I rarely, if ever, do one-picture layouts. It would be cost-prohibitive for me. I typically fit 5-10 pictures on a page. If I have one amazing photo that summarizes an event, I might do one picture on a page and two or three on the facing page. For me, this is a carryover from paper scrapping, where it would have been unbelievably expensive to use all that product on a page with one picture. I also want to see my pictures; I don't print the ones that don't get in a scrapbook, so that's my one chance to let them shine.
I am only scrapping my one picture a day for 365, and I might do a summary of the "big events" in a family book, but I won't start scrapping that until January 2010. My kids' birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, vacations . . . they will all go in a family book.
I always make two-page spreads. The pictures are similar themes, and similar colors. I don't like the imbalance of two single pages next to each other, but that's a totally personal opinion. But what I mean by single pages is completely different color schemes, background paper, etc. I always work on a 24X12 template and make the two pages go together. I always choose enough photos to do two pages at a time. It just looks more symmetrical to me.
I'm from Maryland, too, I grew up in Annapolis, went to college in Annapolis (Navy) and College Park. My family is still there, I make it back 2-3 times a year. Welcome from a fellow Maryland-er!
Sarah
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