30 Studio J's in 30 days - day 22.
My children bring
home so much artwork and papers that if I don't start getting this part of my
memory keeping organized I will never make it! lol. So this is the system I put
into place.
For each child I
have a 12" x 12"scrapbooking plastic storage case for each year of
school. I have gone through and sorted the papers that have come home and
collected the ones that I think I might want to use/keep. Then once the year is
over I will go back through the case and narrow them down to the ones that are
the most special. I kept some writing samples, and artwork and of course a few
notes sent home from their teachers and their grade cards. My husband scanned
all of the artwork and writing samples and we saved them on our computer.
Why scan? First of
all, if something ever happens to your books, you still at least have a digital
copy. And second, from being a preschool
teacher, I found that much of the artwork the children created could not be
used in a scrapbook because of the mediums that were used in the
artwork--Tempera Paint, especially chips over time; the fingerpaintings have so
paint on such thin paper that it won't lay flat, and often the teachers have to
use what supplies are available and they aren't always the best for
scrapbooking or preservations—either they are so thin or gigantic in size. By
scanning them, you can avoid the deterioration of the less expensive paper, the
“warpedness” of the wet paint that wouldn’t dry flat, and other art obstacles. Once scanned, you can load the artwork into a
digital program like Studio J, keep it digital for prosperity, or print it on a
heavier weight, and acid free paper like cardstock. I like the third option for my very favorite
pieces. If you have a good scan, then
print a color copy on cardstock and the majority of the time it is going to
look just like the original. (an FYI, this is also true for newspaper articles—just
make sure it is a color copy to maintain the look of the newspaper).
For Gabriel, I
then selected my favorites and uploaded them into Studio J. I created several
layouts with the artwork and the writings. By doing it this way, the art is
preserved and I can shrink them down to showcase several pieces on one layout.
I also have these
fantastic pocket pages (
True Fit Folios) that Close To My Heart makes and sells, to place any
papers that I want to keep in his book, as well as any originals.
To see a larger view of the layouts, simply click the layout.
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