How To Make A Summer Memory Book Page

As you might know, I’ve been keeping a memory book since 2020, and today we will be creating a summer memory-keeping page.

Memory keeping is probably my favorite type of journaling, and today I’m walking you through exactly how I created it, step by step, from layout to supplies, plus sharing tips and prompts so you can build your own summer memory book page too

Beach trips, backyard nights, quiet mornings — this is your chance to capture the little in-between moments before the season slips away. Let’s get into it and create a page you’ll want to flip back to for years to come.

If you ever wanted to get into memory keeping, starting with a page for a season could be a wonderful idea. I started with yearly memory pages, then moved to monthly, and eventually did weekly memory layouts.

Even if you’ve never done memory-keeping journaling, you’ll be able to after this post.

But always remember that this is just how I journal; you can do something completely different. There are no exact rules on how it has to be done, just different ideas and inspirations.

In this guide, we will go through the entire process, so let’s start with the supplies.

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Stationery

Let’s start with the supplies I used. Of course, you are free to use anything you want, but here is what I especially love.

Archer & Olive Journal – I got some of their old sparkly journals. They are well bound, have high-quality paper, and the covers are always so beautiful! You can get 10% OFF with my code MASHA10.
Fineliners – they are the blood of all your journal pages; at the moment, Altenew Fineliners are my favorite ones.
Zebra Mildliners – my favorite colors for adding to all of my journal pages, and of course to my memory book as well.
Muji Pen – a good writing pen is a must, and this one has such smooth and black ink!
HP Sprocket – I love adding photos to my pages, and this is the printer I use. The great thing is that it doesn’t require ink, and the photo paper already has a sticker side, so you can easily add it to your pages right away.

These are all the supplies I used for this layout, and I can definitely recommend them to you as well. Now that we have all the stationery ready, let’s dive in and start creating.

Summer Memory Book Page

Usually I freestyle my pages, but this is for the entire summer, so this layout required me to plan and think through my ideas.

Let’s dive in.

Step 1 – Preparation

The first step is, of course, to prepare. There are several things I did here.

First, I knew I wanted to include the pictures, so I chose and printed them, then positioned and marked their placement on the page so I have an idea of how my layout will look.

This is also the step I did with pencil and sketched the header – usually, all the elements of my page I create first with pencil.

That way, as you can see, I already have a pencil sketch for my entire page, and I know how to proceed with creating the page.

Now, when it comes to a font, I went with one of the fonts I usually use, but modified it a little bit.

You can see in this image the font I mean- it’s basically block letters with rounded corners and then those lined shades on the top and right side of each letter.

The only thing I did differently on my memory page was make the letters thicker, and for the word “big,” I actually used lowercase letters.

Step 2 – Add Pen And Pictures

Once the page is sketched, I can actually use my pen. This way, I know everything is in the right place, and I’m not sorry about any of the placements.

This is also when I add the pictures exactly as I planned them.

I love this step because now I actually have the page coming along together, and it usually gets me excited to keep on going.

Step 3 – Add Color

I don’t know about you, but I love adding colors to everything. Black and white layouts are not my style at all, so this is my favorite stage – when I finally get to add the colors.

I did it in several ways. First, I added color to the letters. Secondly, I used different patterns around the photos to create a kind of frame, or some corners.

I think adding little blotches of color really helped make this layout stand out.

This is also the time for me to start thinking about the next step. What exactly are we doing with all that blank space?

It’s possible to add stickers, doodles, and some lettering. And this was my original idea. But I ended up going for something very different instead.

Step 4 – Journal

The thing I picked to do here is to journal and fill out every little empty space on the page with text. After all, this layout was about two months; I had a lot ot say, and as you can see, there wasn’t much space left after all the pictures were added.

So, mostly, here I outlined what happened during the summer and any milestones or events I had. But I was also thinking about different prompts one can use, so here I thought I’d share a few:

What did this summer smell, sound, and taste like?
Describe one perfect ordinary day from this summer.
What’s a small moment you almost forgot but want to hold onto?
Who did you laugh the hardest with this summer?
What place made you feel most like yourself?
What are you proud of accomplishing, big or small, this season?
What was harder than expected, and how did you get through it?
One moment I want to remember from each month…
Something I did this summer that younger me would be proud of…
What would you want to carry from summer into autumn?
If you could describe your summer in three words, what would they be?

I could go on and on with even more prompts, but that’s not what this blog post is about, is it? So use these as inspiration and check the end of the post for more summer journaling prompts.

Meanwhile, this was the end of me creating the page, and here is the final result.

And this is it. As you can see, in a few simple steps, you can easily create a memorable page that will help you store all the important moments of the season.

I must say, if I had more space, I would also add little notes to each photo, so I could remember for the future what exactly was happening. I’m thinking maybe next time it would be a good idea to add photos to little flip-out pieces of paper, so I could flip the photo up and read exactly what was happening in it.

Either way, I love this page and how my memory book is growing. And you can scroll down to get more inspiration for page ideas and styles for your own memory-keeping journal.

Free Printables

Of course, I never want to leave you without some freebies. I have plenty of free printables in the Resources Vault, but for the memory-keeping pages, I think printable stickers would work the best.

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More Resources

As I mentioned before, I’ve been memorizing and keeping in my journal for a very long time, so I have created plenty of themed and unthemed memory pages. Of course, I always share all my pages here on this blog.

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>>>> What kind of seasonal memory page will you be creating next? Share with us in the comments!

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