To begin this process of creating a memory book for my grandma Shirley I started by asking if she had any old photo albums that I could look at. For lack of knowing a better place to start I thought starting to look at those old photos would begin to tell a story about Grandma, her ancestors, childhood and family. I visited with her on the phone a few times and she has story upon story from her life. So, the natural next step was to begin recording those stories and finding some way to put those in the book as well. Well, .ittle did I know that in asking for the photo albums that I would soon enough have more than 10 albums in my possession, with some being as big as a phone book. I got what I asked for and then some.
The good thing is that now there are over 4 GB worth of pictures saved after the scanning of the photos has taken place. And if you have ever wondered what it feels like to scan 4 GB of photos onto your computer, below is a close depiction:
or this:
Anyway, the photo scanning process is nearly finished, unless additional photos surface as the process goes along. With that chapter of my life behind me, I push on with the compilation of the photos, stories, audio, video and attempt to make it into a coherent book. I decided to use Blurb to make the book. If you haven't seen or heard of Blurb before, first of all what rock do you live under, it is a great site for the amateur (me) to make a professional looking book that is completely customized. There are a few other options to make the book including using Photoshop. But, to use Photoshop would mean that I knew even a little bit about what I am doing and also digital design software. 0 for 2 there. My sister can run circles around me with that stuff, so I'll stick with the idiot-friendly software for the time being.
