| People often begin to get the scrapbooking bug soon | | | | - -- first time feeding themselves |
| after their first child is born. That said, it's not so usual | | | | - -- first time crawling |
| that their first attempt at creating a scrapbook is by | | | | - -- first time walking with the furniture or your dog |
| making a baby album or baby book scrapbook. | | | | - -- baby's first steps/walking on their own |
| Having a child truly is one of the most important and | | | | - -- first hair cut |
| memorable events in our lives. Your baby's first year is | | | | - -- all the first holidays |
| a busy, wonderful and ever changing journey of | | | | - -- first birthday cake! |
| discovery. It is chalked full of important memories and | | | | Unlike premade baby books and baby albums, you'll be |
| milestones... | | | | able to add a more interest to your custom or digital |
| It's really no surprise then, as parents we naturally | | | | baby book scrapbook album by varying the themes |
| want to capture and record all those many emotional | | | | and layouts. As and example: make some events into |
| moments by preserving them in baby book | | | | double page (side-by-side) spreads; such as coming |
| scrapbooks or memory books. This is a great way to | | | | home from the hospital or their first bath-time, which |
| safely record and cherish those memories for years | | | | always presents an opportunity for some great digital |
| to come. | | | | photos! |
| My favorite, yet timeless and extremely popular baby | | | | You are also going to want to give your pages a little |
| scrapbooking idea is to make an album that consists | | | | personal touch by adding some memorabilia, using a |
| of baby's 'firsts'. This easy and flexible theme is | | | | pocket envelope or sealed page to your layouts - add |
| especially simple for someone new to scrapbooking | | | | things like the birth announcement or maybe a lock of |
| and is a great way to begin creating one of life's most | | | | hair from their first hair cut. |
| treasured baby book scrapbooks. | | | | Just be careful here as sharp edges, thick items and |
| This kind of baby album usually consists of a | | | | many chemicals that are part of life can not only |
| scrapbook arranged in chronological order (pregnancy | | | | damage, but over time can actually destroy your baby |
| to first birthday) with individual page layouts showing | | | | book. Instant photographs, such as a Polaroid, have |
| babies special and notable moments in life. | | | | chemicals that will leak and ruin your baby books and |
| You can buy premade baby photo albums, journals | | | | albums. Be sure and scan elements such as this and |
| and baby book scrapbooks, but I've found that in 100% | | | | add them digitally to your page layouts. |
| of the cases that there are pages for things baby | | | | Just as a note, you can also create your new baby |
| doesn't do and missing pages for things your child will | | | | book scrapbook album as a digital scrapbook and |
| do. That said, my very best recommendation is to | | | | have it made into a real hardbound book that can be |
| create your own using kits or digital scrapbook | | | | passed on to your child when they finally move away. |
| membership sites that make it easy for you to create | | | | Now then, if you are new to scrapbooks and you're |
| the perfect baby book scrapbook that is custom to | | | | unsure about starting out on your first new baby |
| your child's book of 'firsts'. | | | | scrapbook album then a good choice would be to buy |
| New babies, especially first child or grandchild, are so | | | | yourself a baby scrapbook kit or to join a digital |
| photogenic it's hard to resist capturing all the big and | | | | scrapbook membership site. |
| little things that make up their day-to-day lives. Not that | | | | The kits contain almost everything you will need to |
| the other children that come along aren't just as | | | | begin scrapbooking (with a set number of pages) and |
| precious, you just have more time when you are only | | | | are a good shortcut to creating simple layouts that you |
| taking care of one... ;-) | | | | can still be proud of. Digital scrapbook membership |
| In any case, I have no doubt that you will have lots of | | | | sites will have hundreds of page options and you can |
| digital pictures to sort through - so here's a small list of | | | | customize them for absolutely any occasion or event. |
| 'firsts' to give you some ideas for organizing your | | | | Add to that the fact that you can have them printed |
| photos: | | | | as real hardbound books and you can see why digital |
| - -- first photo... usually the sonogram from the Dr's | | | | baby books have become the #1 method for creating |
| office | | | | baby book scrapbooks world wide. |
| - -- first bottle/breast feeding | | | | One other item of note about digital scrapbook pages, |
| - -- daddies first diaper change (a real favorite of mine) | | | | they are perfect to have printed on photo papers and |
| - -- dressed in grandma's first outfit (don't forget outfits | | | | placed in frames on the walls. Much more interesting |
| handed down from your childhood) | | | | than just plain photo's with no stories to tell. |
| - -- first trip home from the hospital | | | | Go on... give it a try. Make yourself a baby book |
| - -- first late night rocking chair ride | | | | scrapbook album to save, enjoy and relive all those |
| - -- first smiles/laughs | | | | incredible memories. You'll find it's much more than just |
| - -- first bath | | | | a scrapbook - it will really will become a treasured |
| - -- first walk/trip | | | | family keepsake that you'll pass on for generations to |
| - -- first baby food | | | | come. My kids will soon be passing theirs on to my |
| - -- first tooth | | | | grandchildren... |
| - -- first time with your pets | | | | What memories will you preserve? |
| - -- first time drinking from an open cup | | | | |