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Scrapbooking Program for Alzheimer's Patients A new education program will help caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease preserve treasured family memories through the art of scrapbooking. The program, called Memories to Treasure, was introduced today by Eisai Inc. and Pfizer Inc. in partnership with the National Alliance for Caregiving, and Creating Keepsakes scrapbook magazine. The campaign is designed to help caregivers connect with their loved ones and to educate them about caregiving. The Memories to Treasure program offers scrapbooking to engage families in a positive environment. The program provides educational materials for Alzheimer's caregivers and a free scrapbooking starter kit. The activities involved in scrapbooking, such as collecting old photographs and keepsakes, can benefit people with Alzheimer's disease. While people with Alzheimer's disease often have problems with short-term memory, they may be able to recall past experiences. Scrapbooking can lead to a conversation about people and events. Reminiscing about the past can be enjoyable for people with Alzheimer's disease and can help facilitate interaction between Alzheimer's sufferers and their caregivers. Pfizer, Inc. is involved because they're pushing Aricept®, a pill that is said to help Alzheimer's patients slow down memory loss. Scan 1,000 Old Photos for $50.00 A company called "30 Minute Photos Etc." is offering to scan up to 1,000 of your old family photos, and put them on a CD, for the price of $49.95.The use a high-speed Kodak scanner to convert images into 300 dpi (1 MB) digital CD files. They claim to complete your order, and ship back to you, on the same day they receive your photos. If you happen to live in the Orange County, California area, you can bring them in, and they'll do it for you while you wait. Click here for more details. Or visit their homepage. My Son and I - Scrapbooking Layout genneperparken Originally uploaded by Sproet. "Hein en ik op een geocaching tocht, 21 augustus 2005, Genneper Parken in Eindhoven." A very well done scrapbooking page, of a mom and her sports-enthusiast son. PhotoWorks Launches Improved Website PhotoWorks.comImprovements were made to significantly ease the process of uploading photos and creating hard bound photo books and greeting cards. "The Photo Book trend is white hot right now and more and more people are discovering that Photo Books are the perfect showcase to relive and share their memories," says Philippe Sanchez, PhotoWorks President and CEO. The company, which originally started out as "Seattle Film Works", wanted to make sure visitors were able to use their website with little effort. Magnetic Poetry's Word Stamp Kits Magnetic Poetry has several word stamp kits available online.The company, whose claim to fame were those magnetic poetry words you stuck to the refrigerator, created this line of rubber word stamps for scrapbookers and crafters. Pictured here are the "Family and Friends" kit. But they have several other kits including:
Doggie Scrapbooking Supplies
Croppers with dogs might take interest in some new scrapbooking supplies available at PetSmart:
 Sweet Petatoes 12 x 12 Bones & Bowls Deluxe Scrapbooking Kit by Gail Green - Everything you need to create a lasting memory of your pet, in one easy and colorful kit. Kit includes: 12 inches x 12 inches postbound album, Clear acid-free and PVC-free page protectors, 10 pages of patterned paper, 10 pages of solid paper, 10 sheets of white paper, Assorted alphabet sticker sheets, Assorted phrase sheets, Assorted character stickers, and an idea guide. $24.99 Kathy Davis Dog Lover's 8 x 8 Scrapbooking Kit - Kit includes: 8 inches x 8 inches scrapbook, 10 cardstock sheets, 10 full-color 8 x 8 papers, an 8 x 8 sticker sheet, 20 diecut shapes, 10 4x6 mats, an idea sheet, 10 journaling strips in 2 colors, a card stock phrase sticker sheet, 6 plastic dog embellishments, and a yard of leather cord. $14.99 Flair Designs® Top Dog Scrapbook Kit - Dog-themed scrapbooking kit features: seven 12 inches x 12 inches art papers with dog themes (to include dog want ads, various dog breeds, crumbled paper bag, etc.), a 12 inches x 12 inches vellum sheet of dog words (black text on white vellum), a sheet of circle alphabet stickers, a sheet of dog-themed cardstock stickers, velvet string, and a 1.75 inches wide metal bone-shaped tag with the word "WOOF" embossed. Stickers are acid-free and lignin-free. $14.99 Flair Designs® Vellum Dog Quotes - Add zip to your scrapbooking project with this booklet of dog quotes in black text on vellum paper. Attach to your scrapbooking page with spray adhesive, vellum tape, eyelets/brads, staples, sewing, photo corners, etc. $7.99 Flair Designs® General Cardstock Pet Stickers - Use these pet-themed stickers for your scrapbooking projects. Set includes 18 stickers/diecuts with pieces as long as 12 inches to as small as 3/4 inch in diameter. Stickers are acid-free and lignin-free. $3.29All Men Scrapbook Pages All Men Scrapbook Pages is the latest offering from Memory Makers Books, showing scrapbookers how to create distinctly masculine page designs dedicated to showcasing the special men in their lives. Readers will find innovative ideas for all experience levels and tastes, along with techniques to best communicate the many facets of masculinity. There are layout examples to reflect men's hobbies, careers, families, personalities and more. All Men Scrapbook Pages follows in the success of Memory Makers previous book, "All Boy Scrapbook Pages". Scraps - Adventures in Scrapbooking Scraps - Adventures in Scrapbooking is a new book focusing on America's passion with scrapbooking. It's a hysterical collection of essays celebrating this outrageously popular hobby in all its glory. True Scrapaholics, a.k.a. Crop Queens, Photo Fiends, and 35-millimeter Mamas, will rejoice to see themselves reflected in the pages of this one-of-a-kind send-up. Overflowing with helpful hints ("Successful scrapbooking is one percent inspiration, eighty-nine percent perspiration, and ten percent snack food") and aspirational wisdom (see the chapter titled "World Peace Through Scrapbooking"), Scraps is the perfect gift for the scrapbooking Mom who has everything.
Gluguls - Alien Glue Sticks 3M's Scotch Brand introduces a new line of glue sticks for kids, called "Gluguls", billed as "Alien Glue Sticks".As the story goes, the Gluguls are from another planet, but were left stranded here on Earth. So now that they're "stuck" here, they decided to lend their unique bonding powers to kids, helping them with the crafting projects. Gluguls are made from the same stuff as with all other Scotch Glue Sticks. Make 3D Patterns with Stencil Ease Stencil Ease are a set of "sculpture stencils" originally designed for creating raised edge patterns on walls. It involves placing an extra-thick stencil on the wall, and then filling it with raised stencil paste, resulting in beautiful wall designs.But the company also has a line of sculpture stencils specifically for scrapbooking. Once the stencil paste has dried, it can be painted and decorated. Check out their line of scrapbooking layouts illustrating the many uses of Sculpture Stencils. Sculpture Stencils are sold for $11.98, Stencil Pastes for $8.99 and are available at Lowe's, Jo-Ann Stores, Hobby Lobby, A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, or at the company's website. Scrapbooking Goes Spanish Arte Latin Oh! is a supplier of scrapbooking supplies and materials geared towards hispanic scrapbookers. Their website provides both English and Spanish versions, and the offer over a hundred scrapbooking products in Spanish.One of Arte Latin-Oh!'s newest collections is dedicated to the musical phenomenon called Reggaeton. "Consumers can practically preserve forever, their preferred photos and memories in relation to this rhythm," says Amelia Martinez-Holt, President of Arte Latin-Oh! Other collections include themes such as Love, Babies, typical icons and idiomatic expressions of Costa Rica and Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Espana, Zodiac Signs, Mother, Father, Girl Sweet Fifteen and Birthday. Adesso Polaroid Guest Books
Adesso Albums Inc. makes a unique guest book that doubles as a photo album. Each page has a cut-out window allowing you to insert a Polaroid photo. Guests of your event can then sign your book, creating a dual photo album and guest book.
 The company describes their albums as the world's first personalized instant photo guest books that you create during the event, capturing the excitement of a wedding, baby shower, baptism, baby's first birthday, anniversary or any special occasion in pictures and words, to keep the memories alive forever. The Adesso Album has a suggested retail price of $59.95. You can also buy a beginner's set, which comes with an album, a Polaroid ONE Ultra camera, and Polaroid 600 Instant Film twin pack, for $139.95. Memento Press Creates Books from your Photos Memento Press is a publishing service focusing on your photos. You upload your photos through their website, and they publish various products from them, such as memory books, calendars, greeting cards, and day planners.Their MementoBook™ is the company's flagship product. When uploading your photos, you include descriptive text for each one. Memento Press then publishes a hard cover book to serve as a family heirloom. Great way to preserve memories of your family vacations, reunions, or organizing photos of your ancestors. And the MementoBook is pretty affordable. For $49.95, you get a hard cover book containing 20 of your photos, along with your text. Extra pages cost $1.45 each. |
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