Second one has journal cards about how we celebrated our anniversary and discussing that year of marriage with pictures from June through December.

While we put so much focus on curating our wedding photo album for only one day, the best years of marriage often go undocumented. During our three years of marriage, I have worked to create a journal of all of our biggest moments throughout each year. I incorporate a mix of text and images to tell the story of each year and anniversary celebration. With space for a special photograph each year, cherished moments and memories over a period of up to 25 years can be recorded in one place, creating a wonderful, lasting keepsake that can also be shared. The beauty of the anniversary journal is that you can design it however you like! This is my general process. Collect Your Content An anniversary journal is a special way to remember each of your happy years together! I’ll show you how I created ours, so you can make your own! Materials

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Wedding highlights – I captured a few more obscure/minor memories from our wedding day that were not included in our photo album.

I’ve decided to be okay with the ink bleed-through (it gives it character, right?). I’m just not willing to redo it, and I like the look of this book. The Pilot G2 gel ink pens are the best – smooth, long lasting, comfortable to use, and colorful! The ink is specially made using pigments instead of dyes, which is what gives the ink that vibrant, beautiful color. Truly, they look amazing inside our anniversary journal, but I also love them for my planner and for color coordinating my to-do lists and shopping lists. Yes – I’m an overachiever and so are these pens. First one has journal cards that discusses the events of the calendar year (for example, January 2016 to December 2016) and has pictures from January through May. The journal includes thought-provoking prompts to help couples reflect on and appreciate their relationship journey, express their feelings for each other and plan future special times together every year. It encourages them to spend a little time writing this down, so that they have a record for years to come. We will sometimes add an additional spread for a year if something extra big happened, like a vacation where we had lots of photos we loved, or if we had professional photos taken, like our maternity photos from this past year.The journal provides prompts to help couples chronicle their relationship from their special day through to their 25th year together. Love Stories is designed to appeal to couples getting married, entering into a civil partnership or deciding to commit to each other in their own way. It makes a great paper 1st anniversary present.