aimeej: Great keepsake albums
If you want to create a memory book or scrapbook but can’tfigure out how to get started, you are not alone. My New Year’s resolution thisyear is to create a scrapbook of my daughter’s first year before she turns two!
Aimee Jacobson, founder of aimeej keepsake albums, offers afew suggestions for getting started. They are:
1. Decide how much time and creative energy youcan to commit to the project.
Least amount of time: Keepsake boxes are a great alternativeto albums. They hold hundreds of photos and are large enough for the 8×10prints that never made it into a frame and onto the wall.
A Little More Time & Commitment: Traditional PhotoAlbums
More Time & Creativity Required: Scrapbook
2. If digital photoshaven’t made it from the camera to the computer, set aside a realistic amounttime to download the photos from the camera and determine which photos you wantto print.
3. Time-permitting,edit (crop, remove red eye, fix lighting, etc) the photos and print – either athome or upload to an online photo printing service.
Tip: Edit and order prints at the same time when using anonline service like Snap Fish or Shutterfly.
4. Organize photos by year first and then timeand ambition permitting, by events during the year.
Tip: Print photos in the order you want to lay them out inscrapbooks or insert into photo sleeves
5. Make it a familyproject by encouraging older children and spouses to help.
6. Don’t getoverwhelmed.
Tip: Determine how much time you can commit each week oreach month to the project and work in stages. Just getting the picturesorganized chronologically is a great step for many.
7. Preserve yourphotos and special mementos in acid free products to prevent colors from fadingyears later.
8. Choose beautifulkeepsake products, like aimeej’s, which inspire creativity and make rememberingeasy.
I am personally using the Luxe Baby Keepsake Box from aimeejwhich I love for its timelessness, not to mention that I just don’t seem tohave the time to work on something more detail oriented.
If you created akeepsake box of your child’s first year, what did you use and how did you doit?
- Posted on Jan 17, 07 at 4:23AM
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January 17th, 2007 at 4:23 am
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I think the keepsake boxes are a great idea, especially for parents with limited time to spend on this kind of project. I prefer my pictures in a book of some sort and currently, I am working on one for my son’s first year. I’m using Snapfish’s memory book to do this. I’ve been making an album of my son since the day he arrived. As each new batch of pictures comes off my camera, I put them onto Snapfish where I can edit them or add borders and even fix red-eye. When he turns 1 year old, I’ll pick out certain pictures and events from that entire first year and put together a book that I order through them. You can completely customize it from cover to cover. I’ve picked the navy leather cover and have to decide if I want the kids themed pages or studio style. The options are numerous and the price is decent.
Also, with Snapfish, I can order prints in various sizes from wallets to poster sizes!
August 12th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
nice post, very informative!
-Anne
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