Help to make two baby girl albums!!!

well, for starters, it is ok, to make them simple. Like a photo mat with a small embellishment/ribbon and to make the pages similar. Here is what i have done for a person at work that pays me to make albums as gifts for baby showers. 8x8 album. I buy a paper stack, so that is coordinating, and then embellies to match...Michaels is a good place to find matchy type stuff. Pages look like this: 8x8 page, with 4 1/2 x6 1/2 contrasting photo mat...put ribbon down either the right/left/bottom/top(depending on where the mat goes) and then place for journaling and opposite of that, place one embellishment. I either stamp the journaling spot or put a 3x5 card there so that the journaling can be added.

Depending on the gender, I can supplement the embellishments with flowers or for boys, gears/t-bears/blocks, or other items that are boyish...

If you want it to be about baby "firsts", if you have the corresponding pictures, then I use first bath, tooth, smile, outing, food, bottle, etc. I always include pages for the siblings, the parents (or mom and dad separate and together), and one for each of the Grandparents, and of course baby too.

I know it seems simple, but this is what I do, and keep in mind, it is because I am trying to keep cost down as I only have her pay for the supplies, and NOT my time, and I do not know the people I am making it for. For that reason, simpler is better....and in my mind, it still looks classy, and not sloppy or barren.....

Don't forget holidays! I didn't take many pics of many of the traditional "firsts" but did take a ton of pictures of DD for her first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter etc., basically any time we got together with family and friends the camera came out. And I could do a whole album with just the pics from her first birthday party!

I also like to make some pages that can have any photo put in.

Titles like: "So Beautiful"
"Adorable"
"Precious"

When making an album for others, I like to have some elements that are continuous throughout the album. Maybe a diecut journaling spot that I put on many to most pages. Or a flower punch. Or a certain set of stamps that I use on most pages.