A Scrapbook album is a great treasure one could own. Whenever you need to feel close to your loved ones you just need to open you scrapbook and feel the nearness of your dear and near ones to relive the good memories all over again. The embellishments of your scrapbook will be one of the most important aspects to consider when you start your scrapbooking process. There are many ways to add unusual embellishments to your scrapbook. However, the uniqueness of your scrapbook album will be based on the intensity of your imagination and creativity.

There are many ways to add an exotic look to your scrapbook album. Adding feathers can be classified as an elegant method of embellishing your scrapbook. Feathers can be used in different colors and sizes to embellish your scrapbook layouts as well as the scrapbook album cover. The natural beauty of feathers will add up to a supple look as you can also persist to create your scrapbook based on natural items. It will also make you feel the closeness to our nature when you go through your scrapbook after years of time.

Where on your Layout to add Feathers

Feathers can be added as borders to embellish the cover page or even as random decorations in different scrapbook layouts. You can even add feathers to the spaces left in between your lovely images to give an outstanding effect to your scrapbook layout. However this should be applied only to the pages where it’s necessary. Where the feathers should be added is to be a personal decision based on your instincts. Attaching feathers will give a more serene, calm, “away from the hectic world”- theme to your scrapbook album.

You should also consider the fact that feathers are not acid free; it might lead to a reduction in the lifetime of your valuable scrapbook album. You can even color your feathers to have your own theme for the feathers before you add them to your scrapbook. Attaching feathers to your scrapbook album would absolutely be an enjoyable activity to perform!

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How to Attach Feathers to your Layout

Attaching feathers is an easy task to carry out anyway. All you need is to grab glue and apply a thin line of it through the center of the feathers before you stick it to your scrapbook layout. Subsequently you have to create your own design and attach feathers in a pattern in order to embellish your treasured scrapbook. Also you can use embroidery cotton to attach the feathers in place as an alternate measurement.

Your scrapbook layout can be embellished by using feathers of different colors and designs. Invariably, knowing where to attach feathers correctly when decorating your scrapbook album will help you to create an exotic look to your scrapbook while adding much to the exclusivity and uniqueness to your creation. It will unquestionably make you re-live your memories and build happiness and self-confidence in you because the happiness you gain every time you look at your scrapbook album will be the witness of your own hard work being paid off!

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