For the last few years, I have created a page for each month hitting the highlights of how I spent my time. I used a 12 x 12 album, my own handwriting and each page was unique. I love having these books. I love having a quick snapshot of how I spent my days. I love seeing the entire year together. I love looking back through several different years and seeing how things have changed and stayed the same. Very cool.
This year I decided to do a hybrid approach and a more consistent style to make things simpler. I'm using an 8x8 American Crafts album and am enjoying the smaller size so far. I'm writing up my journaling in a Word document and printing it on cardstock. I love how much more information I can fit on a page. I'm able to include some of the smaller details I wasn't able to include when I used my own handwriting. I'm printing photos using the contact sheet in iPhoto. A really simple way to print smaller photos.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
If you're feeling crafty this weekend, check out the online crop at Two Peas. They'll be posting a bunch of challenges with prizes. Always a good time.
Have a great weekend!
3 comments:
So my freaking crazy life had me off doing way too many other things - but I finally came back to check out your blog... couldn't remember the address... searched for your name in Google and saw that you won this!! http://www.ellapublishing.com/blog/ella/sara-benzkofer-8-enough-winner-4
Way to go!! Beautiful pages! I have now setup my Google Reader blog feed so I don't lose track of people anymore in blog land over time, and I will definitely be sitting down to catch up with what you've been up to :)
this is a wonderful idea that I really need to try out one year!
I love albums like this - what a great family heirloom this is!!
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