Updated April 13, 2012.
Your baby's baptism or christening is one of the most important events of his first year. One great way to mark this special occasion is by creating a baptism scrapbook page.
If you plan to have someone take pictures during your baby's christening, remember to discuss this with your minister beforehand. He or she may have specific rules regarding photography during the service, especially if the lighting in the church will require the use of a flash.
However, you may be able to arrange a few staged photos before the event if everyone will be available at this time.
While you can purchase special christening outfits online or through a department store, many people choose to have their child wear an outfit handed down from a parent or grandparent. Heirloom christening outfits present a unique scrapbooking opportunity since you can make a layout featuring generations of family members wearing the same outfit. Try to stage photos of your baby in poses that are similar to your heirloom pictures to help with the "generations" theme of this type of scrapbook layout.
Some Bible verses that are appropriate for baptism scrapbook pages include:
Journaling on a baptism scrapbook page can also provide a good opportunity to share what your faith means to you and your family. You may even wish to have grandparents, aunts, uncles, or older siblings contribute some of the journaling to this special scrapbook layout.
Since christening gowns are often white and decorated with lace or embroidery, you can use this as the inspiration for your scrapbook layout. Choose textured white cardstock or patterned paper with a subtle embossed design. Add strips of ribbon, a scrap of lace, or some buttons for embellishments. If you have room, add cross clip art from one of the resources featured on the About Web Clip Art site. Print your journaling on vellum and attach it to your page with eyelets to complete the look.
If you're a digital scrapbooker, Mommy Scraps has a lovely free kit for baptism scrapbooking. The embellishments come in both blue and pink versions, so this kit can be used in either a baby boy or baby girl scrapbook page.
Your baby's baptism or christening is one of the most important events of his first year. One great way to mark this special occasion is by creating a baptism scrapbook page.
Taking Baptism Scrapbook Pictures
If you plan to have someone take pictures during your baby's christening, remember to discuss this with your minister beforehand. He or she may have specific rules regarding photography during the service, especially if the lighting in the church will require the use of a flash.
However, you may be able to arrange a few staged photos before the event if everyone will be available at this time.
While you can purchase special christening outfits online or through a department store, many people choose to have their child wear an outfit handed down from a parent or grandparent. Heirloom christening outfits present a unique scrapbooking opportunity since you can make a layout featuring generations of family members wearing the same outfit. Try to stage photos of your baby in poses that are similar to your heirloom pictures to help with the "generations" theme of this type of scrapbook layout.
Baptism Scrapbook Page Ideas for Journaling
Some Bible verses that are appropriate for baptism scrapbook pages include:
- May the Lord give His angel charge over you, to guide you in all your ways.
~ Psalm 91:11 - In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
~ Proverbs 3:6 - Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. ~Colossians 2:12
- Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. ~Romans 6:4
- Children are a gift from the Lord, a child is a reward from Him. ~Psalm 127:3
- Let the little children come unto Me, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ~Luke 18:16
- Whoever welcomes a child in My name, welcomes Me. ~Luke 9:46-48
- And He took the children in His arms, put His hands on them and blessed them. ~Mark 10:16
Journaling on a baptism scrapbook page can also provide a good opportunity to share what your faith means to you and your family. You may even wish to have grandparents, aunts, uncles, or older siblings contribute some of the journaling to this special scrapbook layout.
Design Ideas for Baptism Scrapbook Pages
Since christening gowns are often white and decorated with lace or embroidery, you can use this as the inspiration for your scrapbook layout. Choose textured white cardstock or patterned paper with a subtle embossed design. Add strips of ribbon, a scrap of lace, or some buttons for embellishments. If you have room, add cross clip art from one of the resources featured on the About Web Clip Art site. Print your journaling on vellum and attach it to your page with eyelets to complete the look.
If you're a digital scrapbooker, Mommy Scraps has a lovely free kit for baptism scrapbooking. The embellishments come in both blue and pink versions, so this kit can be used in either a baby boy or baby girl scrapbook page.
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