There are many different things to consider when planning out your scrapbook. You want to decide on your theme and then coordinate your scrapbook accordingly.

It’s not unlike decorating a room in your house orplanning the decorations for a party. You don’t want one aspect to overpower or detract from the others and you want it all to be coordinated.

You may be a bit overwhelmed at times when trying to choose the right embellishments for a scrapbook.

With all the wonderful products out there you may have a difficult time making a choice.

The key here is to take your time and shoparound. There’s no rule that says yomust buy all the embellishments you’re going to use on your scrapbook from the same place, either.

Where you purchase your supplies is a matter of preference, like many other decisions you make about your scrapbooking.

Rubber stamps, stenciling, rub ons and stickers are all common and popular examples of embellishments.

The techniques that can be used with many of them vary, as do the mediums you can use with them. Although stickers can’t be used in too many different ways, the wide variety of stickers available makes them almost an essential item.

Let’s not overlook the embellishments that we can make ourselves. You can use a needle and thread or a sewing machine to make some wonderful embellishments.

Whether you’re sewing ribbon on to pages or using embroidery for your title page, these embellishments will add just as much pizzazz to your scrapbook as anything you could buy from a store.

A wide variety of other items that can be used as embellishments include beads, seeds, shells, ribbon, fabric, scraps of paper and so much more. The fact that many of these items are laying around the house make them very popular.

The homey feel that they inspire is also a good reason for their use.

Like many of the other choices you’ll make while scrapbooking, your choice of embellishments is a very personal one. What works for one person may not work for another.

Many times it’s merely a difference in style or taste that guides our decision. Other times it’s skill level or budget. However, there generally isn’t a right or wrong choice, so go ahead, experiment and have fun!