Blogger helen7haden has an excellent post on planning and organizing your scrapbooking needs, include whether or not you want to be a “documenter” or a “scrapper.” Personally, I prefer the term “archivist” over documenter. Anyway, the post is an excellent one with a lot of useful information: “Archiving Our Families.”

My preference for scrapbooking is using standard 8-1/2″ x 11″ paper (non-U.S. readers should use the standard size in their country). You can use standard 3-ring binders and decorate them anyway you like. You can even get the ones with the see-through covers that let you slip in your own front and back covers and spine.

The advantage of using standard sized paper is that you can get copies made easily as well as scan the pages into your computer more easily. What happens when it is time to pass the scrapbook down to the next generation and more than one person wants it? (And, more than one person should have a copy in order to maintain your family memories.)

By using standard size paper, you can make extra copies or scan them into the computer and eMail or save them to CD or DVD. If you save your scrapbook in multiple ways, there are more opportunities for it to survive into the future.

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