Scrapbooks for a Bat Mitzvah

[Charlene]

Has anyone ever created scrapbooks for a Bat Mitzvah? My cousin's daughters will be having their celebration together in April and I would love to give each girl a scrapbook to help them remember their special day. I am not Jewish and I have never attended a Bat Mitzvah, so as a result, I don't know anything about the ceremony. I would love any help and info that anyone can share!

[michalspainting]

Hi Charlene:

My husband has some ideas since he was closely associated with a Jewish family while in college.

Sometimes it requires the Rabbi's permission to take pictures of the ceremony, especially in a conservative or orthodox setting. The ceremony lasts about an hour and is followed by a meal. We put our heads together and thought of a few ideas: Using the ribbon and/or copies of the Hebrew characters from the presents given or table settings of the meal as page accents, using lacy patterned paper as background, using charms picturing the Hebrew characters, or first letter of your cousin's daughter's names. There should be lots of pictures of family, friends, perhaps even some photos of the Bat Mitzvah candidate reading the Hebrew text. Also scrapbooked backgrounds of simulated 'antiqued' or aged 'parchment' paper might enchance the effect.

Hope this helps a little...
Michal

[Charlene]

Thank you, Michal! I'll keep you posted on what I come up with.