Alphabet Fun Scrapbook

I finished it!

Malachi's 4K {Preschool} year is in this 12 x 12 album:


Some pages are more scrapbook style with photos, artwork and recipes:
L is for Lemonade and Ladybugs
And other pages are lapbook/lap journal style with photographs:
Y is for Yellow, Yarn and Yo-Yo
I love having it for Malachi to look back on. . .  
"Look! I was so creative!" he exclaimed. *Ü*
One of the things that I love about scrapbooking is that it gives children a sense of identity.

I put the book in alphabetical order, but wish that I had put it in chronological order instead.

I loved having my blog to look back on ~ I used each post to help me journal each page. I forgot so much!

Things that have made blogging {for scrapbooking} easier ~
  • my Canon EOS Rebel T1i ~ so thankful for this!
  • removing the watermark from my photos {I still appreciate permission to use my photos!}.
  • less photos in collages.
  • less collages ~ more individual photos.
  • being more selective in the photos I use.
  • considering the photo when selecting the size.
  • ordering prints as I go ~ instead of a whole year at a time! 
  • ordering prints from home and picking them up in one hour from Walgreens {love this!}
  • detail in posts.
  • keeping up with the lapjournal for B4FIAR ~ I only need to scrapbook the photos and have been printing every few months. 
I loved going digital for photos {before blogging, I still used my Rebel G2 ~ and shot in manual mostly}, but I am not so sure about going digital for scrapbooking! My next {personal} goal will be to learn to shoot manual in my Rebel T1i. . .

So much to learn, so little time ~ especially when life goes by this fast! 

15 comments

  1. I love it! I'm sure he really enjoyed looking through it.

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  2. Yabba dabba doo! Great job Mom! What a wonderful treasure for your boy!

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  3. I love this idea. I think it's wonderful, what a great keepsake!!!

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  4. So fun! The pages are adorable. I am sure he will love it and have fun admiring all his work someday. Wish I had more time, patience and creativity!

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  5. This is so wonderful and so special Michelle! I love it, I truly do! I wish I could scrapbook like this, about as scrappy as I get is digiscrap, but like you said, so much I want to do and so little time, so for now blog books it is for me:-).

    I have one question, the help of your awesome camera is obvious for blogging:-), but why have less collages helped?

    Again, I love this and I know Malachi does now and will treasure it for years to come!

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  6. GREAT job on the book! I must admit that I am now feeling a bit inadequate in my scrapbooking skills. I really need to get on the ball and create the time for it!! Thanks for sharing! Kerri

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  7. It looks fantastic! I can tell a lot of time and love went into it. Great job! xoxo :-)

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  8. I love it!! Absolutely adorable. My daughter has gone digital on scrapbooking using CM. I am very impressed with the results.

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  9. What an amazingly creative way to document all that he did! Nice work momma!

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  10. Michelle this is stunning. A fabulous keepsake and well worth the effort.

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  11. There are so many things I love to do {scrapbooking wise} with photos ~ I love to cut and crop a photo in unique ways. For example, with a photo of a child swinging in a swing, I would cut out their legs so their feet are dangling out of the picture.

    With a collage, it simply goes in ~ which is why I will print them larger (like a 5x7) rather than a 4x6. . . and will still make them. But it is nice to have some individual pictures and be creative with them.

    I honestly can't wait to make some baby collages! *Ü*

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  12. This is amazing. If you ever have time, I would love to see pictures of each page to help my creative juices start to flow.

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  13. This is so neat, Michelle! And how special for Malachi to have this to remember all of his alphabet fun.

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