Grandmother's Scrapbook of Memories: Treasures of Love, Faith, and Tradition

Best gift I could have given to a woman of faith who's a new grandma! Highly recommend it!

This is a hardcover scrapbook about 9.5" x 11" x 1" thick. The front of the hard cover has an oval cutout, so Grandmother can place a photo on the inside front of the first page. Inside it has 40 spiral bound pages, front and back, with an instruction page that can be ripped out once you catch on. Each 2 page topic has a place for photos and notes, already decorated with relevant pictures and designs. (I looked all over for the perfect book so I know details help!) It's definitely a Christian book - a bible verse on every page, and very spiritually minded. Many of the topics involve a traditional family setting, including pages detailing Grandmother's love story and wedding, although only basics are mentioned about Grandchild's parents, so this book would suit a grandchild with a single mother nicely. It is written so that you'd want to have a separate book for each child (so Mom-in-law will be getting another for baby #2). There are a couple pages that dicuss Grandchild's favorite things, like movies, books and games, as well as things they did and said. This book might be given from Grandmother to Grandchild at a milestone birthday, but not at birth. I had to order it directly from Integrity Publishers, but it was cheaper and shipped quickly. I am more than pleased with this product.

I gave this book to both my mother and mother-in-law last year and they really like them. My mother-in-law is not really a scrapbooker so ready-made format is perfect for her. My mom is a scrapper, but she still likes the ready-made one since she can work on it quickly when the mood strikes, without stressing about the right colours, or what to write. All three of us like the religious focus placed on memories of Christmas and Easter. My mom says she's not much of a journaler, but that it is easy with this format where the topics are there for you.