The marvelous thing about basic supplies, such as the Photo Pocket Pages and Journaling Cards, is that you can leave them in their most basic, simple form and have absolutely classic, timeless results. Or you can get creative, work your magic, and transform them into whatever you want, for whatever you need! Below are some ideas that will surely get the wheels in your head turning. These ideas are the result of our “Just the Basics” contest that we held this Summer.
NOTE: We have sold out of the Journaling Cards, but more are coming and due to be in stock by October. We currently have some Design A and Design B of our Photo Pocket Pages in stock on Amazon.com.
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ARTIST: Elaine in California
CONCEPT: Create custom title cards and journaling cards to enhance your photos/theme. Elaine cut out little custom shapes, used designs from cardstock she had, and even did some hand-stitching for this particular scrapbook layout.
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ARTIST: Janet in Pennsylvania
CONCEPT: Home Management Binder. Janet uses the Photo Pocket Pages and 3×4 Journaling Cards to organize things such as her pantry/freezer inventory and her birthday/holiday list. She says, “I love being organized and these ‘BH Basics’ work like a charm. The Photo Pocket Pages are great for keeping all my info in one place as well as any notes (love that they are double-sided) and my shopping lists. And of course, no project is complete without some photos of loved ones. I love how these basic products made my Home Binder even more functional and certainly pretty.”
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ARTIST: Tami in Washington
CONCEPT: Spinner Display. Tami created a high school graduation party guest book for her daughter, but with a twist. More on her idea, in her own words: “My daughter wanted a guestbook, but to be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with the idea because it seems they get stowed away never to be looked at again, but them I came up with this idea which I think is a great way to display these memories in her dorm room this Fall.
“I used the Journaling Cards and punched them using a rolodex punch and a template from one of the original spinner cards. I placed them on a table next to the spinner and invited guests to leave their wishes for Hailey. I decorated the spinner using KI Memories patterned papers and a few assorted embellishments. I printed several of her senior photos in wallet size and added them to the spinner, this was a great way for the guests to see all those great photos! I set a camera on the table next to the spinner and asked guests to take their own photos and I’ll be adding those (as well as some additional party and commencement photos) to the spinner as well.”
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ARTIST: Sandy in Florida
CONCEPT: Dig into your stash of cardstock and cut it into 3×4 blocks to place in the 3×4 pockets. Mix these pages into other scrapbooks. This is such a simple form of scrapbooking. And even simpler because you’re not using adhesive!
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ARTIST: Maria in British Columbia
CONCEPT: Favorite Photos Flash Cards. Maria used a tea tin (there are lots of tins and containers around this size), decorated it with patterned paper, and created a home for favorite family shots. She says, “Google’s Picasa now makes it easy to get little photos printed at my local grocery store. After a little click, click, click with my corner rounder, the pictures look great on the 3×4 Journaling Cards.” Maria even used a Journaling Card to label her cute little tin, and utilized the back of each 3×4 card to document the who, what, when, where, why of each photo.
Great ideas!! Love the organizational card idea and the favorite family photo tin is so neat! I think I’ll borrow those ideas right away! Thanks
I would LOVE to see more details on the HM binder!!! PLEASE!
LOVE IT Maria!! Such a great idea and executed beautifully!! Keep up the wonderful work!
I just love each project. And I wish I could be so organised as Janet! Wow. what a great idea.
Sandra
I love all of these ideas! Inspiring stuff, ladies
I particularly love Sandy’s use of cardstock, cut into small pieces! This is so simple and so clever! I often wondered how I could make use of large cardstock prints in my PL album – problem solved! Thanks for sharing these with us Becky! You are amazing. xxx
Hi Cassandra,
On my blog you can see what I’ve done so far with January and February of 2011. When I’ve done more I’ll post those LO’s also. I’ve also used these page protectors with my Becky school kit I purchased several years ago.
http://sandycafarelli.blogspot.com/
Gotta love Project Life!! My favorite way of scrapping!
Sandy
I take a lot of vertical pictures, but I wasn’t sure what to put in all of the 3×4 spots that would keep the focus on the photos. I was on the hunt for other pocket pages, but now I am sold on these. This is so clean and simple. Thanks Sandy and Becky for sharing!
Love Maria’s idea for the picture flash card! Very cute! What fun ideas from all ladies!
All of these projects were terrific! I especially like the graduation spinner display – very clever Tami. I’m sure to copy this idea from you. Janet – I too desperately need a HM system. Any chance we could get more details about your system? Thanks for sharing Becky!
They’re all fabulous ideas – my favorite is the spinner display! Thanks for sharing, ladies.
Maria must be from the same city as me… we live by Gwynne Vaughan Park! So cool! I love all the ideas!
@momof3girls – I live 1 street over from it! So glad to know that there is someone close by reading Becky’s blog!
These are all great ideas, can’t wait to use one or two or three.
Wow, such fantastic ideas!
Thank you for such amazing ideas ladies. I am already taking Maria’s and Janet’s ideas and running with them. Thank you for sharing your tips!
3 of my grandchildren…ages 16, 7, & 2…stayed a week with me at the beginning of this month while their parents were on a trip. I took lots of pictures of things they did during the week and was going to make a mini book of sorts to document for them & their parents. The picture flash card idea would be a great way to use lots of the pictures. I’m thinking I could laminate each finished card & punch a hole in it or put them in name badge pockets & string them on ribbon, a lanyard, chain, or binder rings to be durable for little hands to hold & look at frequently. Thanks, Maria for the inspiration to make this project personal for my family!!
Great ideas ladies….all different and all so useful! I LOVE the tin memory box with flash cards, I made one similar when lunch boxes were HOT….but these cards would be awesome in a smaller box as pictured…LOVE IT!
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