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Scrapbooking
Creatively Keeping Track of Baby's First Year
By Shel Franco
Consultant-based businesses, such as Creative Memories, build clientele through in-home workshops. "In the class, people get to use all the photo-safe products they need to complete their first of many pages, and I am there to provide hands-on assistance," says Stephenie Hooker, a Creative Memories Consultant from Silverdale, Wash.
10 Ways to Personalize Your Pages
So, now you're ready to go. The baby's asleep, you've got a cup of hot tea and your supplies are spread out on the table. Before you start gluing everything down, Benham offers a list of items to help make your scrapbook as unique and special as your baby is.
- Baby's hospital bracelet
- The hospital bill
- A photo of the hospital
- The name and photo of the delivering doctor or midwife
- Photos of baby with parents, grandparents and siblings
- Baptismal or dedication certificates
- Locks of hair
- Tickets from baby's first airplane or train ride
- Receipts from the purchase of formula or baby food
- Records of doctor visits
"Creating a baby scrapbook is a very rewarding experience for the person who assembles it," Benham says. "And [the scrapbook] will be valued for years to come, by baby, and later, even by baby's offspring. Who wouldn't love to have an album someone had lovingly assembled for them?"
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