Post 4: Dusty Memories

I consider myself to be organized, on top of things, put together...but unfortunately when it comes to recording family memories I just plain stink!  Back in the day, I created a Creative Memories book of Nathan's birth and early years.  It was a lot of work, but I loved it!!  My creative side was released...but only until his 2nd birthday, then I just quit.  Life took over and the years passed on and on and now he will be turning 18 in March!!!  That's a lot of scrapbooking to catch up on!  So, I decided I would start small and began with my wedding pictures (yes, those were also left to collect dust).  I believe it took me all of 3 days to complete the scrapbook using Shutterfly, but I basically did nothing else for 3 straight days!  I would encourage you to do an hour a night rather than cramming it all in a short period of time.  It will help in the area of sanity! 

My Wedding Shutterfly Book This link will take you to my most current "work of art" to preview.  After clicking the link click the preview button on the top left to see the complete book.  I really enjoy using Shutterfly due to the variety of backgrounds, clip art, fonts, and layouts.  It can be a bit confusing, but just play around with it or choose one of their "simple formats".  You can work up to the fancy stuff later.

So, my plan is to pull all of Nathan's "stuff" from the upstairs closet and begin sorting...toddler years, school years, school crafts, school assignments, vacations, etc.  I figure that will take me quite some time to complete.  With the amount of memorabilia I have I would imagine that I will have to create multiple books.  THEN, I will begin the scanning process.  See, when Nathan was born we didn't have those fancy digital camera things, just good 'ol picture film!  I plan to only focus on one book at a time and we'll see how that goes.  I'll post them along the way for you to view. 

So, get those boxes down from the closet or from under the bed and see what you can accomplish in 30 days!  Hey, there's another challenge for you!