Family Tree - Creating a One of a Kind Birthday Scrapbook

I believe each of us at one time or another has been faced with what to give as a gift to the "impossible to buy for" person. Over the years I've often seen the small booklets that say "if you were born in 1959", or "if you were born in October of 1959". I've always marveled at how many of these books are available and are sold. Thus the idea of a scrapbook of birth was formed. The information contained in those booklets can easily be put into a special birthday scrapbook which of course would also include both photos and journaling. Today, the internet makes it very easy to research any particular day, month or year. What a wonderful gift for the recipient to receive a scrapbook filled with data about the day, month and year they were born. Here are a few ideas of items to include: News events - Choose a few news events from the day, the month and the year the person was born. You can find scrapbook paper that resembles newsprint. Then, using your computer, either scan in the news items you've found, or copy and paste them to fit on the scrapbook paper the way you'd like them to fit. Other birthdays - Find famous people who were also born the same day, month and/or year. Include some photos of the folks who were also born during this time. Prices - I've been able to find the average price of homes, bread and butter for the year I was born. With a bit of research, you should be able to find the average prices of the year of the scrapbook recipient. Home and Family - See if you can find a photo of the first home the recipient lived in. Or possibly a map showing the street the person lived on. What about an "about the city" from the city the person was born in? If the hospital the person was born at is still in existence, see if you can get a photo of the hospital to include in the scrapbook. Ask another relative if they have a few photos they can give to you of the scrapbook recipient and his/her family. You can also include a page that resembles a family tree and write in the names of the parents and children if you know them. These are just a few ideas of items you can include in a very personalized unique birthday scrapbook. Audrey Okaneko has been scrapbooking for several years. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.recipe-barn.com Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Audrey_Okaneko