thankful album page peek

managed to put together a few pages from my thankful album to share with you. just to give you an idea where i'm going with this. and in case you like the idea and want to make one for your own family. i know, i'm a little late on this idea. since thanksgiving is tomorrow. lol! but that's sort of how i roll, very last minute most of the time.

my album of choice is 9x9 in size. an older making memories album, that is brown leather with a scalloped edge and a ribbon to tie it shut. it's one i had laying around, and i loved the chocolate brown color for this project. and i do love my 9x9 layouts. but this could be done in any size album in all honesty. even a 6x6 would be cute. i'm starting with white cardstock for the bases of all my pages. i really have a hard time cutting that many full sheets of my textured white cardstock into 9x9, only to cover most of it up with my pattern paper and photos. so i use just your basic white cardstock. i get a pack of 25 sheets at michaels for just a few bucks when it's on sale.

each family member will have their own page in the album. i'm using everyday photos for my own family, since i have those handy and have choices. for the rest of the family, i will have to pin them down at thanksgiving tomorrow and snap a photo of them. which will actually be fun, so that i can give them all a current headshot. everyone needs a current headshot on file, right? lol! maybe i should call it a portrait instead. then i will give each person a journaling notebook page to write down what they're thankful for. i don't have a link for the exact ones i'm using, but they look just like THESE. there are a ton of sheets in there, i think 30 of them. so i'll have extras in case anyone messes up too. lol! then i'll take that journaling page, and will print off their photo (all in black and white to keep it cohesive), and then assemble the pages.

i'm using papers and embellishments from the autumn splendor collection from making memories. sorry, i cannot find a link for it. but it was available through michaels. not sure if it's still out there or not. and i'm trying to use my slice to die cut most of the names. doesn't my sister's page look better than mine, where her name is? i realized i didn't have that much room left on my page for my name. so i went with some chipboard letters. just figuring it out as i go along. i might add a few simple embellishments here and there, not totally sure. and i'll have a title page. will share more when i get that part done.

in other news. my back feels so much better today. which is good, since this is day five of my back issues. i'm not totally back to normal, but definately feeling a lot better. thanks to all of you for your well wishes. and thanks for laughing along with me at my last post. i want everyone to know that there is definately some seriousness to what i say. but it's mostly said in funnyness (yes, that's a word!), and being able to laugh about the odd things that happen around me. if you could hear me say my famous "seriously?!?!", you would hear my sense of humor in my voice. lol!

Comments

[Carla]

Thanks for the peak...it looks so awesome right now. I like it because the journaling and photo will stand out so much and I love that album!
Your last post was hilarious...like who does that kind of stuff??? No one would be happy to hear brass instruments waking them up in the middle of the night. Crazy but makes a great story!!
And Autumn Splendor is gone from M's...I was looking for it the other day when I heard it was on clearance. It came and gone so fast, just like Autumn.

[Sara Rossi]

Look at you go!! Nothing keeps you down huh?? I think this is going to be an AWESOME album!! I especially like how you're having everyone write what they're thankful for in their own handwriting. Will you be adding to this each year or will it be dedicated this 2009??

This makes me wish I had grabbed this line while I had the chance but I was trying to be "good" & use more of my stash before I bought more goodies....**sigh** Glad to hear your back is doing better!!

Hope you & your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

[Heidi Y]

Love this album! Thanks for the sneak-peek!! Hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving!!

[Meghann]

This album is going to be really great, Laura. I can't wait to see the finished product! Hope your back is back to normal soon!

[Diana]

Love this idea! I need to snag people for their pictures today! Glad to hear your back is feeling better. Take care and Happy Thanksgiving!

[littlethingiesofme.blogspot.com]

you make mini albums look sooo easy!! i always struggle with them.

[Sierra]

I'm so in LOVE with this!! I can't wait to see the rest of the pages.