Scrapbook Memories

Sundays @ 4:30pm

Scrapbook Memories is the premier television program for scrapbookers. It inspires you to collect and preserve your valuable photos. Whether you call it scrapbooking, archiving or memory crafting, let Scrapbook Memories teach you how to preserve your treasured family memories in creative ways. Each program explores the latest techniques and trends to help you with your scrapbook projects. From adhesives to albums; the program has information on products, how-to’s from layout to photography, and dozens of page ideas to inspire.

This week’s Episode: Gifts and Cards

First, we have a great gift for your favorite scrapbooker – it’s the gift of memories. Then Julie Fei-Fan Balzer has a unique and very quick gift with a binder clip photo holder. Last up it’s a party with Patti Wilkinson. What are gifts without a party – or maybe that’s a party without gifts? We have banners, bows, and favors all from paper strips and the technique is adaptable to any occasion.

Hosts: Beth Madland & Julie McGuffee

Beth Madland started scrapbooking as a child when she made end-of-year albums during junior high and high school. In fact, Beth remembers trading Mrs. Grossman’s “stickers by the yard” when she was in 6th grade. But Beth really got involved about five years ago when she walked into her first scrapbook store and discovered the wonderful world of acid free paper and stickers.

Beth spent eight years in television news as a reporter, videographer, producer and eventually hosted the number one morning news show in Lexington, Kentucky. On one of her shows, “Let’s do Lunch,” Beth started producing “Scrapbooking Tips of the Week” in conjunction with a local scrapbook store. Having more fun demonstrating crafts and scrapbooking on TV than covering the latest hard news story, Beth searched for work on a scrapbook TV show and left news behind.

When she’s not cropping and pasting photos and stickers, Beth enjoys spending time with her new husband, Will and their two big dogs. Beth lives in North Dakota.

Julie McGuffee has been scrapbooking for over 40 years. She received her own camera at age 11 and has been hooked on photography ever since. Her father served in the RAF in the early 40’s and documented the years he spent in the Middle East through the many photographs he took. Julie loved looking through the albums he put together and, following his example placed her own photos in albums. “We didn’t have the wide range of products available for today’s scrapbooker”, Julie tells us, “but my dad decorated and titled his pages and handwrote captions for his photos. To me they were, and still are, the most beautiful scrapbook pages.”

Originally from England, Julie has lived in the US for over 25 years with her husband, 2 children and a succession of dogs. She is also a very talented decorative painter and all-round crafter and has worked in the Arts & Crafts industry professionally since 1991. She has authored over 30 “How To” Arts and Crafts and Decorative Painting books and is a regular columnist for Craftworks magazine. Her monthly Creative Lettering column, which she was invited write in 1997 ran for over 4 years.

In 1996, Julie, and fellow designer, Jean Kievlan formed their own design services company. When scrapbooking started to gain momentum they worked closely with manufacturers to promote and develop innovative product for this new and exciting market. Julie was also a host of More than Memories for 4 years, a regular guest on Hands on Crafts for Kids which also airs on PBS, A.C. Moores’s Crafters Corner, QVC and the guest craft expert on “At Home Live with Chuck & Jennie” which airs on the Family Net channel. Julie is also a regular contributor to the scrapbooking section of Michaels.com.

Be sure to say hello to Julie at any of the Memory Expo shows around the United States and at the Great American Scrapbook show in Arlington, Texas, where she can be found at her booth – Jean & Julie’s Craft Club!
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