tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post6980477041584358385..comments2023-09-01T03:37:31.410-06:00Comments on marta writes: Q+A session / managing photos & memorabiliamartahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15027406340527614561noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-60413262813291822162011-07-02T22:49:36.821-06:002011-07-02T22:49:36.821-06:00I really enjoyed this post as I am also passionate...I really enjoyed this post as I am also passionate about record keeping / family history. Have you heard about Becky Higgins' Project Life? It is not at all like traditional scrapbooking. The focus is on the pictures and the journaling - just recording life, plain and simple. I really like it. She has great baby kits too, which I am using for my son. <br /><br />I also keep personal journals (I have 64!), although not as faithfully since I started blogging. I printed some of my blog into a book (volume 1) and also keep a gratitude journal. I document a lot with photography. I keep a private blog with letters to my son, entitled Letters to My Little Friend. I am then printing them and inserting them into his baby book.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14013441416153600406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-65071786233788260632011-06-23T00:29:22.602-06:002011-06-23T00:29:22.602-06:00As an avid follower of your blog I just wanted to ...As an avid follower of your blog I just wanted to say that I love your posts and to mention that I've just started my own blog. Please check it out if interested - visualmeringue.blogspot.com<br />Thanks!<br />Elaine.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646019127525550022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-39164047644662817312011-06-22T09:25:44.470-06:002011-06-22T09:25:44.470-06:00Thank you for your insights on this particularly o...Thank you for your insights on this particularly overwhelming topic. I used to keep amazing scrapbooks, but that all went out the window when my fourth baby was born. Sometimes something just has to give and that was one of the things.<br /><br />I do try to recognize my blog as a very serious journal for me. I've always been a dedicated journal writer, but blogging has sort of taken over that outlet.<br /><br />My biggest struggle is in the organization of photos. I take so many and struggle to keep them situated!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268924794540169582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-32434848363012385392011-06-22T05:52:43.199-06:002011-06-22T05:52:43.199-06:00I have a large stack of fat scrapbooks starting ba...I have a large stack of fat scrapbooks starting back when my son was born (he's 23 now) but they are heavy and unwieldy. Last year I used Shutterfly.com to create a beautiful hardbound 12x12 book of my daughter's high school trip to Europe. I Love It! I just made another hardbound book of her first year at college, a book of my son's 4 years at college, and I will never go back to scrapbooks again. This past weekend I showed my brother how to use shutterfly to create a book of his 2 week trip in Alaska (he took 2300 photos), now he's hooked. And he can create multiple books for his teenage sons someday if they want their own. The software (all free to use) is very flexible and easy to use, it does just about everything you could want (use the Custom Path selection). Check out Shutterfly!!! I highly recommend it. Sandy in GeorgiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-58715680752676584352011-06-21T22:21:36.837-06:002011-06-21T22:21:36.837-06:00as a 25 year old 'scrapbooker' i find i ge...as a 25 year old 'scrapbooker' i find i generally don't fit the mould here in australia...<br /><br />I too like you marta keep a folder on my desktop (pics to print) - and print off my favourites. these get stored in a box to scrapbook at a later time. i don't scrapbook everything/every photo and wouldn't want to (i dont even have children)...<br /><br />as for thoughts/daily happenings I've kept a diary since highschool. a diary I TRY to write in most days with thoughts and the days events.<br /><br />my blog is another journal as such. <br /><br />I also want to try digital albums to get some of my trips (3 of them to the USA) documented. I've create a mini scrapbook album of my trip to thailand in october last year - and still need to complete it!!<br /><br />i agree with you - there's always a struggle between trying to find to 'document' and 'celebrate' life. its often those bigger more celebratory moments that we get caught up in, that we don't document enough. :(<br /><br />i love elise (blaha's) take on a yearly 'scrapbook' for this year. I'm going to DO IT next year for sure!Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261682285603756791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-58935951381963932852011-06-21T22:06:03.133-06:002011-06-21T22:06:03.133-06:00I do a "A Year in Review" scrapbook for ...I do a "A Year in Review" scrapbook for every year. I cover all the major events and just fun times I want to remember. If we go a "BIG" vacation I make it into its own scrapbook. I take a ton of photos and dont like to edit them down very much. Also mini books are fun just to write little things down and to do something with those random photos I printed at Target thinking I would use them all in the big scrapbook! lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067350490283648246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-23116371168913688582011-06-21T22:01:11.410-06:002011-06-21T22:01:11.410-06:00Love these ideas!
I really really need to get bac...Love these ideas!<br /><br />I really really need to get back to journaling. My blog has become much like that...although there is something so intimate about holding that hard journal and pen in your hands that I miss. <br /><br />2 years ago I sat in my husband's grandma's house and I suddenly felt really strongly that I wanted to photography that exact moment in that room...not the people..but the room. So I went around the house and documented THINGS. I did the same with a radio from my dad and a rock collection that he made me. I now have a picture solidifying the memory of my surroundings, and every time I look at them it makes me emotional;) <br /><br />http://rowdystroudy.blogspot.com/2009/07/nostalgic.html<br /><br />http://rowdystroudy.blogspot.com/2009/07/memories-with-dad.htmlCarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896293949728093187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-89529628635658097862011-06-21T15:34:55.925-06:002011-06-21T15:34:55.925-06:00Thanks so much for this post, Marta! I have been ...Thanks so much for this post, Marta! I have been having a hard time journaling and this has motivated me to get back into it while I'm in such a unique time of life.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435132404249945969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-39778947954818523592011-06-21T14:56:14.562-06:002011-06-21T14:56:14.562-06:00Loved reading this.... I always wanted to keep a j...Loved reading this.... I always wanted to keep a journal/diary. Perfection always stopped me when I was younger. And then when I was older I only wrote when I was upset for some reason... really upset. When I tried to scrapbook... I worked 2 days on the first two pages - and then glued them together! I love your simpler is better approach. It is a wonderful way to go.Moments and Impressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985790308177683141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-67073916880258231552011-06-21T13:06:32.398-06:002011-06-21T13:06:32.398-06:00I have a private journal that I write in. Now that...I have a private journal that I write in. Now that I am not blogging, I have a feeling that it will get a lot more use. I'm excited to get back to my old way of jotting down memories on paper.<br /><br />I am not a scrapbooker either. (Don't tell. I should be with my job.) I just want my books to be about pictures and words. I keep a private family blog detailing every little happening. I plan on printing on for each year for each child through on online service like blurb. Still trying to decide on which one has the best printing.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931656703800469915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36513923.post-39942868869405248392011-06-21T09:32:23.433-06:002011-06-21T09:32:23.433-06:00I used to keep annual scrapbooks. I loved the docu...I used to keep annual scrapbooks. I loved the documentation and journaling, but not the process. It was expensive, messy, and time consuming. Then I learned about Blurb and started blogging. I love that I can upload pictures, type a few notes (or more) about those pictures, and get things documented quickly. Then at the end of each year, I use Blurb to "slurp" my family blog into a hardcover book. It takes a while to get the layout the way I like it, but the end product is SO worth it.Marisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765157036858382041noreply@blogger.com