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Family History Scrapbooking

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Okay, so I just bought this book from my local scrapbooking store yesterday and have not read it cover to cover or anything, but just browsing this book I have already been inspired to get moving on the daunting task of cropping my entire family history. It has checklists to get organized, advice on how to make it more fun and less hassle and lots of conversation starters on how to get some great information from your family. It has great layouts and idea suggestions for multiple photos and an index in the back with 75 sketches from Becky herself. The book itself is absolutely beautiful and very much a keepsake within itself. I look forward to some quiet time, so I can really sit down and get every detail out of this fabulous find. A must have for any heritage scrapbooking project!

I felt so daunted by the idea of getting everything recorded and organized, but this book put the fun back into scrapbooking my family history. I love the idea of doing individual pages celebrating just an aspect of someone, or a small album that celebrates just one thing, and not having to put down their entire history if I don't have all the information. It also showed great ways to organize all the information I do have on a page. But perhaps the best tip I saw in the book was doing a page that asked questions about a photo and speculated what it might mean. Someone down the road might be able to answer that question, but not if no one ever asks it. The layouts are fresh and fun, and not at all cluttered.

I admire Becky Higgins work, however, as a new scrapper, I need instructional books that are organized in such a manner that explain steps or describe how to design pages, especially for genealogy/family history. The format in this book is set up like FAQ (frequently asked question). A question is at the top of the page and the answers, advice & suggestions follow. This format may work well for experienced scrappers. I was most disappointed in the layout of the pages in this book, as the font was small and text light & hard to read. There was plenty of room on each page to use a larger, darker font. It is one of the few purchases I have returned.

When I received this book, i thumbed through it, and immediately decided I had to read the whole book and then get started on my family history. No shortage of photos and stories, this book puts them all together for me and I can't wait to get started. Great photos, great ideas, I'm stoked!