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August 25, 2021

5 Design Trends for 2021-2022

Whether you want your yearbook to be on the cutting edge of design, or if you prefer to keep the pages looking like the classic layouts of years past, paying attention to current design trends can help a great deal when creating your yearbook. However, tracking what’s in vogue can be time consuming. Below are […]

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May 20, 2021

What To Expect When You’re Expecting…Your Yearbooks

You’ve just gotten the email – the Yearbooks have left the printer’s and are on their way to you! Congratulations – now what? It often feels like the last bit of work you need to do for your publication is letting your Print Consultant know that the book is approved and ready to go, however, […]

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February 26, 2021

Telling A Story

Making the Most Out Of An Interview Here is the most important thing to know about reporting: there are NO stories about homecoming, or football, or English class. Oh, you’ll have spreads devoted to these, but the page ladder is about structuring your topics, not the story-telling that readers will find on each spread. All […]

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February 05, 2021

2021 COVER CONTEST WINNERS

Every year, schools from across Canada and the United States enter our Yearbook Cover Contest. These cover entries are judged at both the Regional and National levels and brought before a panel that includes designers and printing specialists according to the following categories: Colour, Creativity, Composition and Difficulty. Congratulations to our National winners for this […]

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December 01, 2020

Your students are doing exceptional things. Capture it.

Ensure your students hard work is saved for the future.

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November 27, 2020

Yearbook Disclaimers

Acknowledging Your Mistakes In A Publication Although it may not happen as a recurring theme, every advisor goes through it at some point: you’ve handed out all the copies of your yearbook, and the calls (and texts, and emails) start coming in. “_____’s name is spelled wrong” “My child is missing from the football page” […]

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November 24, 2020

A Year This Historic Deserves Its Own Book

Yearbooks are a keepsake forever, and this year deserves its place on your bookshelf.

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October 27, 2020

Managing Your Time – 9 Tips

“Ordinary people think merely of spending time; great people think of using it.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Time is a precious and limited resource – once it is gone, there is no way to get it back. Even though we all have 24 hours, 1,440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds in one day, time marches on and […]

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October 15, 2020

Paper Name Change

To give our product new definition and a more sophisticated identity, we are now using the exclusive names: GardaMatt Art (previously Garda Silk) GardaGloss Art (previously Garda Gloss). Rest assured it remains the same product you have come to rely on not only for smoothness, thickness, and brilliance, but for its versatility and printing excellence. For more […]

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September 18, 2020

Theme: A Guide to Covering the Basics

During the early stages of yearbook creation, the subject of a theme may arise, along with the inevitable question: should a theme be used this year? What are the requirements, benefits and journey involved?  Before you start down that long and winding road, there are several factors to consider. Just as you are defined by […]

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