas for page layouts and ideas for titles and quotes. Here are a few that i use often
http://www.creativememories.com/MainMenu/Idea-Center
http://www.quoteland.com/
Those two site should get you started
Once you have decided on page layouts and have bought your supplies then you can start assembling the album
Ensure your album, all embellishments, paper and adhesives you use are acid and lignin free, if they are not they can ruin your photos.
Good luck and hope i helped
2007-02-05 09:45:12 · answer #6 · answered by Calebs Mummy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋