Foto Friday 2/52 | Books

January 14, 2011 see more: babies & children | personal | project 52

Week 2 we were snowbound!  8″ of snow & ice is enough to immobilize our small, southern mountain town, but thankfully we didn’t lose any power.  We got outside a few times to go sledding and build a snowman, but mostly we spent our time indoors.  Olivia has recently discovered hot chocolate…not surprising if you know how much she loves brownies & Nesquik.

Well, here’s Reese “reading” her favorite book, Dogs, one afternoon in her bedroom.  ::sigh::  She’s looking all grown up.

For memories sake, I just have to say that this outfit didn’t last long…she kept popping the buttons open every time she’d crouch down to grab something…haha! Olivia wore this until she was nearly two; go figure!:)

Oh, and I have to just quickly mention that this adorable little headband comes from DeBloom Designs.  I love this girl’s stuff.  Super cute, great quality, and not expensive!

Also, be sure to check out the latest Project 52 post over at the styleberry BLOG, my primary inspiration for starting this project in the first place.  Her first post can be found here, absolutely beautifully written.

Alright, ya’ll, have a great weekend!

Kristin Murphy - January 14, 2011 - 10:42 am

I love how you are doing this Jodi! What lucky little girls to grow up and have these amazing photos of them as babies! I think this is a wonderful idea and I am inspired to attempt as well since so much will change this year for me, it would be nice to have a photo journal of it at the end :)

What size are you making your photos? Are you going to do them all the same?

Jodi - January 14, 2011 - 12:40 pm

You definitely should, Kristin! I only wished I would have started something like this sooner. And what an exciting year you have ahead of you! Hope you’re enjoying all the wedding planning!

For any editing that I do, I leave all of my photos their original size. That way, whatever I decide to do to them later, I can save at whatever output size is best for the application. For example, for the blog, I scale the images down to 600px wide at 72dpi, which is great for loading the site, but not what I’ll use to make the actual book later (so I never save over the original). Hope this helps!

Lois VanderWoude - January 14, 2011 - 2:07 pm

Yes, she does look grown up here! What a sweetie she is!

Sarah - January 14, 2011 - 10:23 pm

beautiful! and yes, she is looking very grown up!

Zenia - January 15, 2011 - 10:09 am

What a cutie pie Olivia is – love her headband too. :)

Kristin Murphy - January 18, 2011 - 10:18 am

I went to shutterfly, which is where I will get mine printed since a friend for Xmas gave me a gift card for that site, & found out what i liked & what size I would need. However, I was making my originals that size which I will not do from now on, whoops!

Thanks for the tips!!