Scrapbooks are excellent ways to preserve priceless memories and encourage a unique appreciation of family history. It can be a fun project or a lifelong hobby.

Tips to get you started:

• Select a scrapbook and its contributing elements based on their archival quality to keep your portraits safe (acid-free, lignin-free, non-yellowing guarantee)
• Sort everything chronologically by placing items in dated piles or files
• Make each page an original statement with high quality paper, colored markers, stickers, stencils, rubber stamps and decorative edge scissors or hole punches
• Consider having a theme for each page or each album
• Encourage children to build scrapbooks for grandparents, giving the gift of a new page each year that features their school portrait

If you like scrapbooking, check your local craft store or the Internet for books, tools and ideas that can spur creativity.