Wedding scrapbook ideas for the whole day
Pair wedding photographs with the invitation, order of service and menu. Keep the ceremony, reception and evening in separate sections so the day is easy to follow.
Decide whether to include preparations or just the wedding day. Set aside enough pages for the ceremony before sorting the larger reception photo collection.
Use the running order as a starting point, then collect the objects that belong to each part. You do not need a photograph of every item on the schedule.
Make a book from these memories
Add your photos and keepsakes, then put the book together in your browser.
Keep the ceremony separate from the reception
Begin the ceremony section with its setting. Follow with photographs of the entrance and key moments, then the departure.
- Pair the ceremony space with a close detail of the flowers or rings.
- Use an image of the order of service beside the relevant photographs.
- Keep a full invitation visible before using its design as a small detail.
Show what guests experienced
Use a wide room picture to show the reception. Add closer photographs of the tables, food or dancing taken during the event.
- Choose one table photograph before everyone sits down.
- Include informal groups as well as posed portraits.
- Check names before identifying guests in your own text.
Edit the repeated portraits
Choose one photograph from each near-identical portrait group. Keep another only if it shows different people or a detail the first one misses.
- Put formal portraits together so they do not interrupt every chapter.
- Reserve the final page for a photograph taken near the end of the day.
Pages to make
Before the guests arrive
Pair the invitation with a ceremony-space photograph. Put a smaller preparation picture beside them.
The ceremony
Put the main ceremony image on the left. Arrange smaller entrance and departure photographs in sequence on the right.
Around the tables
Put a wide reception image above two smaller table details. Keep a menu image beside the food photographs.
The evening ends
Use a dancing or final group photograph on one page. Put the departure image opposite, or use it alone as the last page.
Questions
How is a wedding scrapbook different from a photo album?
A scrapbook includes the invitation, service sheet, menu and other keepsakes beside photographs. A photo album can focus entirely on the images.
Should I include every wedding card?
A separate card section or book is often easier to browse. Include a small selection in the main scrapbook if they connect to specific people in the pictures.
Can I make the wedding scrapbook before the photos arrive?
You can collect keepsakes and plan chapters first. Wait for the final photographs before fixing the size and order of the main spreads.