A 2004 Creative Keepsakes Hall of Fame member, Rhonna Farrer is a Garden Girl who designs digital kits for www.twopeasinabucket.com  and enjoyed being a member of the 2007 BHG Scrapbooks Etc. Creative Team.  She continues to create various products for Autumn Leaves and has been published in the Designing With line of books, Home Companion, Creating Keepsakes, Scrapbooks Etc. & others.  Rhonna is also a member of Shutterfly’s Scrapbooking Advisory Team. Check out her site www.rhonnadesigns.com where she shares ideas, links, inspiration, challenges & enjoys connecting with artists from all over the world.

In this article, Rhonna talks about her newest Gallery photo book, “Vacation Memories”, and shares tips on how to create your own. If you’re new to digital scrapbooking, take a look at our introductory digital scrapbook article to get you started.

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I love summer! I love summer vacations! I love the photos we take and the stories we tell visually!  This summer we were able to take a vacation up in the mountains with cousins and our kids had the times of their lives. 

I wanted to capture the memories, the personal jokes, the fun, laughter and love for my children & then create a photo book so they can relive the story, fun & memories every time they sit down! 

Creating digital scrapbook pages made it really easy for me.  I used a pre-made album kit called Summer Album Kit found at www.twopeasinabucket.com to just put my photos right on the pages in Adobe Photoshop. Then, I added the stories & uploaded to Shutterfly to create the book!

It’s super easy to do!

1. Supplies:  Be sure to have your camera with you. You don’t have to have an expensive one, just make sure you have a camera with you that you can capture the moments!

2. Enjoy: Make memories! This is the most important. Enjoy the process. Enjoy the moment. Enjoy your vacation! Jot down notes, dates, places so you can include them in your story!

3. Shoot: Take photos of these moments!  With the digital age, it’s easy to delete photos that didn’t work out and save your favorites. But, don’t stress! Make those memories!

4. Put it all together:  Once you are home & editing your photos, keep the story in mind of the memories you have of this vacation. Take out the notes you jotted down for reference & begin telling your story with photos.

5. Photo book: You can choose to focus purely on the photos to tell your story & add text to keep it simple.  Or you can create a full blown digital scrapbook to tell your story. There are many pre-made album kits you can download & purchase as shown here in Gallery.

Once you upload your pages, you can order your book & have it always! I love this! It’s amazing how we can create these books & have several printed out for other members of our families…an heirloom for sure!

Take a look at Rhonna’s photo book here!