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Background:
I'm one of those women, when I got married I couldn't resist the temtation of a library bound wedding album from the photographer. I was afraid I'd be disappointed if I didn't buy it, which of course is true. It's beautiful. One problem. We were given 3 scrapbooks! None could be returned for various reasons. They've been collecting dust ever since.
It dawned on me, one of them might work as a life book. I looked through them. The first two are totally wedding oriented. The third is soft baby yellow and gold. It has hearts as a border on the front with a hanging free form heart in the middle. It is very nice.
If I remove the married on page you can't tell what it was planned for. Do you think it would be okay for a lifebook?
My other question is it has 18 pages. If I don't use them all would it be fitting to leave them in, as a "to be filled"?
We are looking to adopt an older child between 5 and 12 boy or girl. I think that might make a difference in your answer. So the child would be the one to see the life book, not the birthmom. In fact in our case the child would see the book even before they meet us (in our case the child is given the book, and asked if they would like to meet us).
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I'd say "yes"... go for it! I think using the album would be fine. It will even make for a great story some day. How awesome it will be to find out that your mom created a special gift for you out of something she received as a wedding gift!
Also, if the album doesn't turn out being 18 pages long, and you are able to remove the page with the marriage info, are you also able to remove the extra pages that aren't used? I don't think it would hurt to leave them in though either. Maybe your child will want to add a couple of pages, photos or thoughts, of his/her own. Kids that age may want to contribute something to their lifebook. Having the "to be filled" pages sounds like a good idea to me.
Best wishes!
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Thanks for the insight on that one! I like the used the wedding gift for you, concept, that puts it in a much better light. Knowing the woman who gave me the book as I do (my cousin) she would also love to hear that we used it as a lifebook for our future child.
Your signature line says you're almost done with yours, did you start working on it before or after the match? I'm sure it will be brought up during our MAPP Classes, but I wasn't sure about guidelines, etc.
I've been thinking a page for Hubby growing up, a page for me growing up (one sided) a page of the pets, and one family page. I'm not sure maybe a page of extended family (we're quite a large family). Somewhere in there, would be the house and the yard. :) I have read no more than 4 or 5 photos per page.
Thanks again!
Well, actually, the lifebook I am doing for my daughter is defined differently than the way you are envisioning the lifebook. I adopted internationally and the lifebook is the story of her birth, her birthfamily, why the adoption plan was made, her time spent in foster care, information about her birth country and then will end with her joining our family.
What you are doing is a little different, although could be considered to be similar to the final segment in my lifebook...describing the family into which your child will enter.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that your ideas and example pages sound great. For your purposes, although they are different from mine, it sounds like you are right on track. I'm sure there are guidelines, though, so those should help sort out the remaining details.
Best wishes!
Congrats on your newest family member. :) Thanks, I've been holding off on the actual creation of the lifebook. (since we're open to a boy or a girl, I want it to be a little better targeted than I can make it now) But I keep turning over ideas in the back of my mind.
I used "stickie dots" for my last scrapbook project, and found those little dots hard to keep where they needed to go (I did have it pretty well down by the last page...) do you have another mounting suggestion?
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