Review & Giveaway: Between Me & You Keepsake Journals
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Looking for a unique gift idea for the holidays? Look no further! Sand Dune Publishing Company has come out with a line of keepsake journals to give to the special people in your life.
Each journal is hard covered and spiral bound. It measures 6.5″ x 7.25″ and contains 35-45 questions for your loved one to answer. It is currently available in 8 different formats- Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Brother, Sister, Daughter, Son, Family Reunion, Girl and Honey. The cover of each journal looks like the one to the left, each in a different color. The books retail for $14.95 plus shipping.
The idea is to give the book to the person of your choice and have them fill out the answers to the questions. I think this is an especially neat idea for kids to give to their grandparents to help them better understand who they are. What a great keepsake it would become! A hand written journal with answers to questions such as “What were some of your favorite things to do as a child?” and “What are your memories of the day you and Grandfather were married?”
I received the Mom book to review and got a chance to see what an entire book looks like. All of the questions are simple and fun to answer. There is adequate space for each response and a section in the back titled “other stuff” with several blank pages for any additional thoughts. In the mom book, my favorite chapter was “What about Me?” where it asked questions such as “What do you remember most about the time you were pregnant with me?” and “What characteristics do you and I share now?”
I think this type of journal is a great idea and would be fun for a lot of people. I also think that it might be fun in reverse! Instead of giving the journal to a love one to fill out for yourself, it would be neat to fill one out for your loved one and giving it to them as a gift.
To find out more about Between Me and You journals, visit http://www.sanddunebooks.com/.
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I love the fact that the journals ask questions so it’s an easy way to record special details. I also love that it would be such a special keepsake for the generations to come. I would love for my grandparents to leave something like this for me and my children! Picking two would be hard. But I think I’d probably have to go with Grandma and Grandpa ones. I also think the Honey sounds really neat.
frog123 (at) cyipcom (dot) net
The grandma and daughter. These are really neat! Thanks for the contest!
I love the Mom & Dad keepsake journals :)
Dad and Reunion Journals!
These are great questions!
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
Grandma and Grandpa. My husband passed away recently and my grandchildren have had so many questions. I would love to put these books together for them. They can help me with mine and do Grandpa’s together. I think it would be a wonderful project.
Thank you,
corjon30@yahoo.com
Christina – xristya@rock.com – I like the Brother and Girl journals and know that my brother and girlfriend would definitely enjoy questions prompting them to journal about their lives! A wonderful idea, and I just wish my mother and father were still alive so I could get journals for them and learn more about their early lives!
I like the grandma ones! these would allow my kids to know there grandparents better especially if they are not around when they are older.
I think these are fantastic ideas! I like that it’s a great way to keep that line of communication open between two people, which it seems a lot of families are losing these days. I would choose grandma and honey.
tanyab@paulbunyan.net
the honey one
I would like the ones for Mom and Dad.
Honey and Son definitely. These would be treasures for my, my husband and our two little boys.
I would choose Honey and Daughter. I like that they can build intimacy and help family members know each other. garrettsambo@aol.com
I am so sentimental when it comes to my family! I would choose the Mom and the Daughter journals. My mom would also be writing as a grandmother, so when it is passed down it will work out well. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
Honey & Mom. I love how journals can bring you right back to the moment you wrote it!
Mom and Dad for sure. Me and my sister have recently had two great grandparents die. Makes you realize to start recording memories sooner than later.
I love the Mom & Dad journals. All of our elders are gone (my husband's parents and my grandmother). There are so many memories that went with them. I would love to have these books for our children and grandchildren to relive our memories when we are gone!
Reunion and DAD would be my choices.
I like the Grandma one….. Would be great for my mom to tell her Grandkids all about her
I like the prompts to help me get started. I could use Honey, Son or Daughter.
This would really help to make the shopping $$$$s go further. Nice prize!!