Simple Scrapbooks: 25 Fun and Meaningful Memory Books You Can Make in a Weekend

by Stacy Julian, Gayle Humpherys

Starting and keeping up a traditional chronological album can be daunting, and even then the most important aspects of life can be overlooked in recording the day-to-day events. It's much more fun (and meaningful) to focus on the memories you really want to preserve. There are ideas in this book for everyone, from teens to moms to empty nesters, from beginners to advanced scrapbookers. The results for everyone are the within just a few hours, you can have a lasting keepsake to be enjoyed for years.

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction

143 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Hope · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an impulse borrow from the library, that I will probably borrow again. I don't normally give craft books 4 stars - this one has a wonderfully refreshing take on scrapbooking. Instead of focusing on the shoulds of scrapbook layouts, this book teaches a different approach to collecting memories in a book format.

This may have inspired me enough to actually create a scapbook myself.

[Cheri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thirteen years ago, this book took the scrapbooking world by storm. It changed the way many people, including me, looked at the world of memory keeping and why we preserve photos and stories. Clearly the styles are now dated, but the ideas that form the basis of each type of theme album are timeless and still useful today.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent book for beginning scrapbookers. However, the recommended methods and materials are dated.