Steph, you are inspiring me to do mine as well....I think a consistent background would be best. I like the idea of Jesse's clean and serene papers, could be a little different for each one but still consistent.
Susie, that is a stunning layout. I also really enjoyed looking at Heidi's albums!!
The daunting thing for me is scanning in all my photos. We couldnt afford a great photographer either, so ours were from photog hobbiest friends of ours. I cant wait to see what you come up with
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