remember this layout i made a while back? which btw … if anyone knows where i might have put this layout, please let me know. i cannot find it … and i keep my layouts VERY organized! it's just gone.

January_2009  

i really like the idea of doing one of these every month for the daycare photos i have. even though i still do individual layouts of the kids from time to time … i am really trying to work on my own family layouts more than anything. for a while there … i was scrapping more layout of the daycare kids than my own family. lol! so i'm all about having a quick and easy way to scrap a variety of photos each month … so that these photos are still in the books in some way. this weekend i did february and march. and btw … i know these photos only show haley and nikolas. there are actually other kids around. trust me … one makes an appearance in the april photos i already have printed and on my desk.

February_2009 

these layouts are 9×9 in size. i was cropping and resizing these photos into a collage … and as usual, the collage ended up a bit larger than i wanted. these photos are all 2.25 inches square. so after it was printed … i didn't have much extra room to worry about on the page. which is ok … since i'm not worrying about journaling or anything. just photos … and the month. nice and simple.

supplies:
pattern paper – jillibean soup
chipboard letters – heidi swapp
brad – heidi swapp
calendar tag –
the paper pixie

March_2009 

this photo collage took me FOREVER. mainly, because i didn't plan it out. i didn't sketch it out … or do the math to figure out how the photos would all fit together. just started cropping a few and placing them on the page. and then did some quesswork to piece it all together. a lot of un-doing and re-cropping was involved. note to self … plan it out next time. take the time to do the math and show your work. lol!

supplies:
pattern paper – chatterbox
chipboard letters – doodlebug
charm – doodlebug
sticker – creative cafe
scallop punch – stampin up

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21 responses to “monthly daycare layouts . . .”

  1. Krista Avatar
    Krista

    these are so fun! i love this idea. you are so good to sticking with your projects- wtg!!

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  2. Ashley M Avatar

    I love these layouts. I need to scrap my son’s first year and this just might be the perfect idea to get me started. 🙂

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  3. Jamie Harder Avatar

    I love the monthly layout idea:) and I LOVE how both of these turned out!!!

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  4. Dani Avatar

    Laura, your pages are just so adorable! You are the QUEEN of collages. I really need to do some of those. I haven’t gotten much creative time at all lately, due to a lot of other things going on in my life, but when I do, I’m totally going to do some B&W collages. Cute stuff. Thanks for being so inspiring, as always 🙂

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  5. Carine Hartman Avatar

    I wish Isa’s daycare teacher would make such beautifull layouts off her days at the daycare center.

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  6. JokeBK Avatar

    Wow, love those layouts. Great job!

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  7. Mary Juckett Avatar
    Mary Juckett

    Hi Laura, will you be showing all of your months that you do….I would love to see all the months if you have them….I know you won’t have them done now, because it hasn’t happened yet, right? LOL….what I mean is will you be showing every month as you get them done?
    Mary

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  8. Jakki Avatar

    i like it. i LOVE the simple journaling though. i tend to get wordy even when i just want to keep it short and sweet

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  9. Melinda Avatar
    Melinda

    How cute these are. That is a really greast idea of how to get them documented.
    I just assumed that Hayley and Nikolas were the only two with you during the day.
    I had to laugh when you talked about how long the one collage took you, as I remembered how long it took me to figure it out. If it weren’t for you I may still be trying- lol!!

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  10. Lynn Ghahary Avatar

    Awesome way to get all those photos on one page. Love it!

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  11. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    Great idea! They are all really cute! Is it hard to leave the little border around each photo when making the collage?

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  12. Sandi N. Avatar
    Sandi N.

    Laura
    You have taught me so much about doing a layout. I love your style and I am drawn to it in books and mags. I feel so special to be able to see even more ideas on your blog. Thanks for being so friendly and generous with your time and talent.
    TFS
    Sandi N.

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  13. Suzanne Avatar

    Love the collages! This is something I want to learn to do too!
    Gorgeous layouts and design!

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  14. Heather M. Avatar

    great idea! i love your photo collages!

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  15. Laura T. Avatar

    Love the layouts — see this would be perfect for my 12 of 12 layouts. How did you manage to make the collage? Did you create in Photoshop? I love how you made all the pictures in b/w and used colorful papers.
    BTW – did I ask you already … what type of trimmer do you use?

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  16. carla Avatar

    Genious idea to do this for the daycare kids! YOu captured a lot of fun photos with personality!
    Love the scalloped calendar too!

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  17. Leslie Avatar
    Leslie

    What a fun project – love the 9×9 size and the collage lo with just a little white space – nice!!

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  18. Paola Norman Avatar
    Paola Norman

    Great layotus I love how you adapted them.
    Great versatility.
    Very nice.

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  19. Jessica Avatar

    I’ve wanted to do something like this ever since your first one … but I keep putting it off because I’m unsure of the photos … if I use all the left-over photos from each month, I feel like it’s a reject page. What do you think? I take way too many photos …
    By the way, your string thing has kind of appeared in my own scrapbooking. I hope you don’t mind. I loved it on your stuff and I’m always looking for ways to add more detail, but in a simple way. I used to do a ton of eyelets and then brads … but it started to feel like too much. This is nice and light. Thanks 🙂

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  20. Sara Rossi Avatar

    I just LOVE your collages! Awesome LO’s of course! I like those papers too. Laughed at the misplaced LO–I have some stuff I’ve been looking for & can not for the life of me find it! Drives me nuts!

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  21. Anne Avatar
    Anne

    Wow, these are great! ove the clean graphic feel. It is so fab how you’re doing a monthly layout with a photo collage. Need to learn how to do those. 🙂

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