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can use stickers, colored papers, and even use different colored pages in your albums. You can choose any style of album you like. You are not limited to a few items. The choices have always been endless. Even the scrapbooks of the past could be quite complicated.

Scrapbooks are not only popular in the U.S. There are companies that service Canada, Germany, Japan, the U.K., Austria, Australia, Taiwan, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and South Africa. After all, every memory is precious.

In years past, people made scrapbooks as a hobby. Today, that is still true, but it is also a billion dollar industry. Craft stores and specialty scrapbook stores carry a large range of supplies that are competitively priced. If you want to you can even attend parties and retreats where men and women get together and put scrapbooks together. Yes, I said men. Scrapbooking is a growing trend.

Don't want to play with papers and stickers? Are you too busy to craft? Today, your computer can even help you tell your story. You can download your digital photos or a photo CD on to your computer and using a photo program you can make a "digital scrapbook." You drop and drag your photos onto the templates of your choice, do some journaling and the book is processed and sent to you via snail mail.

Don't know where to start? Don't fret! There is help available. The internet, your local craft stores and even the newspaper contain all the information you need to get started. There are over 90,000 independent consultants worldwide that have been trained to teach you how to scrapbook. These consultants have the knowledge, experience, time saving tools and safe products that you will need. They offer classes, free of charge, and will even come right to your home!

If you don't want to learn how to scrapbook yourself, why not hire someone
to do it for you? A hard core scrapbook maker will take on this challenge with a smile. They love what they do, and it is important to them.

Have you shared your stories with someone? Are you confident they will remember the details? You can be sure if you document your family history in a scrapbook. People will always have photos, always share stories about them and no matter how the method of photo taking changes, scrapbooks will continue to share your stories for generations.

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