Many people think a scrapbook has to be about a child's growing up years, or family holidays and vacations. But here's a thought: Create a journal of the things that make you happy. Obviously, your family and your travels have a place in your scrapbooks, but make time for yourself, too.
While I normally work on both traditional and Studio J scrapbooks, it is very easy to create a few pages here and there to document what is going on in my life and my garden, and assemble a yearbook. That way, when I'm older (hopefully, much, much older) my scrapbooks will provide me with the fond memories of my earlier times. My own Nana lived to be over 98 years old and there were few photos to remind her of the life she lived throughout the late 1800's and early 1900's. I'm sure having scrapbooks would have been an immense comfort to her when she was a resident in the assisted living home. Imagine the smiles with every pleasant memory!
As a Studio J member, I receive free shipping and page protectors every month with my order of between 4 and 20 layouts. I recently created four layouts (eight pages) for May 2012 in just one evening. I did one layout with an astronomy theme: the super moon and the eclipse of the sun that happened in May, and another two layouts of a birthday celebration. But every day has something to celebrate. Here is one layout (two coordinating pages) that captures some of my May activities, and because I love gardening, some of what's blooming. Almost all of these photos were taken with my iPhone, so there is no excuse not to have plenty of choices. I even set a reminder on my iPhone (app: Project365) to remind me to capture a photo a day. Have fun with your daily journal!
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