We’ve got seven fun photo collages under our belt and are well on our way to documenting a whole years worth of memories! Doesn’t it feel so great!?
I’ve actually begun putting my 2012 collages together into a book using Blurb.com and I just LOVE how quickly and beautifully its coming together. I’m brand new to using Blurb, how many of you have used them before? Even though I’m just getting to know my way around their software, it’s super user friendly and has been a lot of fun! Here’s a peek at the cover and a few of the inside pages that I’ve designed so far…
I have my photo collages all made and ready to add to the album. I just dragged and dropped them into BookSmart, Blurb’s easy to use book making software, and after a few tiny adjustments to the given template had it positioned how I wanted it.
I actually created the journaling pages in photoshop and just dropped them into booksmart as well. The journaling came together so easily, I simply copied and pasted directly from my past month-in-photos blog posts and with a little tweaking so I didn’t run over any margins, I was done.
I really look forward to seeing this book in print when I’m finished. I’m going to keep it really simple. The months photos on the right, journaling on the left of each two page spread. Love how easy it’s been to put together so far with Blurband I’m excited to share more details of the album making process and my review of the finished product when the time comes!
If you’ve created a photo collage for July, I’d love for you to share it with us! Simply post your collage somewhere online, copy and paste the html code for the month-in-photos button below and include it in your post, then come back here and leave a link to your collage so everyone else can see your fun photos!
I can’t wait to see your month in photos!
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Lovely pink swimsuits 🙂
This is beautiful Rebecca! Thanks for the reminder and I love how you’re keeping your album simple! I’ve fallen behind but will make it a goal to get July done today!!
Rebecca! This is SO awesome! I LOVE your blurb book! I have made a few books with them! SUPER easy and fun! and great pricing too!
Gorgeous Summer collage!
such sweet memories 😉
I’m a new adoptive Mom & need all the help I can get in making our photos simple & remembering to actually take them! 🙂 Love, Bethany
Mint chocolate brownies?! Do you have a recipe?
amazing !!!
Great idea to use your “month in” photos for “yearbook”. I love Blurb now that it is incorporated into Lightroom. I love that b/w shot of you and the family alternating heights!
You sure have had a great July Rebecca. I have been meaning to do a blurb book for over a year now. Other than some random pics I did for the mantle- it’s been a year since I ordered prints too. I have been really bad about that.
Hi Rebecca, I have just received my first book back from Blurb – I agree, it is fast and simple to make. One thing I forgot to do though, is select the premium paper option. I thought I had, but it was the standard paper and it is a little too thin for my liking – it only costs a couple of dollars more and it is worth it.
I think you will like their printing, the colours are gorgeous!
I love the swimsuit photo! So cute!
I’ve used blurb a few times before and love it! I even used it for my daily planner and have gotten so many compliments on it! I love how your pages are turning out! What font are you using?
Fonts I’m using are: Orator font, learning curve and Zurich. 🙂
We’ve been using Blurp for two years now and it’s by far the best I have tried. I do a photo yearbook to give to the grandparents for Christmas (and of course one copy for us to keep), and by now we’re at two volumes per year. I just received part 1 for 2012 and it has over 200 pages… still the software does it without fail, quickly and hasn’t crashed once, both on pc and mac. Love your layout!
I LOVE Blurb!!! I did my wedding book and several other family books on it and the quality is superb. I also really like Mixbook 🙂
Hello!! I am new in your blog and very excited with your ideas and photos!! This month I decided to create my own collage of the month but I dont have photoshop, I have Corel paint shop pro.. which supposed to be something equivalent. Do you know how I can use your collage template with this software? I tried to follow the instructions but no luck..! I would appreciate your help in order to share my photos with you!!! thanks a lot, stavroula x
I love your idea and have been working on my own this year. Thanks for the template!
I am SO far behind on this project but I finally got my July pictures into the (3!!) templates and posted:
http://batnt.blogspot.com/2012/09/month-in-photos-july.html
Still loving this project, so thank you once again. I love what you are doing with a blurb book too. What a great idea!
Rebecca, I am in love with your monthly/yearly documenting of your life that you did for 2012. I can’t wait to see what you do with PL this year.
I just started following your blog this year and have gone back to try and get the template you shared so that I can use it for 2013. When I try to download it the MediaFire website says it is temporarily unavailable. Is there any other way to get it? Thanks so much again for sharing your wonderful ideas and so much more.
Ok, maybe this is a dumb question but here goes…how do you print a 12×12 page? Are you using some kine of special printer or will my regular old Canon work?
@texasjackie – you can order 12X12 prints at costco or persnickety prints. 🙂
Are you just doing one spread for each month? Or are your collages dividers for each month?
Looks great!
i love your book… found y our sight through pinterest… just curious… did you add the banners of the date before you uploaded them to blurb. thanks in advance 🙂