Hello World! Welcome Friends! With the holidays just around the corner, millions if not billions of people around the world are brainstorming ideas for gifts they can get for their most treasured loved ones. And undoubtedly, the list of things you can get as gifts for thanksgiving or Christmas is literally endless. But there’s just something special about memory books – that makes them great holiday gifts.
Here are some reasons why you should consider a memory book as a holiday gift, alongside some guiding tips on how to make one.
Why Are Memory Books Great Holiday Gifts?
You might not find it in the standard holiday gift guide per se, but it can indeed be just the right pick for a loved one. As the name suggests, a memory book is a book used to preserve a collection of memories, albeit in a unique and personal way. The standard memory book contains memories in various formats, including stories, notes, and photos, which can be looked back upon in the future with fondness.
This is to say that a memory book can be an amazing way to trigger special memories at will or just spontaneously.
Moreover, it can help keep alive memories of special occasions that would have otherwise been forgotten, say those from a person’s childhood. Better yet, a memory book makes it easy to share memories with friends and family members, much of which the holiday season is all about.
Whether it’s a friend, colleague, or family member, a memory book that covers special moments since or before you know them can be a great way to show them that you care and appreciate being close to them.
What to Include In a Memory Book
One of the most important steps when making a memory book is deciding what to include in it. Oftentimes, this will be determined by the actual purpose of the memory book. If you intend to send it as a gift to someone, you’ll want to dig deep to ensure it captures some of the recipient’s most exciting, funny, silly, and sometimes difficult moments in life. This could be in terms of events, people, and places.
Handy Tips When Creating a Memory Book
Truth be told, creating a memory book might involve a lot of moving parts. When you’re creating a simple bound memory book DIY or relying on technology to piece it together, one thing is for sure. You can essentially start from the bottom or the top, but the main idea is to tell the recipient’s life story with events in chronological order.
Collect Memories and Materials
Start by collecting the materials to include in the book, including postcards, photos, greeting cards, and photos. But don’t just focus on the ordinary sources of scrapbooking material.
A past ticket to a baseball game or a magazine feature some ten years back could also count as memorabilia. To make the book even more meaningful, go ahead and interview a close relative, friend, or any other person that could have other unique memories of the recipient’s life story.
Curate a Beginning
Just like a novel, newspaper, or blog article, the beginning of a memory book should spark interest and curiosity. Give it some thought and pick a momentous occasion to serve as the beginning of an interesting story. It could be a career milestone, a childhood birthday, or even the birth of a child.
Design Your Memory Book Online
Indeed, you can find a wide range of pre-designed memory books in many stores and supermarkets. But designing your own from scratch gives you a chance to customize and personalize it the way you want.
Online scrapbooking software allows you to select your preferred template, theme, fonts, stickers, backgrounds, and other features to make it extra special. Some even allow you to upload your own designs if you wish, and you can have high quality memory books on archival silk paper in a flash as soon as you’re done editing your final draft.
The best part is that you can always add new memories by uploading new mementos, photos, and messages whenever you wish to.
Memory books can indeed be a great way to show appreciation and love to those close to you over the holidays. With the few tips above, designing a creative and inspiring memory book can be less daunting.
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