I think one reason I've put this off is the sheer intimidation of it. My older son was born in mid-2008, and there are so many baby pictures. The task of sorting through them, selecting the ones to place in an album, then simply getting it done, seemed overwhelming. But I've struck on some strategies to help get through it.
First, I print all the pictures as collage pictures. Why? There's no way I can scrap them all as regular sized prints. The albums would be gargantuan. And there would be so many pages to make I'd likely never finish.
Second, I work one month at a time, and if I can fit one month into a two-page layout, I do. Exceptions are made for holidays and special events, and non-kid pages, of course.
Third, I love kits. They take some of the thinking out of finding things that coordinate and they push me to try products I wouldn't otherwise try. I often mix things from different kits or from non-kit supplies, and I often make pages without using kits at all. But having them helps when you want the help or don't have time to go shop for your own supplies.
Yet still, sometimes a page just hangs me up, as was the case with the 8-9 month pictures of my sweet boy. In such occasions, I turn to another trusted source of help: sketches. This page came together using help from Stuck?! Sketches, January 2016 sketch. Thank you!!
The paper from this came from My Mind's Eye's "Twinkle Twinkle Little Boy" pad, which I've had for a few years. Honestly, the background paper isn't my favorite, but the little boy in the pictures, who is now 7, insisted I use it. Ultimately I like how the page came together, so I'll happily and thankfully credit him with getting me to use it. The round dimensional dot embellishments came from an old Making Memories "little kids" mini-pack, and the other embellishments came from a Heidi Grace baby pack I got a few years ago. The alphas, bird stamp, and round card its stamped on all came from a kit. I made the star using my Silhouette, and inked the edge with a brown ink pad.
