I can't believe I've finished the first month of Project 365 without skipping a single day. It's been so great to look through my photos and see what caught my eye each day, and to be reminded of the little moments that happened each day. I've been thinking about how to pull all my photos together each month -- working on the day-by-day with the end in mind, as it is. I think I've decided on two different projects.
The first is a general summary of each month, to go in my regular scrapbook albums. I put together a 2-page template (which will be going up for sale in my shop on Thursday, if you are interested) that has room for every single photo. I'll use this same template each month (I'll just flip it on alternating months, so that the date section alternates left and right). Here's what it looks like with all my photos in place.
It's pretty incredible to look at them all, side by side like that. I also used papers and elements from my Winterberry collection.
I also want to do a larger project, in bound book form. I have this image of all my photos bound into an 8x10 book, featuring one photo per page and a few lines of journaling. A nice hefty book that captures our life, for one year, that will get a special place on our bookshelves. To that end, I've put together these sample pages, using Paislee Press's Apothecary Frames and Leora Sanford's Year to Remember Basics. Here's a look at two of the pages; I hope to finish each month as I go, so that I'm not frantic at the end of the project to get everything put together. (The black outline is for viewing purposes only).
What are your plans for your Project 365 photos? I'd love to hear (and see) them!
I plan to do a book with one page per day and words to go with them ... the very funny thing is that I was thinking of using Liz's frames too. My concern was whether the book would have too many pages and might not hold together well, what do you think? I love your idea of including all the months photos in a double page in your family album too.
Posted by: Melissa | January 31, 2010 at 04:53 PM
I thought about that, Melissa -- which is why I think Im going to use Blurb for my book. I think they have the capability to do larger books, more so than Shutterfly or some of the other photo printing places. If I have to, I might break it down into four smaller books. That will probably up my final cost, but to me, this project is worth it.
Posted by: aud neal | January 31, 2010 at 04:55 PM
Love the book idea!! So far I have just been doing a weekly layout, but last night I was working on organizing the photos and I would really love to do a simple book like this and Liz's. Something about the single photo + words that makes it wonderful!! Oh, and great layout too :)
Posted by: Jennifer | January 31, 2010 at 06:23 PM