The first page of her book I wanted to hold a bunch of facts from the year she was born (2011). Inspiration struck when I finished rereading the Harry Potter series for the umpteenth time (I'm a huge fan). I decided to make the layout of the page like the front page of the wizarding newspaper. I was unable to come up with a unique title that I liked for my newspaper page- and wanting to start the project NOW I named it the Daily Prophet- like from the books.
I had taken a few nights and googled a bunch of information, then it was time to lay it out on paper. Not having a fancy printer or the software to be able to lay out the information on a standard 12 x12 scrapbook page I hand wrote all my facts- three times. Once as practice, once in pencil on the real page, then again in ink. My hand hurt at the end and I was so glad to be done- and happy with the end result!
My "articles" include:
What was Popular in 2011
Music that was Popular in 2011
What We Watched on TV
Big Movies in 2011
Average Cost of Things in 2011 (postage stamp, milk, car, house, gallon of gas, a 7-11 Slurpee etc...)
Big Headlines for 2011 (Osama bin Laden was found and killed, the end of the world was predicted twice by Harold Camping, the Occupy Wall Street Movement etc...)
I also included what her name was ranked by the Social Security Administration and who visited us in the hospital.
I used a fine tip pen and a regular sharpie to give different dimension to the page. I also tried to write in different fonts and directions to help give it a less monotonous look. I chose to use a picture printed in sepia style to also give it that authentic "wizard newspaper" look.
When my 9 year old brother first glanced at the page he shouted "She was in the newspaper!" I told him that I thought she was special enough to have her own paper.
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