The Story About TJ’s DIY Baby Book

A child’s life is full of delightful new experiences, especially during the early years.

When I was pregnant with my son, I wanted something to document all these precious memories.

After searching around, nothing really spoke to me, even with some very expensive options.

We got gifted a baby book from the baby shower.

But certain pages, I wasn’t intending to fill out, and it also lacked pages for other bits and bobs.

My antie Jane casually suggested a scrapbook might be the way to go.

Although I knew that she might be right, I just can’t see myself spending hours scrapbooking over fancy patterned paper and gluing decorative borders…

Our DIY Baby Book

Documenting TJ’s “Firsts”

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My auntie introduced me to her scrapbooking pal Kathy, who showed me how to document a baby’s “first” using a monthly square calendar digitally and print them out to make them into a scrapbook.

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I used Adobe Illustrator to make the generic monthly calendar pages.

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