Do you have scattered pictures and misty water-colored memories of your graduating high school senior?

There are a number of ways to turn some of the pivotal times of their lives into a treasured keepsake. With most high school graduations occurring in June, there is still time to either tackle a small memory quilt, video or scrapbook or have it done by a professional.

A quilt "is a great opportunity to put things together, particularly high school things that represent those years they were in high school," said Louise Silk, a quilter based on the South Side.

Favorite T-shirts, hats, pajamas, jerseys or cloth items that hold some significance in the student's life can be incorporated into a quilt.

Those who've never quilted before may want to take a class or get a book depending on what best fits their learning style.

Ms. Silk's book, "The Quilting Path," includes a chapter on memory quilts. She suggests that if this is your first quilt, start small.

"I always get someone in class -- they say I want to make a king-size quilt," she said.

However, a 60-inch square throw can be perfect for a student's college dorm room or apartment. She also recommends using smaller pieces of fabric instead of big blocks.

"You don't need a lot of whatever it was. Just enough to know you can identify it," she said. "I think the [quilts] that are better are the ones that are piecy, just a little piece of this and a little piece of that."

Gather a group of friends to help with the quilt and use fleece for batting and as a backing for the quilt.

An easier project involving cloth might be a photo transfer book. It's a photo album in which photos are transferred onto cloth squares. The squares can be made of new material or of some fabric that has meaning to the student.

The squares can then be joined together like pages of an album or they could also be made into a quilt. Photocopy centers have the equipment to transfer images to fabric if you can't do it at home.

In this age of digital video and still cameras, a slide show or an even more sophisticated video project might be the way to go.

A simple photo slide show can be accomplished via Power Point, but it won't have the same transitions as movie software.

Some computer operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, includes basic movie-making software with titles and transitions. Audio, music and photos can be incorporated as well. Such software can also be purchased separately.

But no matter how small the project, working with video can be time consuming, especially if you're new to the process and not familiar with the software.

That's one of the reasons Tracy Painter, a video producer for Wt Video Productions in White Oak, suggests using a professional.

"We can do them much faster because we have the equipment," Mr. Painter said.

He can use his professional video camera and a special stand to capture 100 photos directly into his computer in 30 minutes, he said. Nonprofessionals taking on this project might have to scan multiple photos into their computer and then crop and resize each one.

For do-it-your-selfers, Mr. Painter recommends deciding on a length for the video. "Think about how long you're going to want to keep someone's attention," he said. "Who's going to want to sit for more than 10 minutes of the graduate's photos, other than Mom?"

He suggests selecting a variety of photos that help tell a story and not just the usual head-and-shoulder school pics.

His company can put together a photo montage of 100 pictures for $100, he said.

West Chester-based Graduation Station specializes in graduation gifts including photo slide shows, videos, Web sites and video scrapbooks.

The standard video includes 25 photos with music and transitions. Short video or audio clips can also be incorporated. The company can also create a graduation tribute Web site that includes a graduation photo, invitation, school emblem, music and a guestbook where family members and friends can leave a message.

The site stays up for three months, and the guestbook can be printed out and given to the student as a gift.

If you are using the services of a company like Graduation Station, co-founder Cathy Barwell suggests starting as early as possible in gathering your highest quality photos.

People should figure out photo captions and decide on the song they want. Photos can be sent via e-mail or they can be digitized at a Wal-Mart, CVS or photo center and then the photo CD can be sent to the company.

For scrapbooking, Carrie Smith of Plum, a consultant for Creative Memories, said there are several ways to scrapbook -- digitally and traditionally.

No matter which is chosen, photos must be selected first.

"Basically you should go and organize your pictures and see which ones you'd like to put in a book," she said.

If going digital, there are a number of companies, including Creative Memories, that allow you to upload pictures to their Web sites, select layout templates and input captions. The books are then printed and mailed to the customer.

Ms. Smith is a more traditional scrapbooker.

"I like the traditional look," she said. "I like to have full control of what my pages are going to look like."

The basic size books are 8 by 8 inches and 12 by 12 inches. There also are numerous ways to embellish the pages. Craft departments in discount department stores usually carry scrapbooking supplies, as do craft and fabric stores.

Ms. Smith also likes to write her photo captions by hand, a task some people avoid because they don't like their handwriting. But Ms. Smith encourages people to use their own handwriting because it's something that can be preserved when the person is no longer living.

"I would give my left arm to have something written by my father [who died in 2005]," she said.

Ms. Smith advises first-time scrapbookers to find a scrapbooking group for ideas and camaraderie.

"It's all about what you want to put in there," she said. "What you want to say."