To commemorate a memorable time spent in a special place, textiles expert Melinda Barta likes to size a custom-embroidered map to slide into the cover window of a Kolo photo album, like this ivory Kolo Capri brag book.

Melinda Barta is editor of the magazines Beadwork and Stringing, and author of the book Hip to Stitch, for novices interested in needlework arts, in which she includes several projects made using Kolo photo albums.