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Still not sure what type of book to gift?

There is another gift idea we will happily offer. You can give someone the gift of working with us to create their own custom book.

This might be the best option if someone else in the family is really into telling family stories, documenting their life, and pulling together family photos.

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss this gift.

I hope you’ve enjoyed gift week, thank you for reading!

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With the holidays approaching, we’re celebrating our first ever Gift Book Week. We’re showcasing a different book idea each day to inspire you. We hope you’ll find the perfect gift idea here and get in touch. There’s still time to make your custom book for the holidays!
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And gift idea #5…2010 Custom Moleskine Journal!

We have to confess we’re sort of saving the best for last. There are so many applications for this 2010 journal…photos of a couple, photos of a new baby, old family photos, inspirational quotes, etc.

For this one we used tidbits from my nephew and niece, Jake and Quinn. We used their artwork, quotes, stories, and photos. It will make a great gift for their grandparents and other family members…and my sister-in-law plans to keep one in their own home for the whole family to jot down thoughts (or drawings!) in the new year.

As always, my favorite are the quotes…they are priceless. Especially Jake’s. The kid is a crack up.

Get in touch if you’d like to start your 2010 journal!

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This was quite a project. Cousins Judie and Maureen decided to write a story about their Swedish grandparents who became successful gold miners in the Alaskan Gold Rush.

There were so many amazing photos and stories, and these ladies did a beautiful job pulling it all together. Here are just a few of the pages…so hard to represent in photos what this year plus long project encompassed. Suffice it to say, we are all very proud of the end result.

They named their book “Nuggets from the Sluice Box” - a sluice box is a gold mining apparatus. And the nuggets, in this case, are the incredible stories of their grandparent’s lives in the remote Alaskan wilderness.

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It's photos like these that keep us entertained when we're designing books!

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Happy Friday…thought you’d enjoy these photos from books we’re working on right now. They make me smile.

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Next week I am going to Philadelphia for my first genealogy conference! Excited, nervous, thrilled…am all of the above.

Fun Liz will be driving over from Annapolis to help me, and we are immediately heading to IKEA to get booth furniture which I will then sell on Craigslist after the show. (to save on shipping, you see) So, if you know anyone in Philly please tell them I’ll have cool IKEA white + chrome furniture for sale cheap-ola on Saturday 9/6. Here’s my Craigslist ad. Everything must go.

 After my original post about the conference, a reader named Megan emailed me and said she and her mom recently went to a genealogy show. Her advice? Bring your patience and your large type books. Comedy!

It will be very interesting to see whether my work is a fit for this audience. I keep being told genealogy is becoming way more popular, so maybe we’ll be the new young hip kids or something.

Either way, I am looking forward to the adventure and do promise to report back here.

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I’ll be in NYC next week for a trunk show a friend is hosting. So… a) Let me know if you have interest in coming to the show and I’ll provide you details, and b) I’ll have my sample books and some time Wednesday if anyone would like to meet up to talk about a book idea for your family! It may seem early, but this is actually a perfect time to be thinking about a book for Christmas gifts!

Let me know!

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