You can do it, Julia! Personally, I do think that the photo books are easier, but there is always that part about getting yourself to do it. Somehow, though, with the amount of time I spend with my computer, I find it easier than having to have a big space and equipment and so forth. [...]

I want in! I am hopeful I can get my office/craft space cleared this weekend so I have some space to scrapbook. I have two albums to do and then I think I am switching to photo books. Seems easier somehow? Maybe? Anyway…I have to print out pictures from 2009. That is the year of [...]

Andy, those pages look great! I hope that you are feeling okay today, having delved into those feelings and then had the bravery to put those two pages together. It is awesome that you are making the book for Liam, and for your mom. Truly a gift of the heart, and I am sure they [...]

Andy, my condolences on your loss.

I guess I can relate a little bit to the pain of scrapbooking the sad stuff. It took me months to scrapbook Quinnlin’s birth after we learned about his disease and it took me TWO years to scrapbook Gage’s dialysis and transplant because it was reliving it for me. I’m impressed you got some pages [...]

Well, I got some pages done. I’ve posted a couple of pictures. it’s a small album, just 6×6, so I’ve had to do a lot of cropping to get the pictures to fit just so. I think it’s been a good process for me.

Thanks Soibhan. They are not uncaring at all. They are great suggestions and very supportive. I’ve been thinking about the first option – just sitting with the pictures and dealing with the emotions. Even though its’ been almost 2 months, I don’t think I’ve really let myself feel…. I had such a complicate relationship with [...]

First off, Andy, let me express my condolences on your loss. I wasn’t aware of this having happened until I read your post earlier about the necklaces you ordered. (They are lovely, btw, I think your mom will adore hers.) It is difficult enough when a parent passes, but unexpectedly makes it that much more. [...]

Kristen, I love the idea of making sound memories. I stumbled across an audio tape not long ago that had my oldest on it when she was first starting to speak. Listening to her then little tiny voice (she’s nearly 11 now) evoked a lot of emotion for me – and i will certainly save [...]

Because I’m blind, I don’t scrap book visually. Instead I either write as much as I can or else record memories so I can go back and listen to them. I do have a friend who is making a scrapbook for our soon-to-be-born baby, but I feel like it will be less important than the [...]