Author name: Lynn

As a parent with five kids in the district, I knew a lot of people from the various activities, years of being the “Yearbook Lady,” and being involved with the PTO and the school. With that comes a certain amount of people thinking we are good friends, the kind of friends that will do a […]

One of the first things you have to decide as a yearbook advisor is when you will distribute your yearbook – OR Maybe you walked into a plan already in place for years and years. The rest of the deadlines are worked backwards from that date – it’s basically the north star of yearbooks. There

Did you know that you don’t have to use the traditional rectangular frame for your portraits? I prefer squares! Why, you ask? A few reasons: I can save space, leaving extra room for names underneath the photo or more photos on the page or just a bit more white space. I think it gives more

So, you know those Year In Review things? They’re great for getting a snapshot of what happened over the year nationally and even globally, but they often miss out on the stuff that really matters to us personally, like what happened in our school or town. Here’s a fun idea I like to use: why

Information about the different types of photos included in a yearbook and give you a reference guide to help you in your planning and knowledge of yearbooks.

Proof Sheet: A page of proofed text used to make corrections before printing. That’s the simple definition in a general context, but as a yearbook advisor, it is more than a definition; it was an important tool that helped eliminate some of my biggest fears and mistakes: leaving out a student, misspelling a name, cutting

With social media and cell phones, parents and even students wonder if it’s even worth it to buy the yearbook. We all have access to all kinds of memories and photos in seconds, so why buy a yearbook? For many of us, buying a yearbook was a “no-brainer” because it was the only way we

When making your yearbook, you are trying to capture memories and history, but you also want to sell it! You want it to be appealing and affordable for your audience. When is the best time to start selling your yearbook?  First question is, when is your yearbook distributed? Some schools hand out books in May,

When I first started designing yearbooks, I didn’t quite understand the differences between all those extra warning lines on the pages, but with a little knowledge about those 3 special lines, you can make sure your yearbook doesn’t fall into one of the yearbook regrets! Here is a simple explanation for those three lines on

When I started as a yearbook person, I had no idea how to organize and plan a yearbook or even that you could plan out a yearbook that is more fitting to your school and your style. The only thing I did was look at the previous yearbooks and follow that plan, but as I