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Finished Project Friday: Scrapbook Pages A-M

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I started a tradition last Christmas to print out my blog (or select entries with pictures) for my in-laws who aren't so computer savvy. This was one of the other reasons that I switched over to Blogger: because it's easier to upload my entire blog to make a photo book. For the last book I made, I had to spend a ton of time formatting the pages according to the templates I was given. It was rather annoying trying to fit all of my ramblings on a page with minimal text space. But, because of my blog switch, this year was a little different. I wasn't sure what I was going to do since half of this year was blogged on a different blog that I couldn't upload from. So, I decided to just cut out all of my writing and just do pictures with short captions. And, this year, I was inspired by a digital scrapbook my friend made of her family. It was an ABCs book. So, I thought I'd just take the pictures from this year and put them in an ABC book for my in-laws.

I got online and found a cute scrapbooking kit at Two Peas in a Bucket. (BTW, that link actually is not to the shopping section of Two Peas ... I just had to show off my sister's stuff: she's a garden girl there.) So, I ordered it and when it came I got right to work. I finished letters A through F, showed them to Jon, and we both decided that it was a lot of work for something that we would be giving away. So, I changed my mind and now it's a book for our family that we're keeping! (Incidentally, there is an ABCs template at Shutterfly that I'm putting our pictures in for my in-laws ... not as time consuming, and it will work out just fine for them.)

Okay, so here's a slideshow of the pages I've finished (or got ready for pictures ... some I'm waiting to finish until after the baby gets here [i.e. the "G" for 'girls' page].).

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Graham said…
You're amazing. I don't know how you get all this stuff done!!! It looks great!
November 15, 2008
Becky said…
Very Cute! You've been busy!
November 15, 2008
Kristina Werner said…
Wow! Your album pages look awesome! You've really been working these up quickly! :)
November 18, 2008
Kelley Rae said…
Thanks for the links and the ideas. Your pages look great!!
November 18, 2008
Jenn said…
Yours is going to become a blog I hate to come to also--- because you are going to make me feel guilty for being so far behind on my scrapbooking. Like three years behind. Your pages look really cute! I like your family picture best- They are all cute though.
November 21, 2008
Niki said…
If you only lived closer I would make you teach classes! I am so impressed. I want to do stuff like this, but I have no idea how. I think I want to do my baby's stuff digitally, but I don't know what program to look into. Any suggestons?
November 21, 2008
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