2018 Family Album : Front & Back album covers & intro pages

My 2018 family albums are now complete and I am most definitely doing a happy dance! These are the album covers to the two books as well as the simple layout for the back album cover.

NOTE: I always split my yearly family albums into two books ... one for January-June and one for July-December with each book being about 120 pages this year. At this point all that's left is the assembly of the books in Lightroom for printing at Blurb Books! (And waiting for another Blurb coupon since the last coupon expired yesterday ... bummer!) :)

I usually use my album covers as in the intro page to the books. While, for consistency year to year, I need the title "A Year in the Life of the Unzen Family" on the cover ... I don't need that on the intro page ... so I took it off. I actually like it better without the title, BUT it needs to be on the cover so it's there! :)

Credits (The Digital Press):

Anita Designs: Reflections Collection

Karla Noel: Irresistible (epoxy button) (retired) 

Thanksgiving : Love & Laughter : Good Times Were Had By All

Just Jaimee & Mommyish: Real Life in Pockets: Besties

Just Jaimee & Mommyish: Real Life in Pockets: Say what

Just Jaimee: March 2014 Storyteller

Karla Noel: Storyteller

It's the Little Things ...

I'm finishing up my last page or two for my 2018 album (although maybe I'll make a couple more vacation recap pages - hmmm?). I saw a layout like this in a magazine the other day and when I saw it I thought it'd be a fun design to highlight random little bits and pieces of life that down the road will be fun to look back on! I'm kinda excited about it!

Hello March (hanging out with friends)

Just Jaimee:

March 2019 Storyteller Collection

Minnesota Orchestra : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Jimbo Jambo Designs/Designs by Soco: Escape Templates

Little Lamm Paper Co.: Anthology Bundle

Julia Makotinsky: Start the Music Elements

Cooking is my passion | Hennepin Tech

Anita Designs: Cooking With Love

Friends at Graduation

Just Jaimee: April 2017 Storyteller Collection (snapshot frame)
Katie Pertiet: Simply Framed
Mommyish: Scholastic (Smile Camera)
Misty Cato: Puzzled (laugh & fun)

O Christmas Tree | Our Sweet Pup Maggie

Finishing up my last few random pages for 2018! I'm getting anxious to send my 2018 family album off to print!

Credits:
Katie Pertiet: Holiday Foliage Layered Edgers No. 2 (frame cluster)
Katie Pertiet Design: Worth Repeating Expressions No. 3 (o Christmas tree)
Anita Designs: Joy (gold paper)
Scotty Girl Design: Skinny Stitches
Taylor Made Designs: The Christmas Collection (metal tree)

Out with the Old | In with the New | New Dining Room Set

Karla Noel Design: Storyteller | Complete Collection

First Day On The Job

“Audacity” a collaboration by Anita Designs and Karla Noel Designs at The Digital Press: Kit, Stamps

I Love You Mom!

Rachel Etrog Designs: The Very Best Mom Elements and Papers

Rachel Etrog Designs: The Very Best Mom Journal Cards & Printables

Karla Noel Designs: Bestie Add On Pack No. 2

Tracy Stroud: Capture Life

Karla Noel Designs: Irresistible (retired)

Scraplift Challenge | Me!

Just Jaimee: My Digital Obsession

I Love Photoshop | My Digi Obsession

Credits:
Just Jaimee: My Digi Obsession

Travel Book | Lauren's Epic 6 Week European Vacation

Warning ... wordy post alert! Ha!! :)

I'm super excited! I sent a pretty massive (134 page) travel book off to print at Blurb last night. My daughter had a 6 week travel adventure in Europe this past summer and I promised to make her (and me) a book of her travels. I thought I'd share a couple random pages with you.

My husband and I traveled with her for 12 days of her trip and fortunately I'd already created a book for those days so for this book I made add on pages (86 to be exact) for the weeks before and after our time together. She didn't want me to add journaling to her pages because she wants to simply remember her experiences via photos. She did keep an extensive travel journal so I scanned her travel journal and added all those pages to the end of the book. (I thought that was a pretty good idea!) I'm psyched about the way the book turned out!

FYI, this is MY book for her trip. I just printed one book so I can proof it and see if anything needs to be tweaked. Once I (we) decide we're done proofing and made any tweaks I can reword the title pages (she doesn't want a book called "Lauren's Epic 6 Week European Vacation" - HA!) and send it off to print again. I can't wait to get the book in hand!