| Traditional gifts for Mothers Day center around | | | | game. Don't forget this is a scrapbook not a |
| chocolates, flowers and other pleasant but | | | | photograph album. Add invitations, programs, |
| ephemeral items. Why not be different and give | | | | tickets etc. as well as pictures. |
| your Mom something she can keep forever, | | | | - Family holidays. Maybe the last holiday when you |
| something deeply personal and something which | | | | were all together before you or your siblings left |
| tells her you love her, all at the same time. | | | | home. |
| Scrapbooking is a wonderful hobby which can be | | | | - Your graduation. A school or university |
| used in many different ways to create gifts which | | | | graduation is usually an occasion for pictures with |
| will become genuine family treasures. | | | | parents. What was your Mother wearing, where |
| A star scrapbook - a small scrapbook designed in | | | | did she get it? |
| the shape of a star which can sit on a shelf as a | | | | - A previous Mothers Day |
| lovely display, or pack neatly into a handbag, all | | | | - A wedding - yours or maybe your mothers! |
| tied with a ribbon, ready to be shown and | | | | - Your mothers first grandchild (if she has any) |
| admired by all. This is a very personal gift and | | | | The bond between Mother's and daughters is a |
| absolutely perfect for proud grandma's who will | | | | very strong one, especially when the daughters |
| want to take the pictures of the new baby to be | | | | become mother's themselves. If you find it |
| admired by all. Star scrapbooks are relatively | | | | difficult to find words for the way you feel you |
| simple to make. | | | | can use rub one and stamped words to convey |
| An alternative would be a full size scrapbook | | | | emotion. |
| album devoted to you and your mother. You can | | | | Lovely as it is, a whole scrapbook can take time |
| feature pictures of the two of you from the time | | | | to make, if are just starting with your gift, |
| of your birth right up to the present day. Begin | | | | maybe plan the full scrapbook for next year and |
| with the first picture you have of the two of you | | | | do something a little different; a single scrapbook |
| together; if you're lucky you'll have one taken just | | | | page, framed so it can be hung on the wall as an |
| after you were born, then move through the | | | | artwork. Half way between a simple picture and a |
| album recording milestones. There will usually be 9 | | | | full album, these single pages can make wonderful |
| double page spreads a title page and an end page, | | | | keepsakes and give you the opportunity to take |
| so plan each one before you start, then it's easier | | | | your creativity in a slightly different direction. You |
| to get your scrapbooking supplies and | | | | can buy a shadow box frame easily from amazon |
| embellishments for a project like this all at the | | | | and then, because this will be hung in a deep |
| same time. | | | | frame and not kept flat in a book, you can |
| Here are some suggestions for pages you could | | | | explore the world of three dimensional |
| create: | | | | embellishments. |
| - I am born - a page about your birth, but this | | | | For inspiration look at some of K and Company's |
| time focusing on mother, not baby. | | | | Grand Adhesion's. These are relatively simply |
| - your christening/naming ceremony - a page | | | | constructed using pads to raise some items of |
| showing the family - add journaling to show who | | | | the page. Butterflies are easy to make 3D, one |
| was there, when it was, again from your mothers | | | | flat one duplicated cut out and added with just a |
| point of view. Was she stressed out arranging it? | | | | dot of silicone and gently teased into shape. The |
| See what you can find out without asking her so | | | | same thing can be done with flowers, using |
| it's all a surprise. | | | | something like the petal packs from Petaloo or, |
| - Family Gatherings. Lots of families have times | | | | for a different approach the 20 blossom template |
| they get together, sometimes for big occasions, | | | | from Hot Off The Press. Trace the flowers |
| sometimes not. Whether it's Christmas, New Year | | | | through the template onto paper, cut them out |
| or a golden or diamond wedding, be sure to add | | | | and assemble them. Curl the petals for the 3D |
| pictures and labels to show who was who, and | | | | effect and add a little glitter, or even a gem or |
| write about your mothers role in the event, not | | | | brad at the flower's center. It's all down to the |
| yours. | | | | paper you use, experiment with plain paper, |
| - Your parents significant anniversaries. Have you | | | | patterns and of course vellum which gives a |
| celebrated a silver, golden or diamond anniversary | | | | lovely delicate effect. |
| as a family? Has you Mom been married more | | | | Shadow boxes are great fun, don't take too long |
| than once? Use your judgment here and create | | | | to do and its always nice to see your work |
| an accurate history, but don't go out of your way | | | | displayed, rather than shut away in an album. |
| to bring back unpleasant memories. | | | | Once you've completed your gift, don't spoil the |
| - Your mothers significant birthdays. Did your | | | | effect by forgetting to wrap it and if you really |
| Mom have a big party at 40, 50 or older? Is she | | | | don't have time for any of this, visit your Mom. |
| regularly 21 again? Any birthday where you were | | | | She'd rather see you than a whole house full of |
| together and have something to record is fair | | | | scrapbooks. |