Book Description
For every parent, a baby's early years are filled with memorable firsts-first smiles . . . first words . . . first steps . . . first Christmas. It's natural that an artist best known for her celebration of babies would create the perfect place to save these precious moments for posterity.
My First Five Years-Flower Edition is graced throughout with the remarkable images of acclaimed photographer Anne Geddes. She uses the gorgeous imagery from Miracle, her heartfelt collaboration with singer Celine Dion, to cast a magical feeling over the entire journal.
Each turn of the page reveals an enchanting image and yet another example of her deep and abiding love for babies-a slumbering baby rests gently atop a peony, the calla lily petals offer protection to a newborn in its loving caress, an orchid tenderly cradles a sleeping child. Through Geddes' eyes we are able to experience the innocence and preciousness of new life.
My First Five Years is filled with touches that make this a truly special journal-an envelope to hold a baby's first lock of hair, height and weight charts to track growth through the years, and plenty of room for announcements and your own child's photos and mementos.
My First Five Years-Flower Edition will become a treasured keepsake of a time that passes all too quickly.
Customer Reviews:
Details.......2007-08-23
The book had beatiful pictures, and good details to remember the baby. One thing that could be improved, would be to see more space for pictures. (ex: first bath - page for pictures).
It's Okay.......2007-05-25
Very pretty but as a Jewish mom, I always find it irritating that the page says "First Christmas" instead of "First Holiday" ruining the book for us.
Wonderful!.......2007-04-11
I loved this book, it has all of the cute things to remember about your baby's first year with holidays, birthdays, milestones, teeth, height and weight chart and even their shot records. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to anyone having a baby!
Exactly what I wanted!.......2007-01-10
Beautiful pictures, well put together. This book is just what I was looking for. I love it!
it's okay..........2007-01-05
The book is really pretty, however the glossy pages are not exactly ideal for the hand and footprints. And ink pens smear a little too. Best to use a permanent fine tip marker. I also wish the pages were a little bigger, so you could tuck full size sheets of paper in between the pages-- momentos & etc.
Product Description
Capture and preserve your familys most precious moments! This complete guide to safe scrapbooking provides you with the proper photo-safe techniques to preserve cherished memories without the fear of ruining treasured photographs. Inside youll find:
- Over 500 inspiring page ideas
- Complete lists of necessary tools
- Detailed, step-by-step instructions
- Tips on arranging photos, photo cropping, page layouts, - and personal touches
- And so much more! Whether you are a scrapbooking novice or veteran, youll find ample inspiration to turn everyday photos into scrapbook works of art!
Customer Reviews:
Easy to Use........2007-07-03
This is an very easy to use and understand how to book. It contains a great many ideas that I would never have thought of or attempted without this book. Worth the money. You will use it over and over.
Scrapbooking Goldmine.......2007-05-14
This is a great idea generator for scrapbookers. Nothing is too fancy or involved - just great "anyone can do this" page ideas. Loved it. Gave one as a gift also.
lots of ideas.......2006-11-30
I am very happy with this book-- It doesn't have a lot of step by step instructions but I got some great ideas by just looking through it. Really cool ideas for ways to cut the pictures themselves, titles, layouts, etc. Not something that will teach you new techniques but if you are wanting something to spice up what you already know without being terribly time involving then you will enjoy this book.
Book Description
Scrapbooking Your Family History shows scrapbookers and beginning genealogists how to uncover their ancestry and display it in an attractive, well-organized heritage album. It also covers the basics of genealogy in a friendly, unintimidating format. Readers will learn how to: choose items already in their family's possession for presentation in a scrapbook find and identify family photographs locate and interpret historical documents about their ancestors discover new information from old postcards, keepsakes and other family artifacts put their ancestors in historical perspective tell the story of their family in different ways take their research beyond the limits of a heritage album
Book Description
Today’s grandmothers lead full and active lives that include everything from working and traveling to taking classes and volunteering. But that’s no surprise. Through the years, they have enjoyed many rich and wonderful experiences, and now it’s time to share them.
This unique memory book gives a new generation of grandmothers a way to do just that. Your grandchildren will love finding out more about you, a fascinating person in your own right. The coolest fashions in high school, how you became engaged, your role models, and the values you cherish most are the types of details that your grandchildren are really interested in. They’ll also like learning about their ancestors to gain a better understanding of themselves.
For My Grandchild will help you open up that dialogue with the special young people in your life. There are straightforward fill-in-the-blanks for specifics such as family-tree information. And you’ll find broader questions followed by plenty of space for writing in longer, more personal answers. This keepsake volume also includes places for pasting in photos and mementos that you would like your grandchildren to have.
Use these pages to pass on traditions, such as your famous cookie recipe, and to offer wisdom, such as an inspiring quote, in a contemporary, appealing way.
Tell your family’s story in For My Grandchild and create a strong connection between generations.
Customer Reviews:
An heirloom for the grandkids.......2007-10-03
A collection of questions and spaces for photos that act as a useful prompt for grandparents to record all those things that a grandchild might wonder about later in life.
Nicely presented, but I worry about the paper sleeve over the hardcover getting torn. Also, it would be nice to provide pockets for photos rather than just spaces.
The questions are good and far ranging however some are USA-specific, for example: 'who was president...'.
All in all a worthwhile purchase.
Book Description
Genealogists and non-genealogists alike love old photographs and many people have photo collections of their ancestors. Preserving Your Family Photographs shows them how to organize and store these photos so that future generations can also enjoy them.
Readers will learn how to care for family photos, identify different types of damage, learn basic conservation techniques, buy the proper storage materials, then organize the family photo archive and safely display it for all to see.
* Photo preservation and display techniques appeal to both genealogist and non-genealogist alike
* The book provides instruction through the use of beautiful sample photos
Customer Reviews:
Maureen Taylor.......2006-03-19
Does an excellent job of organizing and establishing time lines for photos. Very glad to find a copy.
Information Vague and Contradictory.......2004-05-02
Taylor may give readers a good place to start in their efforts to preserve family photographs, but offers information that is both contradictory and vague.
She gives a basic explanation of the "enemies" your photographs are facing, even breaking down information on particular types of photographs, tintypes, Polaroids, etc. But does not bother defining some basic terms in the glossary such as lignin. Nor are many of her suggestions for which supplies are appropriate specific enough. Eg., what kind of brush should I use to clean photos? I know that Nylon brushes are probably not soft enough for treasured photos. Even worse she says polyethylene is a bad material to store your photos in, but a few pages later suggests using polyethylene freezer bags for freezer storage of items.
Taylor includes lengthy lists of resources for, and more information on preservation. But some of the web addresses she lists no longer exist.
While she has some good suggestions for long-term storage of photo collections, I would not recommend this book to anyone trying to learn about photographic preservation.
Excellent for do-it-yourself photo preservation.......2002-07-23
For me, studying old photos is one of the more fascinating aspects of family research, even when I'm not related to any of the people whose faces appear. The military uniforms, hats, parlor furniture, automobiles, urban scenes, and especially the faces and their expressions, are like a kind of time travel, allowing you to peer back into someone's past. Taylor's previous book, _Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs,_ investigated that process. But how to protect the photos you already have tucked away in albums have so future family members will get the same pleasure (and information) from them? And how to rehabilitate those you discover to whom the years and the elements have not been kind? This time, the author outlines the steps you can take to see that your photographs have the best chance of survival and describes the methods conservators and restoration experts follow when the task becomes too much for you. She also guides you through the process of creating a meaningful scrapbook of archival quality, discusses the use of computer enhancement and electronic archives, and points out the legal aspects of posting photographs on a web site. Most of the chapters end with checklists and answers to frequently-asked questions, and there are many sidebars and brief marginal comments regarding further reading and useful Internet resources on the subject. Keeping in mind that the technical aspects of photographic restoration and preservation continue to evolve rapidly, this is an excellent beginner's guide and reference handbook.
The lyrics of the song are wrong........2001-07-08
Mama won't take your Kodachrome away, it is time and the elements which are attacking your treasured family photographs. Your Polaroid snapshots are fading as you read this. Those "magnetic" photo albums with the adhesive pages are gassing your family pictures to crumbs. Your digital images may not be viewable by your great grandchildren. But don't give up hope - take action. Maureen Taylor's "Preserving Your Family Photographs" tells you how to take charge and protect your family's photographic history. "Preserving Your Family Photographs" shows you how taking some simple steps now will slow down the aging process of your photographs. And its doesn't require a chemistry set. The book further discusses how and when to choose a professional conservator, concerns about digital photography, how to organize your collection, and even how to safely place your treasures in a scrapbook. This book takes up where "Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs" leaves off. After you've identified your family photographs, "Preserving Your Family Photographs" tells you how to keep them for generations to come.
Book Description
This classic baby album with a sumptuous cloth cover makes a beautiful gift for any parent, and a lovely keepsake for a baby all grown up. Dotted throughout with nostalgic, retro, fun illustrations from San Francisco-based letterpress company Hello! Lucky, this book is the place to record baby's firsts, friends, outings, occasions, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Great baby shower gift! .......2007-03-18
The Hello Baby! Baby Book is a much more creative, sophisticated keepsake journal than any I have ever seen. We received it as a gift at a baby shower and we love it; we know our daughter will appreciate it when she's old enough to wonder about her first year. The illustrations by Eunice Moyle are beautiful and original. The book blends pages to record memories, such as baby's first smile or baby's first tooth, with pages for photos and other keepsake material. It also does not overwhelm parents with too much to do, important for new, busy, sleep-deprived parents. I highly recommend it!
Product Description
112 pages of expert genealogical research tips to help you get to the root of your family history; Clever suggestions for growing an ancestral photo collection and keeping research organized; Traditional and contemporary family trees as well as pedigree charts; Ideas for creating distinct pages that celebrate your ethnic heritage; Suggestions for preserving those refreshing distinctive and often comical family stories; Creative techniques and reproducible patterns to make the process fun and approachable.
Customer Reviews:
Family Tree Page Ideas For Scrapbookers.......2007-01-17
I make many scrapbooks thru out the year and this book will help me make a scrapbook of all the family reunions that we have every year
Great ideas but needed critique from MM.......2006-08-12
I'm creating a Heritage album and found this book very useful for ideas; however, many of the submitted pages (from scrap-bookers)that they showed suffer from a lack of journaling and/or clarity, so it is hard to tell the stages of the family trees. I wish MM had critiqued some of the family trees to show how they could be improved so that future generations... and even the creator in a few decades!... could easily determine the line of descedants.
Book Description
Nostalgic borders and frames to coordinate with treasured photographs; old birth certificates, ledgers, and records; family trees and genealogy charts.
Customer Reviews:
Geneology.......2007-06-26
My sister & I took a week off of work & started our geneology scrapbook! With this book the creative juices just flowed!
Thank you,
Linda & Carole
It could be better.......2007-05-13
Pictures are not 100% quality, but they are better like in:
Memories of a Lifetime: Fairies & Angels
This is a great line of books - all of them!.......2007-05-05
All of these "Memories Of A Lifetime" books are incredible. Not only do you have the amazing 8x8 beautifully printed images (on card stock weight paper) that are scored and usable just as they are - just pull the page out - but you also have a CD containing an image of each full page PLUS each of the individual scrap pieces that make up the collage are available to be printed by themselves.
This is one of the most usable lines of scrap and scrapbooking images I've ever come across. I've ordered about 10 separate titles of the series and I find that each is more wonderful than the next. I've not been disappointed in any of them. I just can't say enough positive things about these little books. If you received only the book - that would be worth the cost, but getting the CD makes this a purchase MORE than worth making!!
Great source.......2007-01-12
There are lots of cute baby record pages and Marriage pages that could be printed and filled in with your own handwriting.
Book Description
Grandma's Keepsake Journal provides a special way for grandmothers to pass on the valuable memories and stories that have been a lifetime in the making.
Childhood, school days, marriage, family, career—this journal allows grandmothers to preserve important memories from their lives and to share their heartfelt wishes with precious grandchildren.
Includes 80 pages to record and capture the journey of Grandma's life, all the important events, and the family information that should be preserved for upcoming generations.
A simple, logical system for recording and organizing treasured family memories, Grandma's Keepsake Journal will be easy and fun to use for memory-makers of all ages.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect amount of Questions........2007-09-25
I bought this book to give to my mother. I want her to fill it out for the child that I am expecting in December. I really liked this grandma's journal because it had the perfect amount of questions. There are questions about where she grew up, what her parents were like, her first job, where she currently lives, and favorites.
My mother and father are divorced, but I felt like the section on "Grandpa" was not too overwhelming. I bought several journals looking for one that didn't focus too much on Grandpa. I almost didn't buy this one because of the previous comment, but I am so glad that I did buy it. Many of the other grandma journals would take over a year to complete because of the in depth questioning. I can't stress enough that this journal asks the perfect amount of questions. I am also glad that I am giving it to my mother because I don't know how she will answer many of the questions. It is a good opportunity for me to learn about my mother and her marriage to my father.
To anyone who is concerned about the Grandpa section, there are 6 pages that cover grandpa/marriage. The questions are:
1. When I met my husband-to-be we were
2. He was
3. I couldn't believe he
4. What I liked best about him was
5. He told me
6. We dated for
7. Our favorite thing to do was
8. The things we had in common were
9. The one thing we differed on was
10. He asked me to marry him on
11. I married Grandpa on
12. The wedding was held at
13. I wore
14. Your Grandpa wore
15. The guest list included
16. Our reception was
17. When I look at this photo(place for wedding picture) I
18. After we married we honeymooned
19. Our first home together was
20. Friends & family who visited us were
21. We loved to get away to
22. The thought of starting our own family was
23. I became pregnant
24. I gave birth to ...on
25. Other children include
My parents have been divorced for 27 years and I think that all of the above questions are tasteful and appropriate.
Keepsake Journal.......2007-04-05
This is a very nice book for recording your life for grandchildren; my only complaint is that in this world of combined families it is difficult to record facts, past and present, of ex-spouses and current husbands. There is one section for Grandpa; well my grandchildren call my current husband Grandpa, as well as my ex. There is no place to record for both. So I will probably just fill in what I can and leave the rest blank. With a family that is still "intact" this is a great journal.
Customer Reviews:
adorable.......2007-01-26
The pictures in this memory book are adorable. I'll admit, I still haven't finished filling it out, but it was the best one I've found.
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