Several years ago I made the cutest little quiet book for my niece. I made it with paper, scissors, glue, and laminated the whole thing! It was pretty fabulous, but I vowed I would never make one like that again. Going digital was the only way. When my baby turned 2 (only 2 years ago) I made him a quiet book similar to the first one I made, but this time it was ALL digital. I can't believe that it is over 2 years old and still in my church bag and still looks great! Tyson still loves to look at the pictures and now it's fun to see how much they have changed.
Simple as that. Now, it took time for me to get all of these files made, but there is no use for everyone else to start from scratch. I've decided to share my files and hard work with all of you! I have taken my personal pictures off of the files, but you can see on the example above how many pictures I put on each page.
Download PSD files (Photoshop files which includes layers)
Download JPG files
Tips:
- Notice some letters have 2 page layouts. That is just so I could fit more pictures in. If you don't have lots of pictures, one page might be enough for you.
- Also, if your child doesn't have a brother or a sister, an aunt or an uncle, it is easy to change what those letters are for. For example, my sister used B is for Baptism in her book because they only have girls in their family.
- If you do not have image editing software, you can alternatively print the JPG files with no changes and then add your own pictures on top of each page like a traditional scrapbook page.
*I used a really cute digital scapbooking kit by The Shabby Shoppe to make this entire digital quiet book.
Linked up with:
Young Nester
Not JUST a houswife
Ladybug Blessings
Skip to my Lou
Polka Dots on Parade
Someday Crafts
Lil' Luna
The Thrifty Home
Sisters Stuff
So you think you're Crafty
The DIY Home Sweet Home Project
Under the table and dreaming
I heart Nap Time
Saturday Mornings
Polka Dots on Parade
Wow! This looks AWESOME! Thanks for sharing these files. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to try it, but maybe...Thanks again.
ReplyDeletePeople are gonna love it, Hol. Thanks for doing it.
ReplyDeleteYou are AWESOME!!! I'd love for you to link up to Wow Me Wednesday!
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wow your are awesome! thanks so much for sharing! i can't wait to make it our own!!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea!!! But I can't seem to get it to download, I have tried like 4-5 times! :( DO you think you could e-mail them to me? ssjwest@gmail.com, Thanks! I can't wait to do this, it is so cute!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! Thank you so much! I can't wait to get mine made.
ReplyDeleteHolly, I linked here from someday crafts! Imagine my surprise when I recognized everyone in the pictures. Of course this is you! Love it. I'm totally going to do this when I figure out how to do anything on my photoshop that I got a year and a half ago. It's on the to do list :)
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I love it Hol! That's awesome that you have posted it in a way that people can download it!
ReplyDeleteHolly I love it! I am seriously thinking of making one for my girls! I have such talented cousins! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI am your newest follower! This is AMAZING!! I am so happy you linked with Lil' Luna!! You're blog is A-dorable. I am seriously in awe over this quiet book. You have no idea how excited I am to make it!! Thanks a bunch. I'm over at myyellowsandbox.blogspot.com, if you ever wanted to stop by for a visit! :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is seriously awesome! I've been lookingfor something like this for my daughter! Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteFound you through Someday Crafts. This book is exactly what I need for my little ones at church! Thank you for sharing your talent and saving me the time of doing it myself!!
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okay so i made one! thanks so much!
ReplyDeletecute. here's a link to a great website...she has several quiet books to print out. Her books are really great for older kids
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Thank you for sharing this!!! It is SO cute! Thanks for all your hard work!!
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So cute! Thanks for sharing all of your hard work!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great idea. My boys love to look at pictures of people they know.
ReplyDeleteLove this! Thanks for sharing! I'm making one for each of my 3 nieces.
ReplyDeleteNote: I tried to get the pages printed (4x6) at Walmart and most of the pages they wouldn't let me print because of "copyright laws". UGH! It made me so angry. Today I'm going to try getting them printed at Sam's Club. I've heard they're not nearly so stringent with their copyright guidelines.
thank you for charing! I am always looking for good ways to keep my little ones quiet.
ReplyDeleteThis is really fun. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletesoooooo cute!! Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this. I just finished books for my son and daughter. For my son I just added pic's. For my daughter I replaced the elements and papers with pink stuff. I found great little albums at the dollar tree. I can't wait to give this to them next sunday.
ReplyDeleteDownloaded the PSD Files & Changed to make it a book for my boyfriend. He's going to love it, thank you so much for all the time you put into this and sharing it with us!
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