Classic Scrapbooking: The Art and Craft of Creating a Book of Memories

Scrapbooks (SB) honor the events & people in our lives. Everything from a birth to a complete family history can be recorded in words & pictures. This book looks at different types of SB people keep & why. Contains extensive interviews with scrapbookers & how they take their memorabilia & stories out of the shoebox & organize them into a book. Delves into the craft of SB with a collection of bookmaking projects & crafts. Explores: how to make fabulous book covers; working with the computer; preserving & restoring old SB; papermaking & flower pressing; making a papier mache video cover for your multi-media SB library; the basics of attractive page design using archival materials; handbinding techniques; scrapboxes; & photos.Vera Rosenbluth is the author of 'Classic Scrapbooking: The Art and Craft of Creating a Book of Memories' with ISBN 9780756764173 and ISBN 0756764173.