Once upon a time there was a mom of four with a gazillion and a half photographs of her beautiful little children. Long before there were four children and a gazillion photographs this mom took up scrapbooking. Over the years, she spent lots and lots of money on cardstock. Fancy patterned paper. And embellishments. Over the years, this same mom became bogged down with the duties of rearing those four beautiful little children and her extensive collection of scrapbooking paraphernalia was relegated to a too-high-to-reach shelf in the closet.
The end.
Well, almost.
One day the mom discovered a brilliant (and simple!) way to rescue those gazillion photos from the depths of her digital SLR memory stick. (Cue singing angels). And thus, a new scrapbook was born.
I’d like to share that scrapbook with you today.
Isn’t it purty?
When it was naked, it was but a blank book with hard cardboard covers. I got it at Joanne years ago (remember that stockpile of supplies?), so I don’t know where you might find such a thing nowadays.
I used paint, chipboard letters and fabric scraps to breath life into it.
And then, I filled it with the absolute best (hence the title on the cover of the book) of all the photos we took in 2008.
I used spare embellishments (and extras purchased from the dollar spot at Joanne) to adorn the facing pages. It was super easy. And I didn’t stress about each page being perfect, so it turned out informal and fun. I highly recommend this method for slacker scrapbookers like myself.
Because an end result like this totally works for me. I bet it’ll work for you too.
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It came out adorable! I love it!
Hmmm… Maybe the fall break will give me some time to make one myself!
I LOVE it! :-) and I was the same way – now I cant keep up with all my pictures and I only have one baby! :-)
Love it! It came out super cute…and best of all it’s done!
I love it! It turned out so great. I love doing low energy scrapbooks too, makes them fun.
That looks fabulous! I’ve never been a scrapper myself, but this almost looks doable.
Have fun in CA!
It’s gorgeous! I’m almost inspired to try and hunt down my old scrapbooking supplies…
ps – love your new layout!
Oh, I love it. I have that same container with the same amount of scrap stuff that I will never use! What a great idea.
What a great idea! I have a stupid question, what did you use for the background color – the pink on the front and the blue, etc. inside?
I love it! Thanks for the idea and giving me a pick me up!
that is so nifty. i suck at scrapping, so this kinda scrapping might work for me.
Not sure how I missed this post, but sooooo super cute!
I’ll take lazy! I think they turned out beautifully.
Nell
I’m definitely a slacker scrapper. Ever since baby #2 entered the picture (er…wait…maybe, ever since I started my blog…).
But this – this looks 100% doable.
And I have to add – wow, your abs look great in that 5th picture. what is your secret? :)
I love this idea…I never learned to scrapbook…and this would work for me, too! What a great idea D!
What a gorgeous book! I might have to do one of those too, when I’m feeling lazy about scrapping!