![]() By making this a designer book, I had less leeway to play with things, but it also made it faster to create the book–I made it all in one sitting one night while I had my computer in my lap and watched TV at the same time! :) If you want the ability to be more creative, you can choose a different style (not the designer series) and play more with backgrounds, layouts, colors, etc. I ultimately chose the “Geneva” template after messing with some of the others. There are so many book options at Blurb, but I chose a small book that was just 7×7 for this project, and I worked within the Designer Series, which means that things were pre-set to some extent. At the end of the year, you can quickly whip up this book, and you’ll have a very special first birthday gift for your child! You could even give an extra copy to grandparents or someone special in your baby’s life. It will take a little forethought to keep up with the milestones throughout the year (because you will never remember unless you write it down!), but maybe when you take the picture each month, you could also quickly write up a summary of what happened that month–on paper, on your computer, or even in the notes on your phone. Any favorite pictures from each month would work just as well if you decide to do something like this! ![]() (I was able to refer back to her half-finished baby book to help me remember her milestones.) By the way, if your child’s first year is already underway (or has past), you obviously don’t need “special pictures” to show scale–this post simply illustrates what I did. At the end of the year, I simply uploaded these pictures to Blurb and then filled in a description of what she was up to that month. ![]() ![]() For those of you who just don’t have it in you to spend the time filling out an actual baby book (hey, I know it’s not for everyone–especially after the first baby when you have less and less time!), a book like this might be your solution! I took a picture each month of my daughter on her “month birthday” in front of the same bear to show some scale–the bear really gives you a sense of how fast she was growing. I do have a traditional baby book that I’m working on for her, too, (it’s about half done even though she’s past one now–I will finish it, oh, by the time she’s five or so!) but I love the simplicity of this photo book. It turned out so cute–I just love it!! It’s such a special keepsake for my daughter to mark her first birthday–and her first year! I am so excited to share this idea with you!! When I first started taking these pictures of my daughter each month, I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them other than have them for comparison (which is pretty neat, in and of itself, I think!) But I came across an offer for a discounted book on Blurb (an online company where you can make your own photo books), and I had the idea to make a little “baby book” for my daughter as a gift for her first birthday.
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