90th birthday scrapbook

[M&N]

My friend will be celebrating her 90th birthday next month. She will be having several special events over several days for this. Her family feels this will be easier on her.
I would like to make a scrapbook for her. My main problem is how to handle her cards. They are doing a card shower. What do you suggest? Putting them in the top loading protectors means she cannot read them. If I just use a 3 ring binder, what paper to use? Where do you get paper heavy enough?
Please offer suggestions about pages too. I do not have any way to get those cut outs. My other scrapbooks have been simple. Would printed pages be best if I just use pictures on the pages?
If anyone has any layout ideas, let me know. I know there will be 2 lunches, a concert, and a Christmas show she will be at. So basically the pictures will be of friends there.
Thanks.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

If you use a book with page protectors you can cut slits in the protector and punch a hole on each end of the slit like this o---------o which should keep the pages from tearing more. Then slide the back of the card though the slit and attach it to the paper. It works but it can be a pain.

What I did for my Grandma and MIL was to get a Creative Memories coverset album and the pages that go along with it (see pictures at the bottom). The pages don't require page protectors. The pages themselves are attached to the books. Then you can just adhere the cards right to the paper and she can read them as she wishes.
The covers run from $25 - $49 (for a 12x12 album) and the pages are $17 for 15 pages, which would be 30 pages front and back. They come in Black, Natural, and white.


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[M&N]

Thanks for the suggestions. I saw a spiral sketch book with heavier paper but I was afraid it would get too think to put a lot of cards in. Someone else suggested just putting the cards in a plastic scrapbook keeper and making the scrapbook separately. I just would like the cards to stay with the pictures.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Thanks for the suggestions. I saw a spiral sketch book with heavier paper but I was afraid it would get too think to put a lot of cards in. Someone else suggested just putting the cards in a plastic scrapbook keeper and making the scrapbook separately. I just would like the cards to stay with the pictures.

If you go the route of the spiral book, you can take the spiral out and replace it with ribbon. Just run strips of ribbon through each hole and tie them in bows or knots. That way you can loosen the ribbon as the book gets thicker.

 

[M&N]

Thanks so much for your ideas.