Scrapbooking Themes

If you’ve been searching for a scrapbook WordPress theme for your blog, you’ll know that despite the 1000s of free themes out there, it’s really hard to find ones with a crafty design. Visual aesthetics are of course very important in craft, so it’s essential for your craft blog to be aesthetically appealing as well.

This list contains a range of blog designs, free and premium, that would be suited to scrapbook and craft blogs. I haven’t been able to find many themes specifically designed for scrapbooking, but the themes showcased here come pretty close. I hope you find “the one” for your blog!

Free Themes

Green Scrapbook Diary • Demo • Download

Floral Day • Demo • Download

Brown Stitch • Demo • Download

Club Red Tapestry Embroidery Theme • Demo • Download

Premium Themes

With loads of free WordPress themes out there, many people wonder why anyone would pay for a WordPress theme. I wondered this myself until I got fed up with searching and bought my first theme. Before I took the plunge to buy a theme I used to change themes every other month because I could never find a free theme I was happy with. Getting the right theme for my blog means I no longer have to worry about how my blog looks and can get on with the reason I have blog in the first place, blogging!

Craft Themes Under $30 at ThemeForest

ThemeForest is a great place to find professionally designed WordPress themes at an affordable price. Most are priced between $15 and $30. I’ve purchased two themes through ThemeForest so far (ThemeGrrl is using a customized version of Convergence) and have had an excellent experience both times. All themes submitted to ThemeForest are reviewed before being made available for sale, so you can buy with confidence.

Design Blog • $20 • Demo • Buy

I really like the clean layout of this design. The paper background and borders with paperclips gives it a nice crafty feel.

Karma • $20 • Demo • Buy

Karma has been labeled a “grunge theme” but with the torn paper design in the background it seemed like a good match for a scrapbooking theme. I think this theme would benefit from having the column widths adjusted, the right sidebar doesn’t need to be that wide. Narrowing it would leave more room for the main content and photos. This can be changed by editing the css file. If editing a stylesheet sounds daunting, don’t worry, the theme author may be able to help you out, or if not, contact ThemeGrrl.

Stitches • $25.00 • Demo • Buy

This theme would be particularly good for sewing related blogs. Stitches comes in a range of colors, flickr and twitter integration, and a theme options page so you can easily set up and manage the theme.

Book Template • $20 • Demo • Buy

Premium Themes Between $50 and $100

RedTrafik by FlyThemes • $50 • Demo • Buy

Papercut by Woo Themes • $50 • Demo • Floral Version • Info

Split by Premium Themes • $99 • Demo • More Info