Don't do it. My daughter, now 28 and a mother, was looking through her senior yearbook today. I brought it up to her so she could find a classmate. As she went through the back of the book, she looked up and said "have I ever thanked you for NOT putting one of those stupid ads in the back of the yearbook?" Looking at them 10 years later, she said it was very embarrassing for her to see the ads her friends parents put in, and she couldn't imagine how awful they must feel now, especially the ones the kids did with their current boy or girl friend. I told her that it never occurred to me to place one of those ads, as I firmly believe in not embarrassing my children. Those ads seemed like an awful idea at the time, and they still do. If you have to do something, wish them all well and remind them that there is life after high school, and it just gets better and better.

You might find out what her interests are, hobbies, culture etc. Is she interested in nature, decorating, traveling? Start listing some of these and you will get more than enough ideas to fill a page. Also look at the Memory scrapbooking magazine. That one has a ton of good ideas.

I think this link needed a page of it's own. It was first posted under the question about things to make with punches, but it's such a great site I thought it needed it's own posting. Here is a link that might be useful: Scrapping by Alaine

I found some really great "calligraphy" pens at Michaels. I can't remember the name or brand, but they have a pen tip at either end...for a smaller and larger calligraphy look. You have to practice some to learn how to hold the pen but I really love the look much much better than my plain hand-writing (which I HATE when I journal). They provide a more personal touch (look) to the page then printing calligraphy style on the computer (which is also a nice idea). Like Jill, I usually like to matt what I journal, depending on the page. If your cousin just graduated from Med school, could you somehow incorporate something from her "soon to be profession"? Perhaps you could make (scrape) a nice looking professional business card with her name, the date she graduated, her title etc.? I'm not too up on graduating med students so maybe she has to complete her residency, but maybe you could include smaller photos of where she will work or complete her residency on the page (in the background or superimpose photos of her on top of these smaller ones)? For something a bit more comical, maybe you could get a photo(s) of her with friends or family "using" her medical tools from her black bag with a humorous title page or a funny lyric or poem? I love to matt a lot of my photos and I also love to try (try being the key operative word here)and make up poems or rhyme when I journal. I think you could have a lot of fun and still have some very elegant and "fun" pages. Good luck! Send us a link for your completed pages so we can save the ideas...I'll need one in about 14-16 years!