Capturing Details in Your Scrapbooks

These colorful rocks were the hallmark of a lake that were at.

I love to take photos of things that are often overlooked and put those in my scrapbooks. The little things, the small details that you may notice on your adventure but don't necessarily think to take a photo of or put in your book. Often we are so busy living in the moment and taking in the bigger picture of where we are, that we forget about the little details that make that place or activity so special. I used to get lost in taking so many photos of the scenery, my kids, family shots, and what everyone was doing that it was only once we were gone I realized how many details I had missed. Now I make sure to take an extra 10 minutes, walk around, and take in all of those small details.

We just loved the deep, grooved bark of this tree.
We had never seen anything like it.

The kind of details really depends on where you are and what you are scrapping. Since a lot of my scrapbook layouts are of outdoor areas that we travel to, I tend to use a lot of natural elements. There are tons of things in nature that can add interest and detail to your scrapbook, like rocks, trees, bark, branches, feathers, shells, nests, and driftwood.  

Other ideas that can be used for details are things like statues, architecture, sculpture, medallions, front doors, park benches, fences, an image stamped in concrete, footprints in the sand - anything at all that you see when you pause to look around at your environment.

You don't have to dedicate a big space to add these details on your layouts either. If it is a photo you love and you have the space for it, then by all means use a 4x6 photo or even larger!  But if you don't have a lot of space, a smaller, cut-down photo can be used, or even cutting out the detail from the photo and just using that will work too.

Here are a few other examples: