In today's world, most often people take electronic photos: selfies on phones, photos on soap dishes and professional cameras. Share them by sending each other or laying out on social networks.
But still some ten years ago, photographs had to be printed from the film in the studio, to stick it in the photo album. But paper photo albums have not faded into the background, and year after year their popularity is growing.
And the point is not only in their popularity, but also in the fact that the design of a photo album is a creative process, and its production unites all members of the family. Such an album will be not only a wonderful decoration for your living room, but also a great gift.
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How to make a photo album?
Making a photo album is not so difficult if you stock up with the right tools and materials, and, of course, an original idea. Here are examples of topics for the plot:
- birth of a child;
- wedding or anniversary;
- vacation;
- graduation, etc.
There are a lot of such reasons. So, having decided on the event that you want to display in your photo album, it's time to think about the tools.
How to make a photo album with your own hands?
You will need:
- nail scissors;
- hole puncher;
- stapler;
- stationery knife;
- glue;
- felt-tip pens and pencils;
- double-sided tape;
- paints.
Here are the main tools that are most often used in the manufacture of photo albums. But this is not all that you may need - it all depends on your imagination.
In addition, you will need the following materials:
- paper;
- cardboard;
- self-adhesive;
- cover: it can be decorated with fabric, leather, fur, rhinestones, etc.
Step-by-step instructions for making a photo album
- We start production from the basics. For this we need any pages in the cover. It can even be an ordinary student’s notebook or notebook;
- determine the number of photos. On average, one page 2-3 photos for a photo album. Based on this, we calculate the required number of pages;
- from paper we make a backing for each page;
- paste substrates on cardboard sheets;
- punch holes for fastening in the resulting squares;
- we cover the cover of the photo album with prepared material (for beginners it is better to use the finished binding, after laying foam rubber or other soft cloth under it to give the cover softness and volume);
- make holes in the binding, and then with the help of a cord or wire we attach the pages to the cover, the base is almost ready.
Photo Album Design Ideas
Selecting photos and making the basis of a photo album is not all. As a result, all the components of the photo album filling should merge together.
To do this, you must:
- within the meaning of choosing on the sheet the center of the composition;
- pick a palette of colors that should be combined with each other;
- choose decor elements and try not to “go too far” with them (this can be paper, cloth, plastic, metal, etc. You can use lace to decorate a wedding photo album, and decorate a children's photo album with clippings from children's fairy tales, small toys);
- choose a place for photos, captions to them.
Gift album options
There are plenty of topics for creating a photo album in every family: “Farewell, school!”, “Our first-born”, “The whole family in assembly”, “Crimea-2012” ...
Consider the design options for the photo album on a specific example - “My grandfather is a sailor”:
- we cut out the substrate from colored paper or fabric in the color of a sea wave, we also make the edges wavy;
- make a title at the top, for example, “Remember, captain!”;
- we decorate the name with fish cut out of colored paper or other material;
- place the old photograph in the center of the composition;
- glue the anchor in the lower left corner;
- opposite the adhesive sticker with the signature, indicating the fleet and years of service, for example: "Pacific Fleet, 1960-1963."
The page is ready!
If this is your first experience of this kind of work, we recommend making a photo album with no more than 20 pages.
Family photo album
Probably everyone remembers family gatherings, visits of parental friends to visit, and many hours of revisions of family photo albums, accompanied by constant exclamations a la “What a dear!”, “And where are you?”, “How Andryushka waved.”
This trend has not lost popularity even now. How to make a photo album that would not be ashamed to show guests?
Let's look at a specific example, which is gaining more and more popularity - mini-albums, united by one storyline: a walk, some kind of event, etc.
- take the sketchbook for the basics;
- cuts off half or even three quarters of it;
- make a booklet that will open according to the accordion principle;
- on one page we place only one photograph, on the second page we place a signature, decoration, quote or something else.
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On the Internet and bookstores you will find a lot of tips, manuals on the design of paper photo albums, even educational trainings are held.
But it’s best to turn on fantasy and make a unique photo album with your own hands!
DIY photo album
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