celebration "card" book

I don't know about any of you out there, but finding cards is always a chore- they never say quite what I would like them too, and then of course, add in a price tag of $4-7 buck a piece... no thanks.

I can't remember where I first saw the premise for this idea, I think it was a pintrest or some random Facebook post about buying one card to sign every year.

Well, I took it one step further, I used to journal all.the.time. I don't as much anymore, but I thought of combining the idea of a journal with this idea of 1 card that you resign every year and, voila! Mother's Day Card Journal. (and Father's Day, Anniversary, birthdays, other celebrations...sky is really the limit!)

I have had a lot of luck in one of my favorite places...the Target Dollar Section.

We "archived" a couple of years, since I came across this idea after our first parent days & annivesaries. And right now admittedly there isn't much in them...we trace the kids hands, let them scribble a bit, but as they get older the plan is to allow them to write whatever they wish, and then I usually journal a bit of what we did that day and then attach a picture.

I think its a perfect keepsake!