Finished Layout(s): 8th Grade

I have a traditional 12x12 album of my 6 years of elementary teaching, and I'm very proud of that album. It has every student that I taught in those years, and it's something that I really treasure.

When I chose to change positions and teach 8th grade at Lawson Middle School, I knew I would need a new album. For this one, I decided to switch to a Picfolio Milestones album, just for a change in format. I admit that I had been trying to think of a project to do in a Milestones album, and this one seemed to fit the bill.

Title Page
Excuse the awful picture quality here- the plastic sleeves are thicker than a typical page protector, and I hadn't quite managed yet to get my camera to adjust.

On each page, I had a particular theme, usually related to the school event from which the pictures were taken. Using the Picfolio Album Kits, it was easy to coordinate colors and mat some of the photos (but not all of them- that's not necessary). The best thing about Picfolio? No cropping necessary if you're not in the mood to crop... just slide them in!

All of the pages above were Picfolio Multi-Pocket Pages, but this last one is a Picfolio Large-Pocket Page. It allows you to store the larger items that belong in the album... in this case, I kept cards and letters from my students, as well as some of the large sports photos from the teams that I coached.

And the titles? As usual, I used my ABC stickers by Creative Memories. They're a must!

Finally.... the cover!


I personalize all of my covers through Creative Memories Persona Imprinting, which is the division of our company that does the fantastic cover and spine embossing. More details on this in my next post, so stay tuned....