It's Not Too Early To Start Scrapbooking For Christmas Gifts

It seems like Christmas comes earlier and earlierwith pre-made pages for photos, addresses,
every year. At least it sure looks that way in thephone numbers and email addresses for each of
department stores. Have you started yourtheir friends.
Christmas shopping? Consider making scrapbooks5. Photos are a welcome gift for grandparents.
as Christmas gifts. If you get started now, you'reAny scrapbook made for grandmas and grandpas
sure to have some unique, personalized gifts foris sure to be appreciated. Try to get everyone in
everyone on your Christmas shopping list. Hereyour family involved. Your children and spouse can
are a few ideas for Christmas gift scrapbooks.make pages to contribute to the book as well.
1. Recipe albums are a new trend in scrapbooking.Don't forget you can duplicate pages to make
Make an album of family favorite recipes formultiple scrapbooks for different grandparents.
anyone on your Christmas gift list. You could even6. Pre-made scrapbooks save time for people
limit the recipes to holiday favorites or justwith busy schedules. A wedding album already
desserts.designed with places left open for photos makes
2. ABC scrapbooks are easy to make for younga lovely gift for a bride-to-be. Also, consider
children. Each page of the album is used for onemaking a baby book for a mother-to-be.
or more letters of the alphabet, depending on7. Completely pressed for time? Check out the
how many pages you want to scrapbook. Youdigital photo books available online. Many online
can make the album even more personalized byphoto websites offer bound hardcover photo
using photos that are meaningful to that child forbooks that you design online with your digital
each letter. For example, A is for Aunt Jenny, B isphotos. These can be very cost effective, and
for Bobby, C is for cat with a picture of the child'syou can order multiple copies for several people
cat.on your gift list.
3. Teachers always appreciate homemade giftsStart working on your Christmas gift list now.
from their students. Have your child make anScrapbook albums make wonderful gifts for
album for her teacher. You could also coordinate anearly any time of the year, but especially at
group gift by sending each child in the class aChristmas. This holiday season, be creative and
page to make for the scrapbook.design a personalized, homemade scrapbook
4. Finding gifts for teens and pre-teens can bealbum for someone on your list.
challenging. Consider making a "Friends" scrapbook