Architectural Photo Letter Scrapbook Page Titles

Architectural photos that look like letters are a hot trend in home decorating. You can use this idea to create a one-of-a-kind scrapbook page title for your next layout. This technique is perfect for special vacation layouts, a scrapbook page about a baby's new nursery, or even just an everyday memories layout. Visit the Architectural Photo Letter Titles gallery to see page ideas that use this fun new technique.

1. Plan your title. To get started you will want to plan what word in your title you will make from photos. Shorter words are easier. Remember that you will need to be able to fit the photos across your scrapbook page.
2. Start thinking in "close-up." Look around for items that when a photo is taken close-up will look like a letter. Look at achitectural details such as windows, stair rails, wood and stone trims, etc.
3. Zoom in and snap away. Zoom in with your camera so that the photo is completely filled with the element that looks like a letter. Turn your camera so that all of your letters will be vertical photos so that you can line them up side by side across your scrapbook page.
4. Select print size. Once you have all of your letter photos on your camera card, you will need to decide how large to print each photo. A mini-wallet size (approximately 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches) works well. Check with your photo developer to see what you choices are for sizes.
5. Print in black and white or sepia. To remove distractions from the letter shapes in your photos, print them in black and white or sepia. By printing all of the title letters in one of these two finishes, the letters will flow together to look like one word.
6. Mat the photos. To finish off your title, mat the photo letters all together on one mat.

Remember that you can visit the Architectural Photo Letter Titles Scrapbook Page gallery to see some examples of scrapbook pages that feature this technique, and to see the sample title in this article up close.