crew's baby album
Babies and Christmas. More baby. More holidays. I know I'm hitting both topics a lot lately. That's what happens when I'm excited to share two kits with you simultaneously.
So ... back to babies.
I wanted to share what I've done so far in Crew's baby album. He's 5 weeks old now and I'm off to a strong start with recording his history. Here's a look.
So ... back to babies.
I wanted to share what I've done so far in Crew's baby album. He's 5 weeks old now and I'm off to a strong start with recording his history. Here's a look.
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61 Comments:
Watching this video makes me so excited!! I received my kit but I'm still waiting for the baby! I'm only 4 months pregnant, so I don't know the gender yet, but I keep pulling things out of the kit and looking at them and I'm so psyched to get started!
I received my kit yesterday and am anxious to get started. I have a while to go for the birth of my
2nd child in April, but am considering making updates to my 4 year old's album using this kit. It prompts ideas I had not thought of before. I can see me getting carried away and having to purchase another kit for baby #2 in the near future. Thanks Becky for creating such a wonderful kit!
Kim
I received my kit yesterday
and I'm really impressed
Are you thinking to do a continuation of this kids
would be great !
Very cute kit! I'm impressed with how much you have done in the short time that he has been on earth. Way to go!
WAY TO GO! You are SO far ahead! Crew is 5 weeks... Beckett is 5 months, and you are further than me for sure! :) The great thing, is I will be able to use your kit to get caught up! Thanks!
Is anybody else out there still waiting for baby kits that they pre-ordered? I'm not sure if there is a problem or if they are just shipping out a bit slower. I will try to keep being patient, but I am SO excited to start playing with all the fun products! Thanks!
My kit arrived yesterday!! I am so excited for our baby to arrive in 3weeks so I can get started on her album.
Thanks for the video Becky, I love seeing your ideas.
Ok - please share with us the best way to do the baby footprints!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your ideas- I got my kits yesterday and I pulled out everything and began sticking it in the plastic sleeves. I am going to CKC St. Paul on Saturday and I will be devoting the night to making my almost-2 year-old's album. I was needing some inspiration and this video was just the ticket. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your ideas- I anxiously await the next new project! (To the previous poster: It did take an entire week for the kit to arrive.)
Becky - you are unbelievable! Please tell me you have domestic help at home, because I don't know how you do it!! Do you sleep? You look fantastic! I love the kit, I hope I will be able to get two once our finances turn around...
Thanks for your ideas and the great kit. I got mine yesterday and I'm so happy I ordered it. Can't wait for the baby to come in Dec so I can start filling it with pictures!
Becky,
Seriously loving this kit! Got it yesterday and I am eager to catch up on my daughter's 1st year. Fun, fun!
Thanks,
Sara
got my kits and LOVE LOVE them! now maybe it won't be so overwhelming for me to finally do my sons album. Question: (i'm sure you've been asked before) what album do you like to use? This is my first time doing 12 x 12. Thanks!
the kit looks great and i'm hoping that my two that were pre-orders are even coming. :(
i have sent an email but haven't heard a word, can't track it via the website with the order number, it's very frustrating.
i think you've done a great job with these kits Becky. I'd love to see one for just birthdays and/or anniversaries.
for any of you out there who are debating on this investment.. you will NOT be disappointed!! I received my box yesterday and even though I have seen what would arrive, I was more thrilled to see the quality and thought into this amazing kit!what a value! the clear pockets are my favorite for the three ring books! The girl is a genius. You should grab these while you can- you will be so glad you did! I love it, Becky:)
thank you so much!
I did have a question about finding statistics to fill out the Time Capsule cards- do you have any good websites that would have that information? I've been digging around and haven't been able to find them. I did find the TIME 25 Top Ten lists at www.time.com thanks to Tina Cockburn's website but that only has the arts and leisure stuff.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi Becky,
I received my kit and I love it! However, I've noticed a couple of minor things. First, on the very first page, the "weight" and "Length" card is misspelled, but only on the girl side! Is there a way to get another one? And the multiple pocket protectors (like the time capsule page) are "wider" than the rest so they stick out when put in the album. Is this supposed to be that way?
Finally, some of the title circles have dents in them from being packaged next to the brads. Can I get more of these too? Please let me know who to call. Thanks! Like a previous reader posted, I'd love to see a continuation for kids' albums!! Great kit!!
Annetta
tweten@csicable.net
I got my kits today and I love love love them!!! So worth the price! I can't wait to put the albums together!! Incredible baby kit! Have you ever considered doing a yearly christmas 12x12 album?
i just received my kits today and it looks great! Thank you so much for you well thought out kits that let's moms everywhere get caught up !!
You rock! This was awesome! exactly what a baby album should have! Love it!
Do the page protectors come included? If so, do the little memorabilia envelopes work with postbound albums or does the kit require a 3 ring album?
Thanks!
It's wonderful! Almost makes me wish I was having a baby!!! :) Ha. I bought the kit and look forward to using it with my own boys' unfinished stuff (ages 17 and 25) or a grandbaby! Take care. Thanks for sharing all your great talent. I check your blog first daily!
Jeanne
In reference to what, 'one crazy family' said; I would check if I was you. I did and it turned out that it wasn't ordered after all even though I have my confirmation number. I had to reorder them and hopefully all goes well.
Oh yay... I just ordered 2 kits today. I have a 15month old and another due in 4 weeks and these will be perfect for them. Plus easy because a lot of the pages I can do similarly and at the same time! Can't wait to get them!
Congratulations on you baby!
Just received the 2 kits that I ordered. Looks like a lot of great stuff. I'm anxious to get started. I love that you gave us some ideas on this video of how to use the kit...I was hoping that the kit would come with a booklet of suggested layout ideas. With a new baby and being sleep deprived I don't have many creative juices left in me so I was hoping that I could just copy an idea of what each product was originally designed for. So, more ideas of layouts and how to use the kit please!
Becky, thanks for sharing! I wonder if anyone has suggested creating a kit around the idea of storage, with the majority being different sized memorabilia holders. Love these!
Hi! I'm confused and could use some guidance too. I got the kit yesterday and put started organizing the pages, but I noticed that there's no list of what's included. I think I got 17 pages in the semi-ready made stuff. Is that right? Also, the pages don't fit in my albums -- mine all seem to have just two holes. In the video it looks like you're using a regular three ring binder. I'd like to have something prettier. Any brands you can recommend? Thanks for your help!
Congrats on your baby Becky!
The funniest part was when you said David was busted and then that he was the one doing the videotaping. tee hee! You were so sweet with your gentle reminder to him.
But David is a doctor... is his handwriting still legible?!?!? :-)
So fantastic Becky. I love the family tree page. I've not done that for my kids, so I'm going to put that on the to-do list!
Thanks for sharing!
How do you do it? I received my kit yesterday and was so excited! My baby is 5 months old, though and I haven't done anything. I'm still trying to get caught up on other things. I'm also a little nervous about ordering prints. I don't know what I'll use and what size I want ... How do you do it?
LOve the album. THank you Becky for the ideas. At this moment i don't have the time to start with Kalle his album. He is the same age as Crew (5 weeks). I hope in two or three weeks that i will start with it. (at this moment he needs a lot of attention & breastfeeding him every 3 hours even during the night). I'm looking forward for more pages of his album.
Did you have a place on the internet where we can found your great and lovely pages?
I use them a lot for my pages. Thanks.
Love Simone
i have to tell you-i was almost regretting my purchase, especially after s/h was over $13, but i got my kits yesterday and they are worth EVERY penny!! i had baby #3 in january and this will be perfect, i'll use the 2nd kit to do my dd's (4) book and the leftovers from both to do my oldest (about to be 8)-his baby book (non-scrapped) is the most complete...looks like there are lots of choices and will have have plenty left over to do extra layouts!! i can't wait to get started! awesome kit becky!! and congrats once again on the arrival of crew!
I received my kits a couple day ago and WOW, this is fabulous. It is so well organized and makes putting together my daughter's album a breeze (she'll be 2 next month). I couldn't get in the house fast enough and start putting the pages in order like you suggested. Now all I have to do is print pictures and voila her album is well on its way to finally being done! I have a second kit just waiting for when we find out what baby #2 is going to be (due in May). Thank Becky for such a wonderful value and time saver!!
HOORAY- my baby kits arrived! I can't even tell you how excited I am! As others have said, even though I'd seen what would be included this kit was even better than expected. There is so much great product, and I already have all the pre-designed pages in protectors and ready to fill. Becky, this is a fantastic kit!
I don't think this has been mentioned, but I just wanted to say that this kit is easily adapted to single parents and adoptive parents as well. We adopted from China, and I am using this kit to tell our story for our sweet daughter. I think I only pulled two journaling cards that were about pregnancy and labor, and it all still looks great. I am adding a few pages about our travel to China and the adoption-specific parts of our story. Really easy to do! If the month-by-month approach doesn't work since your child is older, you can use the blank lines and journal away, regardless of what month it is (I am lining the back side with other paper).
For single parents, I think the "Just About Us" page would be a beautiful place to go into detail about how you longed to have a child and create a family, and then the "Us" is you and your child. LOVE how very adaptable this kit is.
I ordered this as a baby gift for friends who are adopting as well, and not sure if God will send them a son or a daughter. I think it will be a wonderful gift for anyone who's expecting!
Again, Becky - another AMAZING kit. Thank you for such an incredible offering. If anyone is on the fence about ordering - you will not be disappointed!
For those having issues, email Vivian at CK Media. Her email is VGrothe@CKMedia.com She's pretty good at responding quickly although I think she was out part of this week.
If you try to call the 888 number at the bottom of the preorder confirmation email, it says that if you are calling about an order placed on the website, call 1800.453.1173. I called it Tuesday only to find out my order was already shipped (unbeknownst to me) and to be delivered yesterday, which it was. I never got the email saying it was shipped like it said I should have.
So for those wondering about your kits, call 1.800.453.1173 and they should be able to look up your order by name! Hope this helps!
Hi Becky,
1 of my kits arrived yesterday(waiting for the other one). I love it!! I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for this kit and for the School Days kit. They have been a blessing and I loved reliving the memories yesterday as I went though the baby kit. Your hard work and that of the CK staff and everyone involved in making this happen is really appreaciated by so many of us I am sure.
BTW, I love the album you are putting together for little Crew!
Thank you,
April
Hi Becky:
I received my kit and went back to order another one. I am probably going to order one more. I was thinking of doing albums for all four (4) nephews. My sister-in-laws do not scrapbook, so I decided to become the historian of this family. Come to think of it, I am the only one that scrapbooks for both sides of the family.
Thank you once again for another great kit.
It would be a great idea for a kit to include just memorablia pockets big and small...I have the school album kit and I LOVE those pockets!!
Wow you lil Crew is 5 weeks old already.. Wow!
I didn't try order the kits.
Want to say hello and enjoy your blog. Congrats with lil Crew with your dear family.
Great job! ... hope you will share more as you complete it :) Can't wait til next tuesday when I get mine.
I so agree with you Becky. I too love the idea of having this kit and to also have the feeling of being "caught up" with a baby album. I have 7 children, so you can imagine the caught up feeling and the never having time to do much of anything feeling. This kit is a godsend for my sweet baby boy (#7) and it helps also to have the time to "try" and keep up with the other children's pages as well, since I don't have to devote alot of time to the baby album. I spent a good amount of time some years ago catching up on my other kids baby albums and it was daunting to think about what I was going to do when baby #7 got here. The kit is great and the big and little plastic folders are wonderful! Very useful to have. I also got a couple of your school kits and they have helped with keeping up with the school age kids stuff. I love how it's all laid out and there isn't that much thinking to it. I got my kit the other day and while the 3 little ones at home napped, I put the album together with the pages and inserted a few pics and such and felt so ready to go and definitely not overwhelmed....which is great for me these days! Thanks for designing such a neat, practical, and useful kit....now go and get David to "write neatly" on the page about you....I know I have to stay on mine as well. I had him do that just months ago for child #4's baby album, and he's 7 yrs. old now. Oh well, at least it's done! Thanks again....the relief I feel is undescribable and baby 7 will not feel left out cause he has an awesome album just like his siblings!
Becky,
I just wanted to put in a plea/request that someday it'd be great to have a toddler kit that would take us from 1 year to 5 or 6 yrs. old - then we could have a whole series from birth to graduation (with Baby Kit and School Kit). I would be so ecstatic to have a "system" for handling how we'd capture all the memories for our children. Of course you have plenty going on right now with enjoying your sweet three children! Just a suggestion for whenever :o) LOVE all your work! And we loved the pumpkin chocolate chip muffins we tried today also! Thanks!
I SOOOO agree with the comment that "One Crazy Family" posted above.......I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to see a toddler / preschool-type kit to bridge the gap between the baby kit and school years kit!! I know you are a little swamped right now, Becky, and have just introduced two new kits, but maybe you can ponder this idea......in all your spare time! tee hee! :)
Becky,
I ordered 4 of the kits and I LOVE them!! I hope you continue to post some pics of your completed baby pages(I couldn't see the video very well on my computer). It's great to see them done, because it motivates me to do mine. Thanks!
Stacey
Becky,
I have 3 children, ages 5, 8 & 9. I started scrapping after they were babies. Do you recommend this kit for someone like me who would have to go back years and have to journal (and majorly jog the memory)? I feel guilty for not having baby albums for them to add to their collection. Are you doing baby albums for Claire & Porter with this kit too? Thanks for your advice!
Jacki
I too found spelling errors on the girl side of weight and length. I will send email to Vgrothe as told by Becky but what I wondering was did anyone else find anything? I haven't poured through the kit yet.....
Thanks.
Becky awesome kit kudos to you as always. My husband seems to think we are in for a bad winter, I almost want one so I can stay in and scrap!!
For the above comment, I looked through everything and I didn't find any other errors. Vivian got right back to me when I emailed her about the misspellings. So much fun stuff in the kit!
Becky,
This is totally unrelated, but I love your office color. Would you mind sharing the shade for the color-impaired, such as myself?
Thanks!!
I just had a baby on Oct. 2 and I am very excited about this kit!
I was wondering what kind of paint or ink you used to do your baby's foot print? I love the color and was curious.
Becky..which 3-ring binder do you use for the baby kit? Would love to know.
Thanks..Angie
I have not yet recieved my kit and I pre-ordered it awhile ago. I wasn't sure who I need to contact for that.
My baby is almost one...yikes! My second child is being baptized this coming weekend. It goes by way to fast so I am excited to get this kit and get Bryna's kit going.
Thanks Terra Hall
Hi Becky!
I got my baby kit last week and can't wait to put together my 4 yr old's baby album...Better late than never. Next yr he starts K so I need to get moving on that!
I'm totally LOVING this kit
What album do you recommend using for it?
Thanks!
Kelly in Ohio
Hi, I am not sure who to contact is it Vivian? I ordered two baby kits the first day they were on sale, and I still have yet to see them. Just wondering, thanks!
If you have not gotten your kit i would call and double check. I too ordered my 5 kits the first day and I finally called them last week and they said there was a problem and that they would get them right out to me. Then i got another email from them the next day stating that i would have to reorder them all. So i reordered last Monday. I finally got a notice from ups showing that they received the billing information, but it does not show anything else. It has been a week since i reordered and i am still not sure if they are on their way to me yet. I can not wait to get them though, as they look adorable. A toddler kit would be awesome. As would a wedding one.
Becky,
I know you do not deal directly with the shipping of the kits but I have e-mailed Viv twice since last week with no reply. I need to contact someone to cancel my orders. Is there someone else I can get a hold of?
Thanks.
Becky: I have/am waiting for soooooo long to recieve my two baby kits. Last week I called customer service and they gave me a number to Sheri @ 1-303-215-5657 I called her today for the 4th time
and she reordered these kits for me and is going to put a request for 3 day shipping. I was pleased with her willingness to accomodate me. I would not have been so upset but ckmedia already charged my credit card the same day I ordered it and here it is the 28th and I still have not recieved them. I have ordered several of the other kits with no problems so I was really shocked to have so many problems with this one. Sorry this is so long I just wanted to clue you in as to issues with shipping. I know you dont have anything to do with that part of it but if my name was on a product and customers were not getting what they paid for when it was promised to them I would want to know about it.
Sincerely Donna
Becky,
I too have talked to Sherry several times reordered last Monday, got a tracking number on Wed (last week) and it is still not showing that it has shipped. I really hope that this is not sitting there still waiting to go out. I preordered this is Sept 15 and had to reorder. Please let me know if there is someone else we should be talking to. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Brandy
becky, i'm not even sure if you read all of these but i'm curious about something....
i know you use Costco to print most (if not all?) your photos. have you noticed that they are not true 4x6 anymore?? i just ordered over 200 pictures to scrapbook & was sorely disappointed to find out that all my resizing efforts were skewed--not to mention my 12x12 page layouts--because of the new size....
how are you adapting to this??
I simply love the way you have assembled baby Crew's album. Thanks for sharing. Since I am new to scrapbooking it will give me more ideas that I can play with it. Thanks a lot for taking the worry out and making the kit to fun to work with
Hi,
I, like those above, preordered my baby kits on 19th September and had to reorder this week by calling Sherry. Have not recieved any confirmation yet...
I guess with all the changes (website, warehouse) there have been some issues. I just want to know that they will arrive!
I will be very disappointed if I don't end up with any, because I think they are fantastic.
I`m going to have twins one is a boy and one girl, I just start the baby kit, and have a couple of questions, I`m trying to use both sides of the paper to make the pages blue and pink and I`m getting short of ideas, please help. Besides how can I change some of the embelishments to make them plural???
Are these baby kits still available at this late date? Is there a way I can order online?
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