Hi all,
I was reading in the new book I got on Scrapbooking today and it was talking about the "history" of the craft (so to speak) and how people used to use scrapbook-type books for keeping poems and sonnets and such in that they didn't want to lose. So, my question for the group is, do any of you scrap "non-photo" pages for your books and if so, do you put them in a separate book or put them in with other "photo" pages as separators, or what? I've collected countless poems, little stories, etc. that are saved on my hard drive at the moment that would be perfect for this (and regardless of if anyone else is doing it I may just have to!) and I was wondering if others out there do scrapbooking with them or not. I know I'll use some of the quotes and proverbs on the photo pages, but some of them are too big to put on a page with photos (or with very many photos), so I was thinking of just scrapping them on their own.
Ok, second question... How do you test "non-paper" items for acidity? I was thinking of a great title/cover page for my wedding album and of using some of the silk flower petals from our wedding (we had all dried and silk flowers for our wedding as dh's mom is HIGHLY allergic) and don't know how to test them to make sure they're not acidic. Will a ph pen work on those? I'm thinking that the plastic that holds the base together may be bad, but was considering separating the petals and using as "confetti" on the page (with a velum overlay with the title printed on it and then tied at the corners with ribbon). I'm also thinking about using some of those little plastic wedding rings you can get at the craft stores, but again, how to test them... Any suggestions would be most appreciated!
Thanks a bunch!
-CC