Making a Digital Scrapbooking Baby Album

I shared here everything I know about pocket scrapbooking, but I didn't tell you about the baby albums I've been making for my children. One of the great things about digital scrapbooking is that it lets you cheat pretty easily. Want to use the same layout in multiple albums, no problem! I've been taking full advantage of this and adjusting my weekly layouts into special spreads for each of my kids.

I'd like to have some photo books for my kids to take with them someday, but one for every year seemed a bit much. So I've been editing down my weekly spreads, and I'm hoping to have maybe five or six books for them by the time they turn 18. So far, I've created a first year album for each of them, just by slicing and dicing my regular weekly layouts.

Here's an example. The first set are from my 2021 album, the second two are rearranged just for Iona
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If you want to take a look through the completed albums, you can see Magnus's digital scrapbooking baby album here:
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And Iona's here:
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How have you documented your kids?

Recent Comments

Arlisa Hard
Arlisa Hard Wed, 04/14/2021 - 11:06

Nice work! I love "reusing" pages whenever possible. It's a real time saver!

Bourico Casper
Bourico Casper Mon, 04/12/2021 - 01:30

Very beautiful works and photos , it's adorable!

Shannon Maguire
Shannon Maguire Fri, 04/09/2021 - 13:22

I'm pretty disorganized about my scrapbooking usually! Especially lately, when I just look for a photo that fits the theme of a challenge! lol. Some days I manage to do a series, mostly for friends and family. I've been going through my daughter's baby photos by month, but not sticking to any theme in particular.

Debbie Wallbank
Debbie Wallbank Fri, 04/09/2021 - 12:33

btw, I've have NEVER before done a digital layout, let alone a whole baby album. Looking forward to it though.

Debbie Wallbank
Debbie Wallbank Fri, 04/09/2021 - 12:32

A friend of mine just had a baby. I "gave" her a gift of documenting her son's first year. I'll do it digitally and then produce a photo book (I hope - if I can figure out how) on his 1st birthday. Thanks for the tips!

Tina Shaw
Tina Shaw Fri, 04/09/2021 - 08:29

Poorly....I've documented them poorly! :P Though I keep trying! These are great! What a legacy!