Choosing a photo album for a newborn

The birth of a child is a very significant event for every family. The first smile, the appearance of the first teeth, the very first steps - all these moments are very important for parents. It is these wonderful moments that I want to capture in order to remember them all my life. An album for photos will allow you to keep your favorite photos safe, the value of such photos will only increase over time. The features of such products, their types, the choice of photo albums for newborns will be discussed in the article.

Every person has events in his life that he would like to remember for many years. Particular attention is paid to children's albums, because it is so pleasant and interesting for parents to watch how their child grows up, how his height and figure change.

Typically, such items are interestingly designed, they have a bright cover with drawings. The pages inside the products are also usually colorfully decorated. In such an album there is a place for a photo of a child, starting from the first month. In addition to images, parents can place various memorabilia on the pages of the album: tags from the hospital, locks of baby's hair, or even his very first tooth. The peculiarity of the product is that his parents fill in all the pages with their own hands.

Pictures of the first year of life are usually pasted into an album for a newly born, describing in detail his first achievements. Special points include:

• a snapshot from the ultrasound procedure;
• day of discharge from the maternity hospital;
• Baptism;
• baby pictures of a child by months;
• photo from the first birthday;
• seasonal photos.

The number of pages in such an album varies. If desired, you can choose from a small book for pictures on 16, 24 or 30 sheets, and models on 80, 96 or even 300 pages. Each page of such a publication will become a story that will excite every time you leaf through a children's book.

The most common design is considered to be the chronological order of the album. For a change, various stories are included in it, supplemented with events. The questionnaire, placed on the first pages, and the family tree will be an excellent addition to such a publication. A good option would be to place here not only children's photos of the child, but also images of his parents in childhood. This will allow you to compare pictures, find similarities.

Many parents start designing the album at the end of the first year. At this time, they already have a little free time, which they can devote to this creative work. There are different types of baby beeches. Let's describe the most popular options.

• Standard models. These items can be found at your nearest bookstore. Parents will only have to fill in the pages on time and insert pictures into the cells.

• Custom-made products. This option is more often chosen by people who value not only quality, but also the originality of the design. The result in this case depends on the skill and imagination of the professionals involved in such work.

• DIY models. Having certain skills, you can make such a product yourself. The album, created by the hands of mom, will become a real relic in this family.

• Photobook. Such a product can be ordered from a specialized workshop. This option can be called the least time-consuming. Parents will only need to choose suitable pictures and decide on the size and design of the future product.

• Electronic options. The most economical option is an electronic photo album. With some design skills and using the computer program PowerPoint, you can create a similar copy. By entering the word "photos" into the search bar when starting the program, you can get a lot of different templates and choose the option you like.

Children's album design can be very diverse. A flying stork, an image of a baby, drawings of cartoon characters or fairy-tale characters can decorate the front page. When decorating a product, materials from the first diapers, undershirts, buttons are often used.

In craft stores, you can find a lot of suitable materials for such crafts.

• Wallpaper decorated with buttons or beads will look very nice. It is desirable that they match in color with the color of the album and other decorative elements.
• Details or decor can be sewn on or glued to create multi-layered compositions.
• For those who know how to knit, it will be easy to knit decorations in the form of flowers, various figures, a baby carriage.
• The album can be made so that it is tied on a bow with a satin ribbon, fastened with a button, button or latch.

Photo albums for boys and girls have their own differences. First of all, they differ in their design, colors.

When choosing a product for a girl, you should pay attention to models that have appropriate shades. The design of such albums is more often in pink. White, beige, coral, lilac colors can be used; also, for a girl, you can choose a copy in a soft fur binding.

When choosing a photo album for a boy, it is better to give preference to products without excessive decor. The color can be any, but it is better to buy a baby-book in blue, turquoise or green.

Choosing models for twins, you can purchase a standard version in the store or make an individual album for each child.

Armed with the ideas of professional craftsmen or needlewomen, you can make an album for the birth of a child with your own hands. Such an exclusive handmade album can become a real work of art. Models made using the scrapbooking technique look especially interesting.

The cover of such a book usually looks very unusual and original. On it you can place the first photo of the baby in a beautiful frame or just make an inscription.

To make a photo album for a newborn baby using the scrapbooking technique, you will need:

• binding;
• paper (office);
• colored paper;
• scrap paper;
• pastel;
• scissors;
• Scotch;
• glue;
• figured and border punch;
• decorative elements.

Let's describe the creation process step by step.

1. Take sheets of white paper and cut out the photo substrates from them, processing the edges with a border punch.
2. Cut out figures in the form of a square and a rectangle from sheets of colored paper. Their number should be equal to the number of photographs.
3. The edges of the colored figures in the form of a square are tinted with an ink pad, and a border punch is used to process rectangles.
4. Squares should also be cut out of scrap paper by machining the corners with a curly hole punch.
5. Using textured white wallpaper or beer cardboard, cut out the pages. To prevent the pages from curling, they are ironed through the fabric.
6. On a white background, parts are randomly glued, fixing with a sewing machine. In this case, the substrate is left on top, because the baby's photo will be located on it.

Ribbons, images of flowers, butterflies are used to decorate the pages. When creating a cover, a material of a suitable color is selected, and squares of the same size are cut out of it. The presence of pieces of padding polyester will allow making the cover softer. The synthetic winterizer is applied to the cardboard sheets, after which they are covered with a cloth and glued to the inside.

It remains to sew the ribbons-ties, make original jewelry from the available materials, decorate the cover with pearls, rhinestones, beads.