T-I-M-E

Blogging, exercise, dinner, laundry, pictures?  What do all these things have in common??
They take TIME!!

It takes time to sit down an write a blog post, to go for a jog, to make dinner, to do the mountains of laundry sitting in the laundry room (can you tell that's a sore spot for me?), and to do something with your pictures.  Our society is definitely a here and now society!  No waiting!  That's probably why facebook is so popular...it's almost instantaneous and it takes very little TIME (unless, of course, you want it too).



As an HM consultant, one of the things I hear all the time is, "That's awesome, but I don't have time to do anything like that." TIME is a precious commodity.  Everyone has different schedules and priorities, and I will admit that making a storybook may take you a little while. It's probably something that you will want to put a little thought into.  (There are some great templates that can make doing a book easy, but it will still take a little longer than the projects I'm going to show you in this post.)  However, there are some Heritage Makers projects that can take under 5 minutes.  Yes, you read that right...5 minutes.  Thanks to the fabulous template gallery, doing SOMETHING with your pictures could literally take you less than 5 minutes! Post bound albums, scrap pages, cards, and even canvases can be as easy as changing a picture.



Before
(12x12 scrap page)



After
(Swapped out Photo & text)



This one has a few more pictures to swap, but the process is the same:

The Process of Swapping Photos



The Result


How about a post bound album to put all your easy scrap pages in:

I swapped the picture & changed the title of the album.
I now have a CUSTOM (front & back) album to put all my family scrap pages in.

Here's one more.  This is an 8x8 canvas.  It probably took between 10 and 15 minutes to finish because I wanted a boy version...not the original girl version, so I had to swap out some papers & embellishments.  But even at 15 minutes, this was still a quick and easy project to make!



Before (Girl Version Template)





After (Boy Version)

If you're finding that TIME is a limiting factor for you, use the template gallery!  It is a great resource.  The pre-made layouts make using your pictures easy whether you're making a scrap page or a canvas.  You'll get beautiful results with minimal effort and TIME, you'll be using pictures that you've already invested your TIME into taking, and you'll be creating projects that show your family just how precious your TIME together is!