| Scrapbooks are also called memory books and | | | | the weight, for at least a week so that all its |
| what better way to blossom your memories then | | | | liquids are soaked by the paper and the leaf |
| flowers themselves. Whether it is a flower from | | | | becomes completely dry. Check after every few |
| your prom dress, or the one from your wedding | | | | days or so until the flower is completely dried and |
| or just a dried up leaf from your garden tree, or | | | | pressed flat. When the flower is completely dry, it |
| the house you just left, or the garden you just | | | | is ready for use. A dried up flower can be |
| visited, or from some memorable outdoor trip, | | | | identified by its paper-like, fragile appearance. |
| there are certain ways to store these special | | | | Then take the dried flowers and place them on |
| memories in your scrapbook. Some people may | | | | the scrapbook as desired. Graceful and vivid |
| use these flowers for decorating their dull | | | | looking flowers are best suited for pasting in |
| scrapbooks too. It just needs a little | | | | scrapbooks. Align single flowers in their desired |
| concentration, some preparation and some | | | | place and put glue along the stem so that it sticks |
| patience. | | | | to its place and then gently press the flower onto |
| The first step is to take the flower that needs to | | | | the glue for proper sticking. |
| be pasted. Place the flower on a paper. The paper | | | | To stick small bunches of flowers; glue them |
| should be absorbent so that it readily soaks up all | | | | together on a bright-colored ribbon or tie them |
| the liquids of the flower (the nectar mostly) and it | | | | together by embroidery floss. And then glue the |
| should be acid-free so that the paper should not | | | | ribbon or the thread to the place where required. |
| harm the flower. | | | | After sticking the flowers into place, put sheets |
| Cover the flower with another paper or just fold | | | | of transparency plastic on top of the flowers and |
| the paper over. The flower should be covered | | | | glue the sheets to the scrapbook pages. The |
| from both sides so that its liquids can be finely | | | | sheets will ensure that the flowers remain in the |
| absorbed. Place the covered flower on an even | | | | desired position. |
| surface so that it does not break or wither and | | | | Sticking flowers to the scrapbook pages add a |
| then put some weight on it. Heavy books e.g. | | | | pretty and elegant look to scrapbooks. They may |
| phone books and other heavy but even surfaced | | | | be used as memoirs, journals, gifts, or even as |
| objects may be useful. | | | | menus (believe me, it touches you). |
| The next step is to wait. Leave the flower, with | | | | |