Our Family StoryThe memories that made us
Welcome to Cristy’s Paper Attic
Custom Scrapbooks Built Around Your Family’s Story
Welcome to Cristy’s Paper Attic. We are a husband-and-wife team creating fully custom military scrapbooks that preserve the story behind a veteran’s service.
Unlike a mass-produced scrapbook, each album can combine family photographs and keepsakes with historical research, a detailed military service timeline, maps, records, unit history, and handcrafted interactive pages.
A family helping families preserve the stories that should never be forgotten.
Historical research meets handcrafted storytelling
A custom military scrapbook service—not a fill-in-the-blank album.
We specialize in military family-history research and custom scrapbooking for Korean War, World War II (WWII), World War I (WWI), and earlier service stories. The available detail depends on surviving records, but every project is researched and designed around one individual—not a template.
Cristy builds the visual story one page at a time while Patrick helps organize the evidence, timeline, places, units, and historical context. The result can become a veteran keepsake album, a family-history record, and a way for descendants to know someone they never had the chance to meet.
We also create custom family history scrapbooks and offer vintage ephemera and old book pages for junk journals.
A bridge between generations
The joy of remembering—beautifully preserved.
Old photographs have a way of opening doors. They bring back laughter, spark stories no one has heard in years, and introduce younger generations to people they may never have had the chance to meet.
A Cristy’s Paper Attic scrapbook gathers those moments into something your family can hold, share, and pass down. It is not simply a collection of pictures. It is a carefully told story of who came before, what mattered, and how your family became who it is today.
We believe scrapbooking is also a way to bring family together. A book is never truly finished—the one you begin today can keep growing with every photograph, memory, and discovery.
“The one you begin today may become the book your grandchildren treasure most.”
Meet Patrick & Cristy
A family helping families.
We’re not a large company. We’re a husband-and-wife team who believes memories deserve more than storage boxes and forgotten albums.
Cristy brings creativity, craftsmanship, and an eye for telling stories through paper. Patrick brings research, organization, and a passion for uncovering the history behind the photographs.
Together, we create keepsakes that help families remember where they came from and preserve those stories for generations to come.
Because to us, this isn’t just scrapbooking. It’s preserving a family’s legacy.
Get to Know UsInside every scrapbook
Made to be experienced—not just looked at.
Cristy’s books invite people to interact with the story: open an envelope, unfold a map, turn a mini flip book, discover a hidden photograph, or read the history behind a treasured keepsake.
What makes the attic different
Every page has a purpose.
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Handcrafted
Every book is made one page at a time around the person and story it belongs to.
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Thoughtful Research
Family history, military records, maps, timelines, and historical context can become part of the story.
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Interactive Design
Envelopes, pockets, fold-outs, mini books, hidden details, and discoveries invite the family to explore.
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Personal From Start to Finish
Your project stays personal because you work with us—not a production line or faceless corporation.
Dear Friend,
If you’re here, there’s probably someone in your life whose story deserves to be remembered.
Whether it’s a parent, a grandparent, a veteran, or someone you never had the chance to meet, we’re honored you’re here.
Come in. Look around. And if we can help preserve your family’s story, we’d love to be part of that journey.
— Patrick & Cristy
A new room in the attic · completely free
Make a keepsake online—then keep shaping the story.
Cristy’s Digital Scrapbook Studio gives you a welcoming place to gather photographs, write the memories behind them, and build an interactive book your family can explore together.
- Turn pages and uncover hidden memories
- Open envelopes, pockets, and mini books
- Invite family to add photographs and stories
- Start free—no design experience needed
A life rememberedService, courage, and home
Try the envelope and mini book, too.
Honor their service. Preserve their story.
A remarkable way to know someone you never had the chance to meet.
For Korean War veterans and earlier conflicts, we can personally research surviving records and historical sources to help place a loved one’s service within the history they lived.
- Branch, rank, unit, company, and assignment history
- Training locations, campaigns, battles, and historical context
- Maps, records, photographs, letters, awards, and family memories
- A timeline designed so future generations can understand the person behind the uniform
Available details vary according to surviving records and the information a family provides.
Explore Custom Military Scrapbooks What to gather before researching a veteran’s service →
What story do you want to preserve?
Sometimes people know they want to save the memories—they just don’t know what the book could become.
That’s why the attic includes inspiration, not just products. Explore ideas until something feels like your family.
Family History Scrapbooks
Old photographs, genealogy, family trees, recipes, letters, hometowns, and stories shaped into one connected heirloom.
Military Service
Research-rich timelines that honor service while helping descendants understand the history.
Memorial & Remembrance
A meaningful way to preserve a life, personality, relationships, and memories.
Weddings & Anniversaries
From courtship and wedding day to decades of shared life together.
Childhood & Milestones
Baby years, school, graduation, achievements, traditions, and the people who shaped the journey.
Create Your Own
Junk journal supplies, vintage book pages, scrapbook ephemera, and paper treasures for your own projects.
Free family-history tools
Preserve family history before the clues disappear.
Use our free guides to inventory a memory box, interview a relative, protect old documents, or research a veteran’s service story. They are here to help whether or not you ever hire us.
Free resource hub
How to Preserve Family History
Memory-box inventory, safe handling, public archives, and practical next steps.
Explore family history resources →Free interview guideFamily History Interview Questions
Thoughtful prompts that help capture the everyday details a family tree cannot hold.
Open the interview questions →Free veteran guidePreserve a Veteran’s Service History
Gather names, photographs, documents, unit clues, medals, memories, and a working timeline.
Open the veteran history guide →WWII research guideFind WWII Army Unit Records
Connect family clues to personnel files, morning reports, rosters, unit histories, maps, and archival sources.
Open the WWII records guide →Paper preservation guidePreserve 1940s Documents
Safer handling, storage, display, and scanning for letters, military papers, photographs, and clippings.
Open the preservation guide →Choose your next room
Where would you like to wander next?
Every path leads somewhere different: inspiration, family history, military research, custom work, or paper treasures for your own projects.
Free digital studio
Create a Digital Keepsake
Design an interactive scrapbook online, invite family to contribute, and keep every page editable as the story grows.
Start creating online →Find an Idea
See what photographs, letters, recipes, keepsakes, and family stories could become.
Honor a Veteran
Explore researched service timelines and Cristy’s real military scrapbook work.
Create a Custom Scrapbook
Learn how we safely work with digital copies, physical pieces, or originals kept at home.
Meet Us
Get to know the husband-and-wife team behind the attic.
Why the Attic Matters
Read the story behind the name and the belief that shaped this work.
Browse the Shelves
Vintage pages, ephemera bundles, and curated paper treasures.
Every family has a story
Some are still being written. Some are waiting to be discovered. Some are tucked away in old boxes.
Whatever chapter you’re ready to preserve, we’d be honored to help tell it.
Start Your Custom ScrapbookMake your next scrapbook your way
Gather ideas, work on your own pages, or ask Cristy to create a scrapbook around your story.