December 31, 2010 marked the end of the first decade of the new millennium and I wanted to create a book showing how my family evolved over the past ten years. There have been new homes, new schools, a new marriage, new grandchildren, countless trips and countless memories.
I started by organizing my pictures by year and sorting out events. I enjoyed going back and remembering the wonderful things we had done. It gave me a chance to cherish what a blessed life we have.
This project is more than family memories. So much has happened in our world this past decade. Remembering these changes in your photo book creates a meaningful keepsake for future generations – because they get to know more about you and how world events affected you.
What about documenting general information?
- the cost of gas
- music you loved
- news events
- where you were working
- favorite tv shows
- movies of the years
- the Olympics
- technology, when did you get a cell phone? Internet? A computer?
The possibilities are endless. Whether you use digital scrapbooking format or Shutterfly’s photo book templates, you’ll have a treasure for generations to come!
Here’s a glimpse into my book. I used the Documenting a Decade Series from DesignerDigitals.com.
And my friend Jen took on this project too!
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February 27th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I absolutely love this idea! I definitely plan to do this as well. Thanks for the inspiration!
March 1st, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Love this book and I plan to make one, great idea! Thank you for sharing this with us. BarbaraJ
March 1st, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Oh wow, what a fascinating idea to do a decade photobook. You’ve inspired me to go back 10 years and document everything. I also like the idea of including general info such as news, Olympics, price of gas etc.
Great article Katie!
March 4th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Your scrapbooking always amazes me!!! What a great article! I want to do a photobook documenting my husband and his retired K9′s 10 years on the road together.
March 6th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Such a great idea…. Yes… 10 years already and I have a 10 year old. My book would be titled “10 years as a Parent”!!
March 8th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
oh awesome. this is great idea. i love the documenting tips. i may have to try this. off to check out the books in further detail!
March 16th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Wow what a huge undertaking, kudos for such a beautiful finished product. I really liked your idea of documenting general info together. Very nice book and awesome idea.