| Looking for a binding machine, and wondering | | | | family reunion, send out some questionnaires and |
| what you can accomplish with one at home? Here | | | | requests for photographs so that each family will |
| are nine great ideas to help get those creative | | | | be represented. Then take a lot of photos of the |
| juices flowing. | | | | family reunion and put them together in a book |
| | | | you can send out as holiday gifts. It's a great way |
| 1. Family History. Putting together a history of | | | | for everyone to stay in touch and to remember |
| your family is a great project and one that will be | | | | the fun they had. |
| appreciated for generations to come. You can | | | | 5. Cookbooks. Whether you want to put together |
| conduct interviews of senior members of your | | | | a book of your own recipes to share with friends |
| family, research the eras and locations where | | | | and family (or the world at large), or you are part |
| member of your family settled, and gather news | | | | of a church or another organization that wants to |
| stories, family photographs, and other historical | | | | raise some funds, creating your own cookbook |
| items to help you with your work. There are | | | | on your own binding machine is a great and |
| numerous genealogy programs available online and | | | | satisfying project that will be appreciated and |
| on CD-ROM, so there's no reason not to get | | | | used for years to come. |
| started on producing your family history book | | | | 6. Photo Books. Vacations, holidays, and special |
| today! | | | | events can be great subjects of photo books, |
| 2. Poetry. Whether you just want to get your | | | | and with your own thermal binding system, you |
| own poems together in one place, or you and a | | | | can make as many or as few copies as you wish, |
| few friends want to create an anthology to draw | | | | whenever you like, quickly and easily. |
| some attention to your work, publishing your own | | | | 7. Novels and Short Stories. If you are a budding |
| poetry is a great solution. With the right machine, | | | | author, you don't need to seek the approval of a |
| you can make a finished product that looks like it | | | | far away publisher in order to see your work in |
| came from a publishing house, or make smaller | | | | hardcover form. Get your own binding machine |
| chapbooks to hand out to friends, family and | | | | and get your hard work out into the world on |
| potential publishers. | | | | your own terms. |
| 3. Family Yearbooks. From first steps to packing | | | | 8. Coloring Books. With your own binding machine |
| for college, putting your family's year together in | | | | and some photo processing software, you can |
| book form is a great way to keep your photos, | | | | create your own custom made coloring books for |
| memories, and accomplishments all in one place. | | | | your kids. Use photos from a recent outing, or of |
| These also make great gifts, and each member | | | | family members, and just watch how much fun |
| of your family will want to have one on his or her | | | | the little ones have. |
| shelf. | | | | 9. Art Books. |
| 4. Family Reunion Books. Before your next big | | | | |