Scrapbooking: What is a Memory Book?

Series Summary

Scrapbooking has been around since people were able to have photos in their possession. It is a way to visually preserve a moments, feelings or experiences in your life that might otherwise be written down or forgotten. It all started in 1976 when Marielen W. Christensen began keeping a book of photographs in new devices called sheet protectors. By 1980 she had assemble over 50 of these books and was asked to display them at the World Conference on Records in Salt Lake City. Since then the door of scrapbooking has been opened and flooded by people wanting to find unique ways to remember their pasts and experiences.

In this video series on scrapbooking you will learn many tips and techniques that will help your scrap book come alive and push your creativity to become more personal which will, in turn, create a more personal scrap book. Our expert, Ginny, will guide you step by step through the beginning stages such as what supplies you will need and into the creative side of the fun craft.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I am Ginny with Simply Beautiful Crafts. Please stop by for a visit at www.tlcproductionsonline.com and see what we are doing. Today I am going to show you how to make a paper bag memory book. As the name implies this is a memory book made out of paper bags. One of the most important things you are going to need to do when you are making your paper bag memory book is to decide on a theme. You need to know what you are going to do because unlike other memory books you are limited by your number of pages, so you want to know exactly what you want to have. There are many different ideas that you can use for your memory book; holidays, special events, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and babies. For this particular book my theme was our daughter’s 20th birthday and 20 reasons to celebrate. What I did to start so that I knew how many pages I would need, I thought of 20 different reasons for her to celebrate and then I went to my computer and thought of those 20 reasons, wrote them down and changed the fonts. You can do the same thing either on your computer or by hand, but if you know how many pages you are going to have to start then you will be in really good shape. I hope you enjoy making this paper bag memory book with me. "