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Moving right along.

A few people mentioned that they wanted to see updates to this album. I promise, there will be monthly updates. This is the best documentation plan I have had in a loooong time and I will be blogging the previous month during the first week of each new month. I think this album is working because it's so simple. Towards the end of each month, I go through my photos (in iPhoto) and pick ones to print. Seeing all the images again reminds me of what happened and that fuels the write up for the first page of each month section.

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The only "rules" that I have for this book are that the fonts can't change and the first image has to be a solo shot of me. That's my motivator to make sure I get at least one per month.

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This month, I included extra journaling using the text from my day in the life post on March 2nd. I copied the blog post into PSE, shrunk the text and played with it until it fit on two pieces of paper that would go back to back in the album. I printed it at home on the same paper I use for the month summaries and bread posts. Then I cut both sides down to 8.25×4.75 inches. I adhered the papers back to back and slipped them into an 8.5×11 plastic sleeve. Obviously, the sleeve was too big and I trimmed it down to fit. To secure the paper and finish off the sleeve, I machine stitched the top and bottom.

I'm looking forward to doing the same "day in the life" documentation again this year. It will be interesting to see how things change.

See the February update here and January here.

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9 responses to “2011 album update : march.”

  1. Jill Avatar

    Love this, Elise! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  2. Brianna Avatar
    Brianna

    Love it. I need to take more pictures of myself.

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  3. Michele H. Avatar

    Looking forward to seeing this album of yours grow throughout the year! I really am loving the simplicity and should take this route with a project that I’ve been stewing over.
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  4. r's adventures Avatar

    morning, sorry i can’t remember if you have answered this question previously – but what sort of printer do you have at home? i need a new one and any help trying to narrow down the oodles of possibilities would be greatly appreciated!

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  5. elise blaha Avatar

    I have an HP PhotoSmart 2575. 🙂

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  6. Dayna Avatar
    Dayna

    Some of your readers who are interested in starting up their own Indie businesses (even if just an Etsy shop on the side) might be interested in this online workshop taught by a few of my fellow Winnipeggers.
    (Disclaimer: I haven’t taken the course, but I have heard awesome awesome things. Also, I’m not sure if registration for the 3.0 class is still open, but they offer a course semi-regularly, so I expect a 4.0 version will be coming soon enough!)
    http://www.indie-business.com

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  7. Dayna Avatar
    Dayna

    That was supposed to go on your Q & A post – not this one!
    Sorry!

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  8. Heather @ Alis Grave Nil Avatar

    Are those the Nike Frees that you’re running in? What do you think about them?

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  9. elise blaha Avatar

    I love my frees. They took some getting used to though. I have a post scheduled for tomorrow on running!

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