Capture Your Memories in an Ethnic Scrapbook

Lisa Sanford is a speaker, passionate paper craft instructor, product designer and award winning scrapbook artist. Her inspiring ideas have appeared in multiple publications, including a contribution to Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker’s Soul, and a guest spot on "DIY TV Scrapbooking". She is a contributing editor for ScrapsofColor.com, an informational website for African American scrapbookers.

Lisa shares her unique insight into creating projects with ethnic flair in her book ETHNIC SCRAPBOOKING. I loved the samples of her layouts and can't wait to see what I can create for myself. If you're as busy as I am, you're probably thinking, "how will I find the time to do one more thing"? Well Lisa has an answer for that too. On her Ethnic Scrapbooking blog is a tip that you can create your own projects if you give yourself just 35 minutes out of day. I thought, what a wonderful, relaxing way to end a day and organize cherished memories.

With the major holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching swiftly, you'll likely be gathering with your family and friends. Can you imagine the scrapbook you can create from photos and objects from these special times? If you don't know where to start or need innovative ideas, ETHNIC SCRAPBOOKING is a great resource for beginning scrapbooks to pros.

FROM THE PUBLISHER ABOUT ETHNIC SCRAPBOOKING

ETHNIC SCRAPBOOKING is the first multi-culturally inspired book that offers specific ways to include examples of culture and ethnicity on a scrapbook page. There are over 100 full-color images, and ideas from over 40 countries and cultures including Africa. This book is for everyone, no matter your race, nationality or ethnicity, you'll find inspiration to capture your culture on the scrapbook page.

In true African-Images.Com style, I love the fact that Lisa's ideas encourage you to live a lifestyle of cultural awareness and preservation. Memory keepers of all skill levels will be able to add new cultural perspective to their projects with ideas on topics such as:

• Adding memorabilia to scrapbooking projects, like postage stamps from specific countries of family origin
• Documenting family namesakes
• Detailing ethnic holiday celebrations
• Including ethnic-inspired prints as backgrounds
• Identifying traditional family recipes, and researching their cultural origins


SAMPLE PAGE LAYOUT



Each chapter shows you how to make cultural connections with your photographs, memories and daily activities. ETHNIC SCRAPBOOKING describes the process of creating unique layouts and memory albums with cultural flair using all types of scrapbooking supplies and tools. The book features Lisa’s guiding philosophies on ethnic scrapbooking which offers a fresh new perspective on cultural nuances and traditions. ETHNIC SCRAPBOOKING is a rich source of innovative ideas for preserving memories, and an invaluable addition to any family photo historian’s library.

I'd love to post some of your creative projects that were created with ethnic flair! Contact me.

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