Thursday, September 29, 2011

20 Questions : Birthday Q + A Album

Back in June, I shared a little annual project I came up with for Morgan (and Parker once he turns 3) that I called 20 Questions. Over the last few weeks, I've been working on the base of a simple album to hold 9 years worth of questions.

I used a SEI 8x8 Preservation Album (pink for Morgan, blue for Parker). The little accent tag on the cover above is a Jenni Bowlin scalloped tag with American Crafts chipboard and alphabet rub-on's.

First, a little note on the opening page :
And the first two-page spread :
The left side is simply an 8x8 photo from her birthday party that I cropped down in Photoshop Elements, then added her name and age before uploading to Persnickety Prints. The right side is the list of 20 questions I asked Morgan just before her birthday. I typed it up in Microsoft Word and added dotted lines for me to handwrite in her answers. I actually printed enough pages for the whole album, so in future years, I just have to fill in her answers and print an 8x8 photo. I also punched all of the pink circles and added the age number stickers already too. There should be no excuses with keeping up with this little album, right? Click to enlarge any of the above photos, or you can read the questions + answers in this post.

I don't need it for 2 more years, but Parker's album is ready to go too! Is that overkill? :)
It's going to be many, many years before these albums are complete, but it will be fun to read how their favorite things have changed over the years. It's only been 3 months since she originally answered these questions and I already think Morgan would have a different response to most of the questions!

36 comments:

Kristin Perez said...

Overkill? No...being prepared? Yes! And if you are bored (haha), you can make me two of them! I'd love to start this with the boys too, when they get old enough! =)

Kendra said...

i LOVE THIS! My boys are older (11 & 7) But I think I might try it anyway. What a great little snapshot in time!

Kris said...

Love this idea!! I would love to do this with Drew too! :)

sam said...

great idea!

Anonymous said...

I just tried this with my 3 year old son...He only answered half...but I'm hoping he'll answer the other half later :o) What a cute idea!

Jan said...

This is such a great idea!! Thanks for sharing. :)

Niska said...

What a lovely idea I think I might have to try this.

Amy said...

What a fabulous idea. I think I'll start something similar with my 3 year old :-)

Diana said...

So sweet! I just found this on Pinterest!! I love her answers too, your daughter is so adorable! Happy Birthday!

Darcie said...

awesome awesome idea!! just found you on pinterest :)
www.myoverflowingheart.blogspot.com

JoLee31 said...

Def not "overkill" I am 33 weeks with my first child and I am ready to make this LOL I love the idea - thank you for sharing.

The Graces said...

Add a line for them to sign or write their name. Nice to see that progression and changes in their personality through penmanship.

Jenn Hsu said...

What a great gift to give my daughter when she's all grown up. She'll be 2 next month so I'll just answer for her this year based on my own mommy observations :). I just started a new blog and would love for you to follow:

http://transformationsyoucansee.blogspot.com/

Natasha said...

love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Natasha xx

Kacee said...

Found this on Pinterest and LOVE the idea!!

Corinne said...

found this on pinterest. I'm going to use it for both my boys, what a great idea

Jill said...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this idea!!!! My daughter just turned 4 but never too late to start!!

Amber said...

So so cute

Kaylene Martinez said...

This idea is so cute. Can you tell me what fonts you used for the photo?

Nicole said...

Thank you so much everyone!

Kaylene, the fonts I used on the photo are Helvetica and Honey Script.

Phyliss said...

I LOVE this idea. I don't have children of my own yet. But hopefully when I do I will remember this project. I may make 1 for my aunt who has a precious preschooler. as a matter of fact, I will be sure to share this project with families @ the child care center that I will begin teaching at soon.

Bee said...

Ooooh love this idea may have to do this with my son. He turns 3 this year. :D

Mrs.B said...

Great idea!

Anonymous said...

I love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing. I think it would be fun when the kids get older to have them fill it out in their own handwriting and see how that changes, too! :)

Samantha said...

Great idea but um.. I'm loving your handwriting more!! :)

Jennifer said...

Very cute. I added something similar to my project life but love this little book. May borrow some of your questions! :)

Jennifer said...

Very cute. I added something similar to my project life but love this little book. May borrow some of your questions! :)

Kristina said...

I absolutely love this idea!! Thanks for sharing!

enN2sp said...

What kind of album could be used? I would like to make one for the teacher I work with, she has a 2 year old and one on the way. I would like to go ahead and put the questions in and all she would have to do is add the photo and the answers.

Allison said...

Love your idea. Have you thought of selling them?

mimisherry said...

I absolutely love this idea! When my kiddos were growing up I kept a "schoolbook of memories" which has proven to be a wonderful little reflection of their precious lives. Now I can keep one of these lovely memory books for each of my grand angels! What fun!

Nicole said...

@Allison, yes I do sell the 20 Questions albums in my Etsy shop. They are currently sold out but I will be restocking later this month. Thanks!

Tristine Fleming said...

I cannot tell you how AWESOME this is. I can't wait to make this for our son!! Thanks for sharing!

N.D. said...

thanks for the recommendation of the picture site - so I'm uploading a picture that I took and it's telling me the resolution is too low for an 8x8. Any tips??

Nicole said...

@N.D., the photo you are trying to use was likely not taken with a high megapixel camera. For example, the mexapixels on a cell phone camera often do not produce photos that are as high a resolution as a point and shoot or SLR camera. This usually isn't an issue if you are just printing a 4x6 picture, but when you are developing a larger photo, like this 8x8, it's best to take those pictures with a regular digital camera. Also, if you edited it in a photo-editing program like Photoshop, make sure your photo is 300 dpi.

Hope this helps!

~S~Barefoot&Busy said...

I'm so excited about this! I've randomly writte down what was his favorite things when he was an infant, and now that he is turning 3 he can answer these questions on his own- how exciting! I never thought at all to put them all together! Thank you so much. I do not think you are overkill. Your kids will thank you when they're older!

Sincerely,
Steph from http://barefootbusy.blogspot.com/

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