Craft Notes: Santa's Workshop 4-Page Scrapbook Workshop
- Brenda
- Nov 8, 2025
- 2 min read
🎄 Craft Notes: Santa’s Workshop Memories
There’s just something magical about revisiting Christmas mornings from years gone by — especially when those moments are wrapped up in handmade pajamas, twinkling lights, and the wide-eyed wonder of a little boy discovering the world.
For these pages, I used the Santa’s Workshop Free Bundle from Creative Memories’ Black Friday promotion, and it couldn’t have been more perfect for documenting our early family Christmases. The vintage tones, playful trains, and classic toy imagery captured the nostalgia I wanted to bring out from photos taken in 1990 and 1991.
✨ The Stories Behind the Pages
In the first spread, I told the story of Christmas 1990, our very first Christmas as a family in our first home. Shane was only twenty months old — so tiny, and yet so full of joy even though that Christmas morning came with a few unexpected challenges! Below-zero temps, frozen water lines, and a sick little one meant things didn’t go quite as planned. But when the snow settled, the laughter and love that filled our living room became the real story worth remembering.
The second layout moves into Christmas 1991, when the magic really began to click for our curious little boy. That year, he understood stockings, Santa, and the thrill of Christmas morning! His favorite gift was the Little Tykes car — one that stayed in our living room until spring because he loved it so much.
🧵 Design Notes & Techniques
I kept the design cohesive across both layouts with:
Repeating train borders to carry the nostalgic toy-delivery theme.
Coordinating plaid and present papers for a cozy, vintage Christmas look.
Layered embellishment clusters around the photos for depth and story flow.
Journal strips that make the storytelling easy to read while balancing the layout.
If you look closely, each cluster draws the eye toward the photos — creating a rhythm that moves across the pages, just like the little train chugging along the bottom.
🎁 A Creative Takeaway
What I love most about these pages is how they remind me that scrapbooking isn’t about doing things in order — it’s about reliving the joy of our stories. Going back more than 30 years to document these memories made me smile all over again.
If you’d like to re-create these pages, you can download a printable PDF with full directions below!
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