Ok, if you were one the girls in my class this is what I would tell you...First of all you can do this! You are a very capable women who is organized and driven. If I am reading you right thru your posts I think you just get sidetracked and frustrated when things are not perfect. I'm kinda the same way.
Ok, with that in mind this is what you do. The grad book needs to be done first since it is coming up so get out Jennas pics and start sorting. I would plan on doing about 4-6 pages per year. Yes, that does mean that every photo won't be scrapped but you will have the highlights and the special moments. Jenna won't care if every moment is not on a page she will want the important memories and the layouts where you express how you and your husband feel about her.
This is a link to a class that teaches this kind of thinking about your scrapbooks. She also has a book by the same name. The whole point is to let go of burden of capturing her whole life in one space and strive to capture her personality and what photos meant to you. Does that make sense?
I think the rest of the photos could be put in a simple photo sleeve album and given to her or filed in some organized manner. With this thinking as the foundation, my books for the kids are more about moments like the pocket knife (because it is such a great snapshot of who he is) than every birthday or Christmas.
If you can get your photos ready for this kind of scrapbooking give yourself an assignment of doing___ pages per___. Then you will feel like you are working toward more than a black hole of impossibilty.
Ask yourself...if this were something from your mom about you what are the memories that you would cherish most. For me... my birth and how that affected her, my growing up and changing, what was I like as a little girl, some of the unique things I might have said or done, etc.
Does that make sense? Let go of the guilt and have fun with this. This is an awesome opportunity to share with your daughter how unique and special her life has been and what that means to you. Hope that helps and good luck.
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Ok, if you were one the girls in my class this is what I would tell you...First of all you can do this! You are a very capable women who is organized and driven. If I am reading you right thru your posts I think you just get sidetracked and frustrated when things are not perfect. I'm kinda the same way.
Ok, with that in mind this is what you do. The grad book needs to be done first since it is coming up so get out Jennas pics and start sorting. I would plan on doing about 4-6 pages per year. Yes, that does mean that every photo won't be scrapped but you will have the highlights and the special moments. Jenna won't care if every moment is not on a page she will want the important memories and the layouts where you express how you and your husband feel about her.
http://www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com/classesstacyfamily.html
This is a link to a class that teaches this kind of thinking about your scrapbooks. She also has a book by the same name. The whole point is to let go of burden of capturing her whole life in one space and strive to capture her personality and what photos meant to you. Does that make sense?
I think the rest of the photos could be put in a simple photo sleeve album and given to her or filed in some organized manner.
With this thinking as the foundation, my books for the kids are more about moments like the pocket knife (because it is such a great snapshot of who he is) than every birthday or Christmas.
If you can get your photos ready for this kind of scrapbooking give yourself an assignment of doing___ pages per___. Then you will feel like you are working toward more than a black hole of impossibilty.
Ask yourself...if this were something from your mom about you what are the memories that you would cherish most.
For me...
my birth and how that affected her,
my growing up and changing,
what was I like as a little girl,
some of the unique things I might have said or done, etc.
Does that make sense? Let go of the guilt and have fun with this. This is an awesome opportunity to share with your daughter how unique and special her life has been and what that means to you. Hope that helps and good luck.
awesome, kim. love it. I also love the post on deer hunting, it's a good attitude to have. I can definitely use the advice.
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