Simple Scrapbooks

This is the best scrapbooking book on the market! You must get your hands on it and finish those projects! I've been scrapping for 5 years and was just about to give up because I'd never get caught up in the complicated mess. Now I've finished beautiful and meaningful books. Your books will uncover what's important about your life and those you love. Who are you? Share your story with the world...this book will have you off and scrapping in no time. Finish a project,keep it simple and love the results! The best ever book on scrapping I have ever read and actually run off to complete.

As a fairly new scrapbooker (one scrapbook completed), I've been spending more time trying to figure out how to approach all the scrapbooks I wanted to do rather than sitting down and getting busy. I knew I liked classy, simple layouts, but I was overwhelmed by all the possibilities. This book gave me the focus I needed. I was too hung up on trying to do everything in chronological order. Stacy's idea of doing books by theme (The Places We Go, The People We Love, etc.) made me realize that we do not recall all our memories in date order! I can really get to work now. Thanks, Stacy!

Many scrapbookers' albums start to look the same after a while... endless cycles of Christmas pages, birthday pages, bath pages, anniversary pages.... "Simple Scrapbooks" will help you break out of this rut and start viewing your scrapbooks as finite projects with beginnings, middles, and (can it be?) ends. Stacy Julian's thematic approach encourages you to group pictures differently (e.g., creating "Neighbors" and "Friends" albums) and to really commemorate the things that are important to your family (like holiday traditions) in your scrapbooks. Admittedly, the subtitle ("Scrapbooks you can create in a weekend") is a bit misleading--but you could definitely BEGIN any of these creative projects in a weekend, starting with a theme, a title page, and a table of contents. Later, you'll progress to quick-to-create "fill-in" pages that help your albums tell a more complete story about who you and your family really are.

This book is great for those who already scrap and those who are just starting. Stacy gives new ways to think about organizing your pictures and working in a way that is not overwhelming. She provides examples and variations on those ideas. Easy to read.Note: Style aspects of making layouts is not discussed. This book focuses on how to make a complete scrapbook, organize your pictures, follow a theme, but doesn't talk too much about color composition or layout aspects. That is left to the individual scrapper - but I would recommend other works by Ms. Julian. She has written extensively with Creating Keepsakes magazine and provided GREAT articles that deal with color, layout, etc.I have been scrapping for 4 years or so and bought a copy for me and a copy for my sister who is new the craft.

First, I have to admit my bias...I loved her other book(Core Composition) and then when I heard her talk this summer about her new book I knew it was another "must have"!Stacy inspires readers to put down the "rest of the story." The book highlights scrapbooking your everyday life. The best part is she helps you to organize your photos! She shows you how to complete interesting, touching and most importantly ... DOABLE scrapbook albums.The personal examples she gives of how to move beyond traditional scrapbooking are awesome. If you have any reservations about your ability to scrapbook, this is one book you must buy.