Discovering your heritage gives you an appreciation of who you are and what family traditions, cultures, challenges and experiences have helped shape who you have become.

Recommended products for your heritage album project:

• Premiere Coverset (12” x 12”)
• Paper Pack
• Heirloom Stickers
• Cropping Tools
• Short Cuts Neutral
• Jumbo Great Lengths Neutrals
• Storybox Photo Mats & Journalling Boxes Vineyard
• Power Palette Vintage
• Page Protectors

GETTING STARTED
Start your project by deciding if your album will be a timeline or a family line.

Timelines are strictly chronological. If you choose chronological, you will be able to mix many unrelated family units together and capture a variety of memories in a single album. Chronological is suggested if you have a limited number of heritage photos and/or memorabilia available.

If you choose a family line album, you will be able to expand on individual family members and family units. For example, within your family you may choose a separate maternal family album and paternal family album.

Once you've decided on a strategy, you'll want to consider purchasing the File Mate Organiser and File Mate Folders for sorting and preparing your materials. Label your folders by decade for a timeline album. Label your folders by family units for a family line album.

If your family has one-of-a-kind photos and memorabilia, consider making duplicates. Creative Memories offers Inkjet Photo Paper and Laser & Photocopy Paper for your digital printing needs.

Memorabilia can be preserved using Photo Mounting Corners or Photo Mounting Sleeves. Memorabilia Pockets and Portrait Sleeve Pages can also be used. A Family Tree Page is an essential to any heritage album.