aimeej: Great keepsake albums

If you want to create a memory book or scrapbook but can’t figure out how to get started, you are not alone. My New Year’s resolution this year is to create a scrapbook of my daughter’s first year before she turns two! 

Aimee Jacobson, founder of aimeej keepsake albums, offers a few suggestions for getting started. They are:

1.  Decide how much time and creative energy you can to commit to the project.

Least amount of time: Keepsake boxes are a great alternative to albums. They hold hundreds of photos and are large enough for the 8x10 prints that never made it into a frame and onto the wall. 

A Little More Time & Commitment: Traditional Photo Albums 

More Time & Creativity Required: Scrapbook 

2. If digital photos haven’t made it from the camera to the computer, set aside a realistic amount time to download the photos from the camera and determine which photos you want to print.

3. Time-permitting, edit (crop, remove red eye, fix lighting, etc) the photos and print – either at home or upload to an online photo printing service.  

Tip: Edit and order prints at the same time when using an online service like Snap Fish or Shutterfly.

4.  Organize photos by year first and then time and ambition permitting, by events during the year. 

Tip: Print photos in the order you want to lay them out in scrapbooks or insert into photo sleeves

5. Make it a family project by encouraging older children and spouses to help. 

6. Don’t get overwhelmed.

Tip: Determine how much time you can commit each week or each month to the project and work in stages. Just getting the pictures organized chronologically is a great step for many. 

7. Preserve your photos and special mementos in acid free products to prevent colors from fading years later.

8. Choose beautiful keepsake products, like aimeej’s, which inspire creativity and make remembering easy.  

I am personally using the Luxe Baby Keepsake Box from aimeej which I love for its timelessness, not to mention that I just don’t seem to have the time to work on something more detail oriented.

If you created a keepsake box of your child’s first year, what did you use and how did you do it?

Comments

[Marie]

I think the keepsake boxes are a great idea, especially for parents with limited time to spend on this kind of project. I prefer my pictures in a book of some sort and currently, I am working on one for my son's first year. I'm using Snapfish's memory book to do this. I've been making an album of my son since the day he arrived. As each new batch of pictures comes off my camera, I put them onto Snapfish where I can edit them or add borders and even fix red-eye. When he turns 1 year old, I'll pick out certain pictures and events from that entire first year and put together a book that I order through them. You can completely customize it from cover to cover. I've picked the navy leather cover and have to decide if I want the kids themed pages or studio style. The options are numerous and the price is decent.

Also, with Snapfish, I can order prints in various sizes from wallets to poster sizes!

[Anne]

nice post, very informative!

-Anne
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