Photo & Story Treasures: Scrapbook Look #1

Friday, November 21, 2025

Scrapbook Look #1 - November 2025

Welcome to our new monthly series, Scrapbook Look, in celebration of our 16th Blogiversary! That's right--this blog turns 16 years old this month. Over the years, our content has included:

inspiration for family history stories
using photos for self-care
fun DIY and craft tutorials
tips for photo organization and scrapbooking hacks
lots of very unique gift ideas
important information on digital photo storage in the cloud
how to digitize old memories in outdated media (both photos and videos)

And probably a bunch of other things I'm not thinking of. After all, it HAS been 16 years.

You can still find regular inspirational and informational articles here on the first Friday of every month, with Scrapbook Look popping up on the third Fridays.

I personally love scrapbooking for all the relaxing and therapeutic benefits, but this is also true:

"Scrapbooking isn't just re-living memories. It's re-loving them." ~Janna W.

So, without further ado, here are some scrapbook pages I completed recently.

I absolutely loved this digital art collection (credited below) and how the layout came together. It's just full of darling papers and embellishments. I do a lot of journaling in my scrapbooks, so I loved the little notecard you see at the bottom left of each two-page spread.

I often Google layout ideas, and this was a combination of a couple. Because I'm a digital scrapbooker, I can resize and photos and embellishments by just clicking and dragging them instead of being restricted by the size of a sticker or the space in which I need to get a photo in.

I love scrapbooking because it really is re-loving memories! It was delightful to put the experience of this Siblings Trip into something tangible that I can look back on forever.

And thank you to Joanne at Slices of Life for the inspiration for this new series. She shares scrapbook pages and cards she's made each month, and I always enjoy seeing what she's done and getting inspired! I hope Scrapbook Look will inspire you each month, too.

You'll find Scrapbook Looks every third Friday of the month here at Life Tales Books.

CREDITS

Scrapbook pages made using Artisan software by Forever. (information | subscription | digital art store)
Digital art credit: "Travel - To England" by LJS Designs
When completed, the digital book will be printed here (in gorgeous, high-quality pages I fall in love with every time), with the digital version PDF also kept forever there in my private account.

NOTE: I am a Forever affiliate called an Ambassador (a decision I made because I love it so much), so you will find affiliate links in this post. I earn a commission from anything purchased at my website, and being your Ambassador means I'm here to help you with questions, too.

FAQ

Why digital?

First, there's no "right way" to scrapbook, except for two things: 1- quality so your book will last for many, many years to come, and 2- something you will love and therefore do.
I personally choose digital because it's faster and easier, taking up less space in my house than the papers and scissors and stickers (and table space) I needed when I was a paper scrapbooker. I like that instead of having to crop (cut) a photo to make it fit, I can easily resize, zoom in, etc.
I also love the ability to print multiple copies with just the click of a button, and for safety reasons I like that my scrapbooks exist both digitally and in print. (I have scanned my old paper scrapbooks for the same reason.)

Why digital just to print it?

Accessibility! Yes, I'm going to have my digital scrapbook printed because print is an easily-accessible form of seeing and also sharing (and gifting!) photos and memories. Print doesn't need a full battery in an expensive gadget. Plus, photo experts still recommend print as an important way to store photos and memories, in addition to digital forms.

Thanks for stopping in. See you next month at Scrapbook Look!