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].).
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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