Hello! I joined a little late last month so my Petals mini album didn’t quite make the April 30th cut-off but I wanted to share the finished product regardless.
OFFICIAL DATE MAR • 21 • 2026Save the date!! 🎈🎉In-Person Class Ticket Includes8 hour class • 1 Free Month • YBM Kitchen Collection • Food & Drink • Podcast Conversation • Class PhotoMORE INFO ON THE WAY ( Stay tuned in )I'll Be designing the simple project that we will be making for this in-person class this next week 🎉
🌈 Hello there, it's Francės! Welcome into the YBM Community. I'm so happy to be here with you! Here we can share our YBM project pictures & videos, give showers of compliments and spread the love of confetti 😄 Before you begin, please comment on this post if you agree with our Community Guidelines after reading them thoroughly. I will also be sharing my projects, as well sneak-peeks! If you'd like a little tour of the our community and want to be learn how to make your first post, Journey Here. I'm so excited to see everyone's creativity here, if you ever need a thing you can always direct message me here or email me at: yourbookofmemories@gmail.com Francės Long 🤍🌱
August 01
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August 02 — 31, 2025
Our host for this month's challenge is our sweet member, and my wonderful long time friend, Marianne Scholes!
"This folio was the very first album I ever made with Frances’ channel, and it’s still one of my absolute favourites. I love constructing albums that aren’t overly complicated but still hold a ton of photos — and this one is a true workhorse. It’s fun to make, and easy to modify to suit a variety of different designer paper lines. It’s been a crazy hot summer here in Southern Ontario, and I’ve been loving every excuse to stay indoors with A/C cranked, happily crafting away. So if you’re looking for a cool creative project to dive into this August, join me!"
~ Marianne
June 20
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Hello! I hope you enjoy this video. Unfortunately I don’t recall which album this is (Frances help! 🙃). It was time consuming but relatively easy following the well done tutorials. I made it for my Mommy’s (once a Mommy always a Mommy) 90th birthday party and gave it to her as a gift for her 91st!! Parts 2 and 3 in separate posts.
Enjoy and be well!
February 13
Here's the Memory Box for an "everything before the wedding" album. The mom of the bride is going to do a traditional scrapbook for the wedding photos. I've left some things blank for her to customize. Please forgive the poor photography, but if I don't take the photos now, they won't get taken.
August 12
• Edited (Aug 12, 2025)
🍽️ Design time - new class on the way using the YBM Kitchen Collection. I'm going big so I'll be using 2 packs for this. If you want to follow along using the same papers, you can grab yours here!
June 30
• Edited (Jun 30, 2025)
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July 01 — 31, 2025
Our host for this community challenge this month is our awesome member, and my sweet friend, Tonya Thomas!
" Christmas is a magical time of year and even better if I don't have to deal with cold temps or snow. So Christmas in July is the best of both seasons and it's my birthday month. Decorating for Christmas can get my mojo back and I hope it does for you all too. Echo Park has a lot of ephemera, tags and frames on clearance right now, so that is what I will be using along with Christmas papers. "
~ Tonya Thomas
July 29
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Hello to all from Puerto Rico. I have been following Frances for many years. Whike still working, I would prepare tge albums for decorating but never got to them unless I needed one for an special occasion. Now that I am retired, I got to it, and have finished 25+ books. Some I have given away so no video. I will try to share them here. This is my version of the Music box
January 23
Having a hard time with my own challenge. Actually hate what I've been doing. Thought it would be cool to use all design cardstock for the base, don't have to do the matting that way. This cardstock is too heavy. So I'm going back to drawing board. At some point i will resurrect this one and finish. It's okay to try something new and not like it or have it not work.
July 23
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