Making Family Journals: Projects and Ideas for Sharing and Recording Memories Together [Paperback]

Linda Blinn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2006

Making Family Journals is a comprehensive and inspirational collection of how-to projects and activities, from handmade family trees to photo scrapbooks, to travel journals, family recipe books and dream journals. The book is geared toward creating projects that the entire family can enjoy and participate in, from making actual mini books, to keeping a shared journal during a trip.

Families, creative moms, scrapbook artists seeking to expand their universe, book artists looking for projects to share with family will all enjoy this book, which showcases lots of new, refreshing ideas.

Included are projects that outline how to make a family tree, track a family's history, document travels, create a memory book of friends, special events, and even a dream journal, a place to keep wish lists, trips you hope to take, sights you want to see, things you want to do together. There are also tips for making a family memory collage, a homemaking journal of family traditions and recipes as well as a time capsule scrapbook.

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About the Author

Linda Blinn is an editor, teacher, writer, designer, and artist in the mixed-media arena.

Her work as editor of Somerset Studio's M'lange focused on current trends in art journals, collage, zines and the wide spectrum of mixed media art. Her editorial credits also include work on True Colors, Signatures, and the Art Journal Calendar all published by Stampington & Co. Linda teaches in the Southern California area and at national conventions and conferences. She has also appeared on the DIY Network.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592532284
• ISBN-13: 978-1592532285
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,284,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Inspiration, December 3, 2006

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K. Francois "freeyourmind" (Northern Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Family Journals: Projects and Ideas for Sharing and Recording Memories Together (Paperback)

This is an incredibly inspiring book. I own many books expanding on mixed media art and this book is by far the most inspiring, creative, colorful and delightful that I've run in to. The techniques are described sufficiently enough to get you headed in the right direction and encourages your own artistic touch. There is enough variety to keep you trying new techniques and ideas for a long time to come. This has become my most favorite of my collection. I will be coming back to this one over and over again! Enjoy!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Keeper...Don't Miss This One!, July 23, 2007

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Christine "loves to read" (Setauket, NY, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Family Journals: Projects and Ideas for Sharing and Recording Memories Together (Paperback)

Scrapbooking is all about recording family memories in a creative way, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a book that contains not only the personal family journals of a few well-known scrapbook artists, but the expeiences that inpsired the work, and their ideas on how the reader can incorporate these ideas into similar scrapbooks. This book takes family journaling to a whole new level.

The book shows the various journals and then gives ideas -- jumpstarts, if you will, for how the reader can create a similar work that reflects their own family memories. That's the beauty of this book. It's not only provides eye-candy, but great ideas and instructions. For example, on page 26 we are introduced to The Strine family's Time Capsule created by Allison Strine (and the credits for each piece contains ALL the names of the family members, not just the name of the individual artist -- I love that special touch!). On the opposite page is a sidebar that contains ideas for things the reader can collect to create their own time capsule. I fell in love with the Adolph family's "South of the Border" journal designed by the children of Christine Adolph. The journal was created while on a family cruise vacation and the along with photos are ideas on what to gather during YOUR family vacations so you can create your own journal. Throughout the book each artist shares her ideas on how you can create journals just like theirs with your own artistic and familial bent.

This is no doubt one of my very favorite art books because it brings to mind what scrapbooking is all about...our own personal memories gathered together in our own artistic way. This is not about what the magazines are looking for, but what our families treasure most. Awesome book. I'll keep it forever!

Enjoy,

Cris Cunningham