I always find that I’m easily attracted to new stuff, whether it’s products… trends… recent photographs or memories — they’re often the first things that come to mind when I sit down to scrap. It’s not often I dip back into older products when I scrap (shh, don’t tell my husband — they were an investment!), but I do like to dip into those older moments.
Sometimes the two come together — the new Project Grateful collection* at The Digital Press got me thinking about baking with my girls. After knocking up some treacle and chai spiced flapjacks with them, I started hunting through my back-catalogue of photos to see what I’d taken over the years.
I keep my (considerable) library of photos in Lightroom, and I try to tag them as I import them. I generally tag them by place, by person, and I also have a list of ‘activity’ tags — one of which is baking. You don’t need Lightroom to tag, however — other programs may have this ability (including Photoshop Elements Organizer, which I have also used in the past).
I could easily have picked a recent photo of a baking session, or even taken some new ones while we were covering the kitchen… but I thought it would be fun to pick a selection of photos which spanned a period of years. I ended up with pictures of my kids small enough that they needed to reach up to whip some meringue… all the way through to them looking all grown-up (and tall enough to reach easily without a step to stand on!).
Here’s a look at the page I created, using older photos and newer products…
This is a great way to cherish the past, in the present-day. 🙂
If you fancy the idea of delving through your photo library… please join me for today’s challenge over in The Digital Press’s forum!
*you can find parts of the Project Grateful collection in this month’s Pennysaver sale! (and each part also links to the whole collection in the shop, for those who want to see it all)
About the Author Jude is part of the creative team here at The Digital Press. She lives in the UK with her husband and two fantastic girls. She loves traveling, and would be off in her campervan every weekend if she could get away with it. She loves time spent exploring new places, trying new experiences and photographing them! She also spends too much time on the computer, and still doesn’t go running as often as she says she’s going to.