On My Desk

this is such a great project. and one i can hopefully do for myself. right now, we're going through a challenging time with my son. just the usual definance, testing his limits, seeing how much he can get away with, but day after day, week after week it's been getting very tiring and our patience is starting to wear thin. this project would be great to help me keep things in perspective. thank you for such a wonderful idea.

Adorable mini-book! I'll have to put that one on my wish list!
Thanks, Ali!!
~pino

Beautiful cover! I can't wait to see the rest.
I've been feeling this way too. I'm finding that i'm loving my photos more and more on their own with a few accents that compliment them.

My 9-year-old granddaughter stayed with us for a week last month (between the end of the school year and the start of her summer camp) and I have a ton of photos that I want to turn into a special gift album for her mom. I've been really stumped about how to describe each photo to let her mom know just how precious our time together was - until I read your post today. All of the photos are sorted by date and I will begin each sentence with "I love you today because". How perfect for my album! Ali, it's times like these I feel like I should be sending you a tuition check, ha! Thank you so much for always providing the loving inspiration I need. And welcome home!

I couldn't agree more, Ali. Time is so precious. The more I appreciate this, the more selective I have become in choosing what to document, which stories to tell, and which projects to undertake. Thanks for sharing!

I'm so with you there Ali about making journalling more meaningful, its what I want to aim for too.
xMiriam

LOVE the look of this. Makes me want to create one right now but with three small children I can't seem to find the time. I will have to store the idea for later. Thanks so much for the creative ideas you share. Love your work so much.

That's great I know you may not use them all but I can't wait to see what you do with the ones you keep.

Hi Keri,
Couldn't help but notice your comment about your son. We are going thru the same here with our son. It's hard being on summer break and home with his older sisters. The fun of summer is already getting bored for them and now their is daily bickering going on and they all want to do different things at different times. I need this book to help remind me of the rare but special times they are getting along. Good luck with your son and have a happy summer.

I love this idea and this so lovely, lovely book !!!! so sweet !!!

I have lots of pages done with photos and embellishments but no words. I sometimes get stuck trying to tell the story. I like the idea of it being more a life journal more than just journaling to get the pages done. Thank you for your blog...I so enjoy stopping by each day.

Oh my, Ali!!! This looks wonderful! This appeals to me in it's simplicity, it's colors and it's theme! Can't wait to see more of it! :)

What a great project, thank you, as always, for sharing! The free download is great, I am going to print it out and use it this week and make a project from that.

This is just a beautiful project. Thank you for sharing your completed project and the free templates!

This is just a beautiful project. Thank you for sharing your completed project and the free templates!

This is just a beautiful project. Thank you for sharing your completed project and the free templates!

This is just a beautiful project. Thank you for sharing your completed project and the free templates!

Hi Ali- :)
Just wondering about how you printed out your photo sizes? Did you create a new canvas (8x10?) and moved (2) 4x8's cropped sizes onto the canvas, printing the 2 images at the same time? I'm doing an album featuring all of our trips to our college football games, and using the WRMK's photo sleeves...making special sizes are def. costly! LOL but, I try to make a few images fit onto one size.
ps-meeting you and taking your class at Bliss has definately changed the way I want to scrapbook. I am still into the latest and greatest, and designing but there are alot of stories I want to tell, and your simple style of photos and words, have really inspired me...and taken the pressure off of me (that I put onto myself) to make my layouts trendy and cool. :) :) :)

I went back over my old scrapbooks to attach stories to the pictures. My son who is 15 now loves to go through it and remember. he actually wants to bring his scrapbooks and show his classmates! Patsy from HeARTworks

Wonderful book of love!!! You have changed the way I scrap. I am so glad I found you!!! My goal was to make more meaningful albums and then you came into my life!! sound corny I know but so true!!
I have a question. Yesterday I tried using one of your handrawn story journal blocks on a photo. Just like you did on a 3 photos of Anna that you share with us. You added "today you" directly on the photo and then did your journalling. But I don't know how to get a white background. I have the png file on the photo but the background it transparent. How do I change it to white so I can write on it and it will be legiable.
thanks again.