Author name: Lynn

In my head, I’ve planned this and many other posts, but I’ve had a block. We’ve all heard of—and many of us have experienced—writer’s block. But what I had was something different: a time block. Most yearbook advisors and creators aren’t just yearbook advisors and creators—they’re also teachers, parents, coaches, holding other jobs, taking care […]

Let me start by saying I started writing this post but found myself telling the story of my personal yearbook bff, so I am back to writing about making other yearbook friends. As I said in another post, I was the yearbook person – handed the job via the PTO when no one else would

Where do you find your Inspiration? Now that your head is clearing from all the school year schedules, where do you find your inspiration? Do you think about little pieces of yearbook ideas or big ideas? Sometimes I get an idea in my head for a theme or a style and I just can’t shake

When summer break arrives, the focus and flow of your days and weeks change—taking a break from the day-to-day school schedule, a break from all the planning for each day and lesson, and a break from school activities and sports schedules. Of course, summer break may mean new schedules, new activities, vacations, etc, but it

Your book is submitted – HOORAY!!! Now, what do you do? Now is a great time not just to celebrate the amazing task of finishing the yearbook on schedule but to reflect on what you did well and what you can improve for the next book. I like to make a list of the different

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 are

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