I'm a very lucky granddaughter. My grandmother was thoughtful enough to keep all the letters my grandfather sent to her in 1948 from Milwaukee to her in Spokane, 66 years ago. My mother keeps the originals for safekeeping, but she lives a few states away. In the meantime, my grandmother keeps typed copies of the letters in a big scrapbook. For her birthday this year I decided to scan the originals (got to keep up with the digital age now-a-days) and make a book with them. That way she can still see his typed and handwritten notes from him. Now I've never made a book before, but thanks to the handy instructions here Instructables this way a fairly easy process.
I think the end result turned out great (now that I know the process, there a few things I would change for next time, but overall not too shabby I think).
I used green fabric for the cover and kept it simple
On the inside cover and back cover, I linked the pages with pictures of my grandparents, their children, and copies of the envelopes the letters where sent it.
Some pictures of the inside and my grandfathers letters.
A picture of the front and back inside covers.
More of the letters.
Also included was a bookmark and copies of some of the envelopes inside the book.
Dedicate to grandma.
In the book I included pictures of my grandma and grandfather, just the two of them as they grew old together.
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