About a month ago I vowed to work a few hours a week getting caught up on my scrapbooks. They are so very important and Wyatt is getting to a good age to really enjoy looking at them. I hope this series helps me to keep my vow and get these books done. Any encouragement, ideas or advice is greatly appreciated!! I am very behind...
I started scrapbooking in 2008 while I was expecting my son. The first thing that I did was an album of our wedding photos. It has a pretty basic layout as I was just getting my feet wet in the scrapbook world. Plus I did not really hang on to any scraps of paper or anything like that. It's composed completely of photos from our day. It went really well and really fast.
Then I started working on my pregnancy book. My original goal was to include both my pregnancy and Wyatt's birth. Then reality hit that it was all definitely NOT going to fit in one book! I saved everything that I could think of. There was no detail to small. My pregnancy book officially became my first masterpiece. I still pull it out and look at it and show it to other people. I know they don't care about it as much as I want them to but I'm proud of it, ok??
Here is a quick view of a few of the pages. I stuck with a basic color scheme of brown and blue. I don't think that any of my other books will have a color scheme because of events and holidays but I liked the look of it in this book. I think these pictures highlight some of my favorite parts of the book and gives you an idea of my style of scraping.
It is a lot like art. Everyone has their own style right?
So here is my favorite page in the whole book. I had one of the best images of his 4d ultrasound blown up to a 5x7 and tweaked the color just to add some variation. I also had this photo framed and included in my baby shower.
I found these nifty little blank tags and randomly placed them throughout the book with important dates and how many weeks I was at the time. It was one of those things that you buy and think "will I ever use these?" So I'm glad that I had them.
I stated before that I saved everything. Literally everything. I arranged my appointment reminders over a couple of pages. I also kept my insurance statements and included them. I thought that it would be fun to compare the cost later on down the road when Wyatt has children of his own.
Since I had this book underway throughout the pregnancy, I decided to make my shower sign in sheets so that I could slide them into the book. I like the way that they fit right in and I don't have another book floating around.
I included a picture of my sign in table and a copy of my invitation front and back.
I had several pages of gift opening so I tore pieces of the gift wrapping for the background of those pages. I also included some of the ribbons and bows from the packages.
One of my neighbors who is like family made a cute gift tree that made a beautiful centerpiece for the shower. When I tore it apart and got all of the goodies off of it I made sure to save some for the scrapbook. I included a picture of me and my dear friends.
I made a little tribute section to preparing the baby's room. I kept a few receipts like the crib and bedding purchases. I put the crib receipt in with some snap shots of Nick putting the bed together. It was such an exciting day! I also included a scrap of fabric from the curtains that I made and the paint chart where I chose the wall coloring. It was a fun project for sure!
This was a quick tour through the book, there is SO MUCH MORE. If you ever come to visit you can see the rest. HaHa!! I would like to share what was on the very last page of the book. I didn't share the picture because just to look at it is a little bit of a bore. The last thing that I included was my pre op instruction sheet for my c section. I wanted to end it "to be continued." I want each and every book to feel like it jumps from one book to the next. I hope to share more with you soon.
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