Remember I said I was going to tackle our family albums this year?? Well, I'm back at it and (fingers crossed) I have finally worked out a good template to easily organize my photos and have the design flow from page to page. I laid out a basic grid, and am creating my photo boxes within these guidelines.
I have also found some great Photoshop Actions that mimick my favourite filters from Instagram, which I can apply to all my full size photos, so all the colours flow together. I also came across a free on-line photo editing site that has some fun retro filters that also work well with my colour scheme.
Journalling has been kept very simple, and works well within my grid. I am keeping all my fonts to a minimum and keeping all journal entries consistant.
The introduction pages are super fun with a big bold number indicating the month and a filtered image inbehind. The colour of the number is pulled from the image...love it!
Another fun element I've been using is a wood texture background combined with imagery. It's a nice break for the eye, when there's been several pages in a row with a lot going on. So far this layout is working really well...what do you think?
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I should add that the book I'm designing is 8" x 10" portrait layout. The above images are a double page spread (10" x 16") and all photos are from my iPhone.
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