? for those that scrap each kid separtely

[joyah]

Okay so I'd made a promise to my self that xmas 2007 would be scrapped by 1/31. Everything was going alondg great finished DS 7's book by mid month and started in on the other one. IT'S STILL NOT DONE. So does anyone here frind one child easier to scrap than the other(s)? I mean like total block you put a page together and rearrange it 6 times and still not happy with it?
I feel like an idiot same subject same pj's and if I put the pictures on the same paper it just looks off...................... All he wants is for me to scrap his 1st deer pictures and I promised him right after I get xmas done.......... I'm at the end of the rope with this one. help

 

[Lisa]

For those who scrap each child separately, bless you. I can barely keep up with one child.

 

[mantaz]

If I come to a block on something, then I just put the pics down and move on to the next thing. You can take a break from it, do something that inspires you and come back with a fresh mind. I usually will leave the page and pictures in the book and go to the next thing. Might be a few layouts later but I will finally have an idea pop into my head and then the layout happens.

Hope that helps.

 

[luvmk1971]

I scraped each child individually for two years. I could not keep up and had a hard time coming up with new ideas so most of the pages in each book were the same. This year is my first year doing one family album and I'm loving it. It is so much easier for me.

 

[joyah]

I've always done their albums separtely because someday I figure they will want their pictures. I know that many years ago my grandmother pulled the family ablums apart and gave each kid theirs. I do not want to do that.

I think that my brain is just playing games with me. My lovely husband is always telling me that the younger one is my favorite and so that is why my brains just telling me that Levis isn't working. I'm going to just do it and get it done.

If I can just move on then maybe I'll be okay. I've got a crop the end of march that's 8am- midnight so I'll get by it one way or another

 

[Raenstoirm]

Another idea, is to do 3 books of the exact same thing. The "base book" is yours to keep. And then you make the same book for each child. You can scan your book and then add any pop-outs as needed (such as a fold out journaling part or a 3D diecut) to give the copies more personality. Then at their wedding, or the birth of their first child, or whenever you plan on presenting the book, you can still have all those memories in your home as well.
That is what I plan to do for my kids (when I have them) since I cant seem to get one book done at a reasonable rate let alone multiple!

 

[Spinning]

I only seperated school, scouts, birthdays and sports...sounds like a lot but it really isn't bad. I tried to do 2 of everything and that made me nuts. So vacations are in one book. The kids can fight over when I am dead! LOL!
As for one being easier...yes my girl book much easier....more variety of paper selections and when all else fails, Prima flowers add so much to a simple page! DS book has some too but not as many!

 

[joyah]

I guess that's what has me baffled..............
i can see girls being so much easier for the amount of stuff that's available. but these are both boys same subject wearing the same cloths. that's it i just proven that I'm insane. Please commit me to a nice padded round room, and every once in a while toss in some food.

 

[WDWPirate]

I also have 2 boys and I do a book for each of them. I usually use the same layout for each boy but pick pictures that tell their "story" of the situation. Example...for Christmas, one child got an iPod and I had several pictures of him opening the boxes (the iPod was wrapped in multiple boxes so the box size wouldn't give away what it was) until he got to the iPod. The look on his face was priceless! My other son (3 year old) got a ride on John Deere tractor. He liked it a lot and my favorite pic I scrapped around was him sitting on it with a huge smile on his face. Some of the photos were the same but each boy had his special moment too.

I find it easier to scrap an event like Christmas or Disney all for one child and then go back and recreate for the other. I scrapped 27 Disney pages visit before last for each child and the first set was so hard but the second set (for the other boy) was so easy because I was really copying the creative layout I already had.

I am leaving for a scrapbooking weekend this Friday and I hope to get all of our last Disney trip (10/07) done during the weekend. I have done everything else and saved that for this weekend that me and four friends do every year. I sure hope I have my creative juices flowing!!

Good luck!!

Beth

 

[MedCruise07]

Can you get your son to help you with his book? Then the burden of making all the decisions (pictures, paper, layouts) wouldn't be all yours.

 

[joyah]

Beth and MedCruise
Both great ideas!!!!! Thank you I think I put to much thought into it and try to capture each one's personality. Levi is definately big enough to help and would probably love it.
thank you again!!!!!

 

[KerTggr]

A friend of mine scraps cronologically and makes books for both kids. She waits until she has a large pile done and then takes them to Kinkos - has them color coppied. Then, every other page in each kid's book is a copy. EX: Kid 1 has the originals for pages 1,3,5,etc. While kid two has copies for those pages.

 

[wdwdancerwannabe]

Each of my children have their own full scrapbook from pregnancy to birth to age 1 - the last page is their first bday.

Then after that, I do an overall family album.

but, if we have a big vacation/etc (Like Disney, of course) then I make a whole separate book for that.

I've been thinking about this recently though. I'm thinking of putting all Christmas pages in one book --- through the years.

Maybe do the first day of school for every year and make a separate book of nothing but that of both kids....

 

[MazdaUK]

I have books for each kid, but then also Christmas, vacations and now I'm doing "family year" books too So some pics are scrapped 3 or 4 times - yes, I'm . As my boys are 6 years apart though its not so hard, but I do sometimes find it difficult as my teen is in the don't take pics and I'm not smiling anyway" mode so i don't have enough of him - he gets single pages where DS(8) gets double, but then I did more baby pages for him so it will even out

 

[TiggerFamily]

I do an album for each of my boys and a school album for each of them too. I do a family Christmas album and a vacation album each year of where we go that year. This year we are going to Disney again so I'm excited about doing that album.