Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Better 19 months late than never?

The idea of Teagan's baby book is one that has been looming over me, casting a shadow over my free time for oh, about 19 months now. Pinterest seems to be a blessing AND a curse to someone as indecisive as myself. Having access to a jillion great ideas leads to me pinning a jillion great ideas...and if you're waiting for more, that's where it ends. I need to commit. 
Do I put together a binder with envelopes for photos from that month, writing milestones on the front of the envelope? 
     I've seen it done and while it's a wonderful idea, mine wouldn't turn out nearly as beautiful as the example I saw and it would haunt me forever.
Do I dare pick up scrapbooking again?
   The phrase "a woman's work is never done" comes to mind here. As an on-the-verge of obsessive perfectionist, a mere page takes me eons and she'd be 18 before I finished...and started on her (crosses fingers) siblings' scrapbooks. I know myself too well for this one.
Do I cut and paste from the Word Document I've been keeping since she was born and create blog posts out of them so I can slurp it into a blog book?
    I think this is the one. Some of you may laugh that I'm doing it in two steps, but I always meant to put her progress up on her blog, but it's suffered in that department. I started the blog when she was already 6 months so I got off to a late start. It would be nice to have it recorded here, so that's what I'm going to do. 
I will understand if you want to ignore my posts here for a while - after all, she's old now. In talking with a friend and looking at her blog books and baby books, I realized that the resources are available (and fairly easy to use) for me to create a professional-looking book that we'll enjoy reading for years to come. Easier said than done, but wish me luck!

1 comment:

  1. Can't wait to read the book when you get it done. You always do such awesome stuff!!!!

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