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- 08/15/2011
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- Kellie
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Scrapbooking Photo 365
This is something I have been wanting to do all year and I’m just now getting around to starting. I have been wanting to scrapbook my photos from Photo 365. I knew it would be a big undertaking simply because there are so many pictures but the end result could be so cool, right? I’ll be honest, I haven’t been scrapbooking much lately but I finally dragged out all of my stuff and got to work.
Since there are so many photos, I wanted to keep it really simple. Nothing fancy here, just documentation. I printed the photos small and all the same size so there would be no guess work. I also crammed as many pictures to a page as possible so the book doesn’t get too fat. Even though it’s simple, I really like it :) So far I have finished with January, here it is:
I used a simple small sized 3 ring binder. I figured I could fit more in that way. I think I might make a cover for it still, currently it is unadorned.
My vision was lots of handwriting in a variety of styles. I’m hardly using anything beyond paper but once in a while I do use some sticker letters and such.
There are doodles here and there and some washi tape. The papers I have gathered from all over the place.
I printed the flag title block at home using Free Ribbons from DaFont (found at Poppytalk).
Another source of inspiration was The Non-Planner Datebook by Keri Smith. I’ve ripped it apart and used it in this book. I love all of the doodling and handwritten letters and I knew I wanted to incorporate it in this book.
Another thing I added in was journal cards from 7gypsies which I have had forever and finally am using. And of course, I’m using my Dymo label maker. I pretty much can’t make anything without it :)
For all of my doodling, my favorite pens are Staedtler pigment liners. I really love these pens. I bought them in a pack of four, all black, with 4 different sizes. There is .1mm, .3mm, .5mm, and .7mm. It’s so great to have a variety and I use them for everything! My favorite is the .3mm just in case anyone is in the market for some pigmented, archival, acid-free ink pens :)
And that just about sums up January. I’m a little behind but I only worked on it for two evenings. A few more evenings and I will be all caught up! Okay, maybe more than a few :)
Anyone else playing catch up with anything? It’s always so hard to get started when you feel so far behind but it sure feels good to be finished. Not that I would know, I still have a long way to go!
Comments
I /really/ love what you’ve done with your pictures. Random, but with a plan at the same time. Awesome! Can’t wait to see the next month.
This is looking GREAT! I decided that I would do a year in our lives… I am up to May. I think? we’ve taken photos everyday but not 100% sure and now need to remember stuff but I really want to finish it because my fiancee and I are considering separating and I would really like to have a copy of our daily lives. I would then colour copy the album and make one for him seeing as we’ve been working on it together… A huge undertaking but just need to get stuck in. Thankfully I have a really good memory for random things and what days they happened on.
Oh wow. I love this so much. Beautiful!