Scrapbook the everyday, not necessarily every day.

You've likely heard about the projects that folks have going on where they take a photo every day, and then scrapbook it. Some folks see it as a huge undertaking, but with the support of the Hope In Action 365 Project from Creative Memories and the Facebook communities - Hope in Action 365 and pixels2Pages' Day2Day - you can learn more about this type of project, connect with others who want to tackle it, and get inspired with ideas on how to get it done.

Not sure you're ready to jump in with both feet to tackle such a project? Don't write it off just yet. We've got lots of other options for you right here, regardless of how often you take photos, or how many you take. The one point I want to stress is that you don't have to worry about focusing on scrapping anything specific - even if it's not grand and spectacular, scrap that photo anyway. It's your everyday life, and it will be OH so fun to look back on one day.

All of these options will work for photos you've taken last year, many years ago, or even photos you have yet to take. Enjoy :)

Option 1:
You have handfuls of photos that are very event-specific, such as vacations. Consider this: choose groupings of photos from a certain block of time, and capture those events in a two-page spread (or expand into more pages, if necessary). For this spread, I chose my favorite photos I had taken each day on a six-day adventure to the Boundary Waters. I simply added a small strip of paper and a bit of journaling to describe the photo, and then dressed it up a tad bit with extra embellishment. This set of pages may be the only set I include for August of 2010, but I'm not sure yet. I haven't gone through all of my photos from that month to see if any other events warrant a spread. (FYI: Font used in this project is Pea Sassy Lucy).

You could include as few or many pages for a given month as you choose - just scrapbook to highlight the events you really cherish in this book. NOTE: This concept could also be followed for the scrapper who chooses to take that photo every day, too.

Here's another take on the same scenario where you may only have a handful of photos from a specific event in a given month - this one comes from Miss Donna Kendall. She chose the event to focus on, made sure to incorporate that date in the calendar grid, then added her photos and journaling to support those photos. Fun!

Option 2:
You have a handful of photos from a given month, they're beautiful, but they're rather random. And, you don't have a photo from every single day. NO worries! Gather up your favorites for that month, then add a calendar grid to your page and drag each photo into its corresponding day on the calendar. Add your absolutely favorite photo from the month onto the opposite page (full bleed-style) and drop down the opacity of it, then add a block of text that briefly outlines what each photo is about. (FYI: Font used in this project is also Pea Sassy Lucy).

Another spin on this option is to do the same type of thing, except take a photo of the same thing (maybe your new baby?! ;) several times a month (cuz let's face it, who has time to remember to take a photo EVERY day of that new babe!?) and plop those photos in on their corresponding days. They'll need no explanation! Work in some important dates on the calendar that were big "firsts", too, for some added fun. NOTE: the pages below were created using the Click and Fill A Year in Review (US|Canada) - if you've not yet discovered them, you must. They are a brilliant fit for this type of project.

Yet another spin on this same option, but drop in a few fun embellishments on the calendar for added fun! Thanks to Jodi Eisner for these fun pages!

Option 3:
You HAVE decided to take one photo every day, and you've made the commitment to drop the photos in as you get them taken. Here's Sue Philips' sample - she included one photo from each day and made some notes about the photos. Sweet and simple!

You'll also notice a sweet spin on this that Leanne Bailey added - drop in second, identical calendar grid on the facing page to drop in journaling about the day's photo. Brilliant!

Special thanks to the sweet & wonderful admins on the Creative Memories Go Digital Fan Page for contributing so many awesome ideas for me to share with you here, too. Be sure to pop over to the page for more ideas, inspiration and fun while you create these projects... and don't forget - all StoryBooks (US|Canada) are on sale now through Thursday, January 26 at midnight CT - this is the perfect time to create and order those books!

We'd all love to hear your thoughts and ideas on scrapping your everydays. See you on the Fan Page!

Comments

[makinglightofme.blogspot.com]

I'm enjoying taking daily photos and then making a week's page and posting it on the Pixels2Pages Day2Day site. But, I also want to add a month page highlighting photos that didn't make the Day2Day list. This was a timely blog entry. But, I have a question. I downloaded the CM Click and Fill calendar pages assuming that all the small squares for each month would be PHOTOs. I'm working on the Jan page and the only PHOTO holder is the top picture. I am pretty savvy on SB, so this puzzles me. I want to make a standard photo holder for each day so I can just pop in a photo (I thought this would be there :(, but if I want to round the corners I need to flatten it which means I can't just keep adding different photos. Can you suggest a simple way to insert a photo and size it WITH rounded corners that I can use again and again? I think I am missing something... Advice??

[Caroline Kelly]

I have been doing this sort of thing for a while now, although i have to confess i don't always take a pic everyday, although it doesn't mean you can't, even if your not doing anything particualy interesting you can take pics of things that inspire you or everyday objects, the weather etc and scrap those, it is MY DAY IN THE LIFE of album.

[Mary Trickel Clark]

I committed to a photo per day to improve my photography not to scrapbook the photos, although they probably will end up in an album at some point! It has been an exercise in discipline and commitment for me.

[Scrapbooking Becky]

If nothing else their page gives you ideas of pics to take

[Kathleen]

What helps me is that I can start over...if I miss a day or two, I just fill the photo holders I missed with pretty paper, & start again...nothing spectacular, just my life as it happens. *U* kathleen

[Tameka Bond]

Love this!

[Karen Eisenhart Wang]

Just bought a picfolio album during the sale for this exact reason/project....

[Jenni B]

LOVE this post! Thanks for sharing so many wonderful ideas!!

[Kelly Walker Kusa]

Love the example pages

[Tara Burgy Wells]

That was a great blog entry. I have been trying to convince my friends to join me in doing a Day2Day project. They love what I have been doing, but are daunted by taking a photo every day. Or greater still, they don't think they "do" enough to take pictures of each day. I'll have to direct them to read this entry! The title alone says it all!

[Nancy Wold]

Love this article. Was doing the 365 day thing. I missed some days, but when you're working on paperwork or such, you don't necessarily take a photo. This gave me new perspective. Thanks.

[Kathy Kelley Merrill]

Thank you Shari!

[Shari Bibler Skaggs]

Feb. 8th

[Kathy Kelley Merrill]

CM - when will the Border Maker System be back in stock?????