Here's a tip-of-the-day

Aug 09, 2004 7 Replies

When creating my children's chronological "baby" books, it is not unusual for me to end up with an odd blank page. This is caused because sometimes I want a two-paged layout, but the previous chronological event didn't have enough pictures to warrant another page.



What do I do??? I use my children's artwork as a page! I take a school drawing/picture made by my child around that same period of time and use it as a page. For example, my daughters first self portrait.



Somehow, I must have tossed a lot of my DD artwork during a move. When I went looking for a page filler, I didn't have anything suitable for the desired time period. The only thing I found was a laminated poem/calendar placemat with paint hand prints. I would have LOVED to kept the original hand prints, but it was too big. It was too big to scan at home. So I took it to work and reduced the size using the copy machine. I left it black & white, the poem and hand prints were cute. It captured her initial signature attempts, and had a date. It worked just fine.


Good tip Amy! I have come across that situation my self many times.

Great idea. TFS!

--Tammy in TX

34 pages done in 2004

Amy asked:

Since I assume they'll eventually go to the kids, maybe include some data about the year in question? Use stats from the dMarie site or the

formatting link
(substitute the last 2 numbers of the appropriate decade if they weren't born in the past 4 years)? They & their kids will enjoy seeing how much things cost "way back when". Alicia

Oops! I read that as a question wondering what to do. Must be bedtime.

Great idea for the artwork.

Alicia

I had not thought of that! I love it! I'll definitely give it a try.

-- Amy Springboro, OH

Great tip Amy.

Teresa in MD

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