Photo Album Scrapbooking!

Due to hit shelves in the next week or so is Simple's latest special issue, "Quick and Easy Photo Albums", is about using photo albums to complete special scrapbooking projects or simply gain control of the stacks of photos waiting to be scrapped. (I've got stacks and stacks!!!)

I first  heard of the concept of photo album scrapbooking waaaaaay back in the Jan/Feb 2005 Simple issue in an article by the fabulous Stacy Julian. On the cover was a darling red photo album and when I first read the words "Scrapbook 200 photos tonight!", I honestly thought someone at Simple had lost her marbles. It takes me nearly all year to scrapbook 200 photos, how can you possibly do that in one evening?

Well the amazing Stacy proved to me that it could be done! I ran out and hit the photo album aisle at Target and got me some two-up, inexpensive photo albums and then got to work on an album for my daughter, Makena, who was then only a year old. And even though I didn't scrap 200 photos in an evening, I filled half the album and had a blast doing it. Click here to see some of the pages from that album.

And now, here's this special issue with an updated and fabulous approach to this awesome project idea with lots of beautiful examples of photo album scrapbooking by Simple's designers, including me! Here are a few of the pages of mine you'll find inside:

So, my challenge to you this week is to get started on your own photo album scrapbooking project by creating a 12 x 12 or 8.5 x 11 spread using a traditional page and a divided photo sleeve, like I did for my project, and then post your layouts to the Simple group gallery by Sunday, November 9. And please be sure to include "Quick & Easy" in the post title (please be sure to include the quotation marks so we can find your entry!) We'll pick a winner next week to receive a desk organizer full of goodies from Making Memories!

**ETA**

How about some resources from divided page protectors?  Check out this post by Ali Edwards from earlier this year.

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And congrats to last week's challenge winner, Barb W! YAY, Barb!

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I also wanted to say that I voted today. For the first time. EVER. Feels nice to be an official grown-up.

Comments

[emily pitts]

oh cute :) can't wait to see this issue!

[Jennifer McGuire]

Can't wait to get my hands on this special issue!

[JWinks]

Tina,
Your style is ever so perfect!
I have never done an album of any kind, so it will be a miracle to actually pull off this challenge.
And congrats to Barb!!! :)
-Jody

[Barb]

Hey, thanks! I had fun with last week's challenge. :)
And congrats to you on voting... it's a HUGE thing.

As for the photo album challenge, I'll have to look for some divided pages that fit into my album... or something. Could be tricky. The special issue looks AWESOME though.

[sue]

I'm sure I'm going to have to get this special album. Love the idea.
Sue

[sandee]

it really does look nice and sweet how simple you made it out to be. I'll have to pass on your challenge though as I don't have the money to go out and buy divided page protectors...for that matter I don't have the money to buy even regular protectors..but oh well..that's my life! :)

[Deneen]

I have been looking for page protectors where you can place both horizontal and vertical on one page and it looks like that is what you used can you tell me where you got them?
thanks so much

[cathy]

I have a question...I'm looking into buying one of those fancy photography lights and since I live in the midwest and can't take photographs outdoors year round I need another source of light. (like when it's cloudy, dark walls, bad lighting, etc.) Any suggestions? Love this idea! I'm working on mine, it's so fun and easy!! :) Just need to find page protectors...

[Lisa]

I am happy with the election results. I don't live in america but it affects us greatly. Good time for good changes. The book looks great... have added to my christmas wish list. Now to make hubby take note..... ;)

[Katie Scott]

My "People We Love" Category drawers are quite full - I easily have 3 or 4 thousand pictures of people who aren't in our immediate family. SO I took some (ok a whole lot) of 8.5 x 11 page protectors with 4 - 3.5 x 5 sleeves on each page - and I'm going to make a super huge notebook / scrapbook of People We Love. It will start out with categories like Family, Friends, School and Work Friends for pictures that include more than one person and the second part of the book will be an A-Z of people we love - kind of like a Who's Who. I'm still in the cropping and sliding pictures in phase but hopefully by Sunday I'll have a good handle on this project & I'll post some pictures. I'm seriously going to get at least 500 pictures in this super cool book that I know everyone is going to love - My son already has requested to look at it several times and its not even done yet :) Thanks for the challenge / idea!

[robyn]

i totally took the idea of scrapbooking a series of photos into a photo album and ran with it - and i have to say, i love it.

such a great way to clear the photo clutter, use up some of those "someday" supplies, and get an entire album done in one evening. (pics posted on my blog)

and yes, it actually took me just one evening to complete!

(well, minus journaling, which i'll do this weekend. still.)

can't wait for the newest edition of the mag to hit stands so i can get some more ideas - i've got several more groups of photos that could stand to be fast-scrapped in this way!

[Joy]

This is so cool. I remember the old one- it'll be nice to have an updated version!

[Megan Renfree]

I loved this challenge. It is the quickest layout I have done in ages, and the first double in I don't know how long!! Am uploading to the gallery today. THanks!!

[becky olsen]

Seriously, this concept is terrific, and I can't wait to see this issue!!!
Thanks for always making it simple!
B-