How many albums????

24 years ago

I was wondering how many different albums you fellow scrappers have done. I am just finishing my first year's worth of pictures for our family. Along the way, though, I've collected memorabilia that I'd like to put in individual albums for my girls. But sometimes I think it's too optimistic to think I can finish all of our family pics, plus do one for each child. Should I concentrate on finishing our family pictures (12 years worth) or should my next step be getting the kid's albums in order? HELP!

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Carla
24 years ago
My albums to date:

1998 Family Annual
1999 Family Annual
Images of Me (an eclectic memoir of my childhood)
The Faces of Yesterday (heirloom album)
Ethan's Fabulous Branson Vacation, Summer 1999
My Trip to France, Spring Break 1998
Our Wedding
Ethan, Birth to Age 5
2000 Family Annual (in progress)
an album of odd pages I haven't figured out what to do with yet LOL
tribute album for parents (untitled, in progress)
London, Spring Break 2000 (in planning--we leave on Friday!!)
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Kerrikay
24 years ago
I am working on my daughter's album right now, and I plan to do family/vacation albums later. I think that some people work on several albums at a time, but I'm not organized enough and my dining room table can't take it!
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1. Nostalgia, back to when I was a baby on thru my college years, which includes the grandparents, etc.
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BeckyT
24 years ago
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Hilary
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I have 2 for my daughter, so far...she's 3 (and amazingly enough I'm caught up with it!)

Just started one for my hubby & I starting from when we met.

My three sons album--gift for a friend, bday pages up to age 5 and then some assorted kids pages

Baby album--gift, newborn page right up to all the "firsts"

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Several wedding books--dating years pics up through wed day

This is an addicting hobby. Just about everyone in my family has rec'd a scrapbook in one form or another!!
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kelly
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Well, it seems I have more "planned" than I've actually done. But here's the scoop on what I've done/am doing.

1. 8x10 size for my mom's 2nd wedding
2. Going Down Under (trip to Australia)
3. Baby's first Year (my dd's baby book)
4. Ds#2--Birth to 5 years (not quite done, as he turns 5 in 5 weeks LOL!)

working on my wedding/honeymoon album
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In the future: I will have a Birth-5 years album for ds#1 and dd. These will be their books to have when they leave home. (Obviously will also do 6-10 yrs, then 11-graduation)

I will have my own family album. But when I say "family" I more mean just pics of my kids. Maybe some other family members will make it into the album, if they're lucky LOL.
christmas thru the years album

The Grandpa Book this will be a 5x7 tribute album for each of the kids, about thier grandpa and great-grandpas who've passed away.

Summer and Winter Fun

Birthdays

This should take me till I'm dead!
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