As a contributing editor to Simple Scrapbooks magazine, Donna Downey redefines traditional scrapbooking and inspires others to open their eyes to dozens of unique possibilities for celebrating life with pictures and written words. She urges people to remember that scrapbooking is less about committing to a hobby and more about sharing the stories of everyday life in any creative medium. Presenting the best of her off the page albums, journals, and photo displays, this step-by-step guide has more than 65 ways to capture meaningful memories. Donna shares one-of-a-kind ways to use ordinary items, such as using a coin folder screen to display mini photos from a family trip, and a muffin tin to show photos of her daughter baking cookies. Most projects can be finished in an afternoon or so, and they invite frequent browsing. They can be displayed in the home or given to family and friends. Either way, people are sure to say, Wow! Is this a scrapbook?

Love the beautiful scrapbook layouts you see in Creating Keepsakes, but not the time it takes to recreate them? Here's the perfect resource. Creating Keepsakes' groundbreaking new book, Scrapbooking 30-Minute Pages, proves you don't have to spend hours to make a memorable?and gorgeous?layout. You'll find: Tips for creating jaw-dropping layouts in 30 minutes or less. Get more layouts done! Expert shortcuts for great techniques. Fresh ideas from talented scrapbookers that will inspire you to get back to preserving your own special memories. Includes a bonus CD with 20 terrific CK fonts for fantastic titles and journaling! Chapters conveniently organized by number of photos per layout.

THE STORY: Zuckerman, a college student, has ran over and killed a young man riding a skate board. As the play opens he is in his room pasting newspaper clippings into a scrapbook, humming contentedly, as he listens to a report of the accident on the radio. There is a knock at the door. Joanna, the fiancee of the dead man, enters in tears of accusation. After her initial tirade it's not long before they end up in each other's arms and in bed, quarreling over the amount of space devoted to each of them in the newspaper's report of the accident. Zuckerman's outrage during the quarrel is the only emotion he feels, whereas shedding tears is no problem for Joanna. But what amuses and disturbs them most is the chilling speed with which their instinctive self-concern overcomes the grief of the one and the guilt of the other. What develops is an intense new liaison between the two of them which quickly erases all memories of the departed.

Boxes of family photographs may invite conflicting feelings of joy and guilt--how to assemble all of those pictures in a meaningful way for the entire family to enjoy? Julian's new book will inspire the scrapbook enthusiast regardless of skill level to try something different: a simple scrapbook.

"Expert advice, projects, quizzes, inspiring scrapbook spaces."

No matter if you are new to scrapbooking or have been at it for a while, this 288-page book will help you tell your stories and make this hobby a fun and fulfilling part of your busy life. Don't worry about using every photo, working chronologically, making every project a masterpiece, or spending lots of time and money. There's no right way to scrapbook ? just do what makes the most sense to you and enjoy it. This giant compilation presents more than 550 of the best projects and ideas from Simple ScrapbooksR magazine. LEARN: Our Fast, Friendly Formula for completing albums; blueprints for layouts; cropping photos; planning colors; making digital pages; fonts; handwriting; writing from the heart. USE: Workspaces; storage; patterned papers; accents; stickers; rubber stamping; bindings. DO: Step It Up on layouts with extra accents; make albums for weddings, babies, childhood, Christmas, family personalities, and more. SHARE: How 10 busy women find time to scrapbook. Scrapbooking Made Easy (Leisure Arts #15946)

Includes music.