Jacqueline M. Schimmel is a Professional Scrapbook Designer who designs custom and premade scrapbooks, cards, frames and teaches scrapbooking courses in Germany. Her portfolio consists of over 580 designed layouts and she was hired to design an album that was given to his Holiness the Pope in 2005 on his visit to Cologne, Germany. The name of her business is Memories Artwork™, http://memoriesartwork.typepad.com.
Have you ever wondered what kind of gift to get for that someone special on Valentine’s Day? How about a scrapbooking album depicting your romance from the time you met until now? I know I would certainly enjoy something that special!
You can also give that type of gift to a couple on their wedding day. What a beautiful gift of love for the couple. They will cherish it forever. This idea can also be used with anniversaries, actually any occasion involving love.
Another idea for a wedding couple would be a personalized guest book, where everyone signs their names on the left side of the book and you place snapshots of the wedding guest on the right side.
If you know a couple who are soon-to-be parents, why not give them a premade baby scrapbook album so they can cherish those precious moments of their little one.
Do you know of anyone going into retirement or leaving your company? Give them a career scrapbook or one of their time at the company and you will have a very special gift.
How about a senior citizen? Now what do they usually say about presents? “I don’t need anything,..I have everything I need”, right? So, if it’s their 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th or even 100th birthday you can give them a very precious scrapbook memory album of their life! They will love it, trust me!
Have a friend who likes to write in journals or diaries? How about an altered journal made especially for them? It’s the perfect gift and they will love you for it.
If someone loves to travel you could give them a scrapbook of one of their favorite vacations.
A scrapbook is also great as a graduation gift depicting the high school or college years or both! Now get out those pictures and go at it!
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