Fun Ways of Creating a Family Album

Everything has changed. Thanks to technological advancements, things have been changing mostly for the better especially when it comes to making memories with your loved ones and storing these mementos around the house.

Gone are the days when you have to take your camera to a photography shop, develop the negative, and print your snapshots. When you get home, you have to carefully place it in between the plastic sheets in the family photo album and make sure that destructive elements do not come in contact with it, and you clean the pictures from time to time.

Put those things in the past, and move forward to the future of making a family memory treasure chest. And the answer to doing that with less hassle and effort is by taking the modern path.

Whether you want to undertake a DIY family photo album project to display at your own house, or as a gift to your closest sibling, then follow these fun tricks to accomplish your goal in no time. If you’re ready, then start learning the steps below.

Choose a Theme for the Album

Pick an idea that will unify the overall look of your family album. Try to incorporate the unique personality of the people within your circle when thinking about the theme.

If you have something in common, like a hobby, favorite holiday, or anything else that you like to do together, then that would be great too. More importantly, consider the kind of photos in your file to ensure that they go along with the theme you have in mind. Remember that a wacky pose is an odd one out in a formal gold-and-black theme.

Line Up the Photos

Relive the moments that you’ve had with your family as you choose the photos that go into the album. Walk down memory lane as you look into travel moments, special holiday stills, and other family bonding photos that captured your love and affection for one another.

Want to make the album more memorable? You can ask for other family members’ help by asking for photo contributions. Tell them the theme, and start collecting photos.

Check the Image Quality

Speaking of selecting the photos for the album, what have you got? It’s important to keep in mind that high-resolution photos will give you a better result compared to lower JPEG quality. Or if you have the time (and skill set or the money to pay for it), then photos retouching services are available for you. A pixelated picture can ruin even the best themed photo albums in the family.

Think of Your Materials

Watercolors, washi tapes, and markers—these are some of the common things that come to mind when you hear the words “creative DIY project.” But to give you a less-messy, hassle-free idea, why don’t you create custom photo albums using an online platform?

With a little drag and drop of files, after clicking a few buttons and choosing how to tell your story through convenient functionalities, you can have your family album in no time. No mess to clean up—only pure creativity and the love for your family.

Get Creative with the Descriptions

A photo album is better with crazy and creative descriptions that can go with the photo. Whether it’s a favorite quote of the subject in the photo or just a description of what happened back then when the shot was taken, you can play around with the words.

To make it more eye-catching, you can look for different font styles and incorporate various colors in the text. Just let your artistic side take over and shine through the whole project.

As a family, you will keep on making memories together as time passes by. And they will only pile up in your phone or thumb drive as you cherish them. So why not just organize them into a photo album that you can share with the people you care about? This way, you have another avenue to bond and laugh over the fun times you’ve had over the last few months or years.

Yes, everything around you may have undergone a major overhaul because of technological developments. The way you do things may be different now.

But there’s one thing that won’t change—the love you feel for one another in your family. Channel that affection to a photo album, and strengthen your connection with one another.