When I purchased "The Book of Us: A Guide
to Scrapbooking About Relationships" by Angie Pedersen, I did
so with the intention of getting some ideas for creating an album
about myself and my boyfriend. After reading just a few pages of
the book, I realized I would use it for much more than that. This
idea book has tons of ideas for scrapping about any type of relationship
in your life including friends, siblings, parents and children.
The book is broken down into chapters that focus
on different themes such as "Our History" and "Our
Perspectives." There are so many great subjects and journaling
prompts, that I had to keep a notebook next to me to record feelings
and ideas for my own albums. Each chapter is packed full of layout
samples - even including some great digital ones. Angie describes
each layout, sometimes quoting the creator and always giving further
suggestions for drawing inspiration from that layout. There are
also lots of journaling prompts and probing questions to get you
started on your layouts. She also touches on topics such as choosing
a theme for your albums, why each theme is important, memorabilia
and photos to add to your pages, and the importance of documenting
the special relationships in your life.
"The Book of Us" is great whether you
are wanting to create an entire gift album dedicated to one person
or for creating personal album with one or two layouts for each
important person in your life. The inspiration that this book provides
is limitless and its one that you will refer back to time and time
again. Angie even provides corresponding quotations in side columns
on every page, which will be very helpful in creating your own albums.
The greatest thing about this book is that it combines a variety
of crafting techniques from paper and digital scrapping, to altered
books and other altered items, giving you ideas that can be used
in a variety of ways.
Angie's book is a must-have for any crafter who
wants to celebrate all the different relationships in their lives.
To purchase "The Book of Us: A Guide to Scrapbooking
About Relationsihps" by Angie Pedersen, click here.
In addition to "The Book of Us," Angie's
also written two other great books - The
Book of Me: A Guide to Scrapbooking about Yourself" and
"Growing
Up Me: A Guide to Scrapbooking Childhood Stories."
To find out more about Angie and her other books
visit her site. |
