Monroe Lake will be the site of a family heritage scrapbooking workshop at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 at Paynetown State Recreation Area as part of Salt Creek Valley History Week, a celebration of Salt Creek Valley’s past.

This three-hour workshop will cover best practices for preserving and sharing family photos, heirlooms and other historical documents. This event includes basic tips on scrapbook page making, archival considerations, balancing originals against copies of photos, layout and page design, color choices, cropping techniques, choosing adhesives and other considerations. Digital scrapbooking options will be discussed.

Participants also will complete at least two memory scrapbook pages of their own. The $15 workshop fee includes four 12-by-12-inch base papers (two with print design), six 8½-by-10-inch solid color mat-décor sheets, two black journaling pens, two plastic page protectors, one roll of adhesive dispenser, photo mounting corners (for use with original photos) and a posterboard to create a smooth tabletop work surface. All materials will be archival-quality and acid-free.

The workshop will be presented by Susan Snider Salmon, an experienced genealogist and a genealogy instructor for the Ivy Tech Center for Lifelong Learning. Space is limited to 12 people and restricted to ages 16 and older. Advance registration is required at bit.ly/heritagescrapbook2022 by Aug. 26.

For information on other programs being offered during the week, which runs from Sept. 10 to 16, visit bit.ly/SCVhistoryweek2022.

For information, call 812-837-9967 or email Jill Vance at [email protected].