This post is actually found over at my scrapbooking blog, but when I consider making this hobby in a business who better to talk to than my "target market" THE MOMMY! I have a decent array of mom's who follow this blog and please read/look at everything below and give me some honest feedback. It would be greatly appreciated! THANKS!
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A good friend of mine had a baby last week and I had been meaning to make and send out a gift before the baby was born, but in the haste of Summer time I neglected to do so. Knowing the baby's birth was soon I started work on her album last week - buying the supplies and such. I put everything together this weekend. I was so happy to give this book as a gift. I don't often do a book where the whole thing is just 5 different colors/papers. So the challenge for me was trying to create 20 different layouts with the colors I had to work with. I think they turned out pretty well! I included the size that each photo should be for the matting that way there is no guess work for the new mommy. Cut and paste and she is good to go!
I can't wait to see how it looks once she has all the pictures inside! What excites me even more is that after seeing it she is ordering one for a girlfriend of hers' baby shower! YAY! A paid scrapbooking job - what a concept! I am hopeful more will come in the future! YAHOO!! It helps to get things going with a friend because she is wonderfully honest at helping me figure out how to price things and such as that.
The book is all about the firsts of a baby! I went through everything I thought was special with Logan (helped that I have most of his first year done) and added a few little things special to California and off we went.
The monkeys in the book. Cute, huh? I would be lying if I said they were a total: Pain.in.the.BUTT! HA! The colors I picked for the book match the nursery bedding/decor she selected. Also in the decor she chose are monkeys. I purchased the wall stickers they had for the room, scanned them, shrunk them, print and cut! The cutting took a lot of time, but it was worth it I think. They added just the right touch! I'm glad they turned out so cute.
Different embellishments used:
- White fibers
- Silver brads
- Silver eyelets
- Embossing thread (green and white)
- Green/Brown "jewels"
For me I find it works best if I choose a set of things I'm going to use - embellishments/paper/etc and just stick with those for the most part. Makes putting the books together faster because you aren't always thinking on each page what to use. You only have to think HOW to use them!
Hope you enjoy - any feedback would be appreciated. OH - and for 20 8x8 pages, my time (10 or so hours) and supplies for the album (approximately $30 - for the album, paper, embellishments, adhesive) ... HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY?? (PLEASE BE HONEST)
2 comments:
I really like what you did, and I like how it's all "pre-made" so I could just buy a theme and then fill in the pictures as I go, I wouldn't have to keep going back and giving you pictures for each big event. Would you charge per year of life, per page, per book? How flexible would the designs be, how many pages would be in a typical book?
Arwen -
For the ones I've done they have all been one theme and premade so you would just need to put the pictures in as you go. Once you get the book I have nothing more to do about anything. The colors/themes are whatever you want really. The books are 20 pages. I would charge by the book typically. Or by page if that is what someone wants.
As you can see - I'm pretty flexible!
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