I included a vintage photo that I had picked up for her on the front page. I also included an envelope filled with self-adhesive photo corners, so she would have a safe way to mount the pics without damaging them.
TO keep with the old-fashioned photo book vibe, I used black cardstock for the pages.
I can’t wait to see how it looks with her collection added and as the collection grows!
What a great gift! Love the photo you found to add to the collection. It was thoughtful of you to include the photo corners. And the inside front & back covers are really cool, also.
Yes, I highly approve the corners. I was able to scan a bunch of very old photos from an old photo book before they made plastic pages, so it was very much like this. However all the photos had been taped down. It was a matter of carefully lifting them and putting them back with the photo corners. Sometimes there would be writing on the back. It was nice to be able to see that again.
Your book looks classy. I’m sure your friend will be very happy with it.
That’s such an interesting hobby/collection, by the way. I started collecting cat art recently and entirely not on purpose until it became a purpose. Shhh…
I was looking through a bunch of old photos with my mum the other day and all that was written on one was “I guess you will know who this is!” We didn’t.
