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The Book of Us: A Guide to Scrapbooking About Relationships

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So, what's different between the Book of Me, and the Book of Us? Angie explains it well in her first chapter - The Book of Us celebrates our relationships. Relationships are about intimacy and connections between people. It's a two-way, cause and effect process. Whereas a Book of Me may deal with your feelings on being a mother, a Book of Us will look at it from both directions - how you feel about being a mother, and how your child feels about being your child. The Book of Us gives the scrapbooker 150 plus pages of ideas on how to document and capture those relationships in all our lives.

Layouts chosen in the Book of Us range from simple layouts on themes to complex and extremely beautiful layouts. Angie Pedersen and her team have managed to select a wide range of differing styles, and not just layouts which some might think of as being advanced. The ABC albums and other simpler layouts are do-able, even for newbie scrappers. I think I am most impressed with the care and production quality taken over the photography of the published layouts and many little mini and gift albums. Photos are taken close enough for you to read all the journaling with ease. Details show, and the colour is exactly right - at least for my own layouts featured.

This book really should be in every scrapbooker's library. You can use it to break a scrapper's block cycle - by ducking into the book at any point to apply the ideas. Or you can create an entire Book of Us themed album using the ideas within.

The BOOK OF US is chocked full of ideas and gorgeous keepsakes! This is an idea book that will never be outdated due to the content of the reading and ideas to promote your own creativity! It goes beyond the "US" of hubby and wife and family which is what I had in mind when I picked it up. This is my FAVORITEST idea book I have!

This book is an awesome tool to get all those photos we have of our ancestors and put them together with the stories we have been told. Being the oldest member of my family line, I feel a great pressure to not only get down the names of all those faces, but also the stories that have been passed down regarding those faces. This book is so full of ideas, examples, great journaling ideas and quotes, that I am excited to work on my very own "Book of Us." I now own all of Angie Pedersen's "Book of..." series, and although I love the others (and have a "Book of Me" going) this is by far my favorite scrapbooking inspiration.

"The Book of Us" is a wonderful addition for every scrapbook addict. The book contains wonderful quotes and eye catching layouts. Absolutely bursting with ideas you will want to recreate in your books.

Talk about a book dense with content! This is one scrapbooking idea book I've read cover to cover. I've gotten so many great ideas and inspiration from it. I particularly like the lists of questions at the end of each section. These have jump started my imagination for new layouts and gift projects. I highly recommend this book, as well as Angie Pedersen's previous book,

This book is really great, filled with ideas on gift books or simply to document your own relationship. A great source of insperation if you're looking for fresh ideas on how to scrapbook your life.

This book is chock FULL of inspiration! The variety of layouts, mini books, and other items, along with the varying complexity of the projects makes this a book for EVERY paper crafter and scrapbooker, whether you've been crafting for a day, or many years. The photography is beautiful, colors are accurately represented...total "eye-candy!"

A great resource for layout ideas about relationships. Wonderful tips on journaling and documenting those special relationships in your life.

Angie has outdone herself on this, her third book, to inspire us in the various ways that we can leave our story to the generations that follow. In addition to her illumination of the topic, the beautifully created examples are fabulous eye candy. An all around inspirational and well organized book from a publishing house that cares about it's authors.

This is a great resource not only on how to scrapbook about different relationships that are special to us all, but also a great resource for different techniques and styles that are showcased in the wonderful book! This is FULL of great ideas and artists who share their special relationships so that we can learn how to document the relationships in our own lives!! I highly recommend it!