Creating Your Family Heritage Scrapbook: From Ancestors to Grandchildren, Your Complete Resource and Idea Book for Creating a Treasured Heirloom

By Maria Nerius and Bill Gardner

Once simply the act of applying photos to album pages, scrapbooking is now a highly decorative craft, and in fact has resurfaced as one of the hottest trends in the craft industry. Retail outlets, craft stores, and publications are dedicating large amounts of resources to reintroduce consumers to this hot but age-old-trend. Couple this with the fact that new software and the Internet and their ease of use have created unprecedented interest in genealogy and the tracing of people's family heritages, and the result is the craft of heritage scrapbooking. In Creating Your Family Heritage Scrapbook, authors Maria Given Nerius and Bill Gardner introduce readers to and guide them through this next big step in the art of scrapbooking. A constant reference companion, this book gives readers all the tools they need to learn about and enjoy heritage scrapbooking, such as: -- The art and application of researching family history including online resources-- The necessary supplies, tools, and products to start a heritage scrapbook-- Scrapbooking and journaling how-to's, including dozens of hints and tips-- Sample templates and a fo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761530142
• ISBN13: 9780761530145
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

A different kind of book

I have just received this book. Although I expected more examples of completed pages, I was not disappointed. I have more than enough books and magazines to confuse me with too many ideas. It is a comprehensive, easy to understand entry into the world of creating a true heritage album. It is a wonderful resource and I would strongly recommend it to anyone wants to enhance the stories and information you have about your treasured...

Creating Your Family Heritage Scrapbook

I received this book for Christmas and have already read several of the chapters... if you are new to genealogy or scrapbooking this is the book for you. My only complaint is that the authors jumped around too much with the lay-out of the book. There are "mini-articles" in the middle of chapters, so you have to skip around to read a chapter. Not a book that you can sit and read from cover to cover comfortably.