I must admit that 
mine is growing rather quickly. . . Okay I have a pretty big confession here, but my oldest son was 2 years 9 months when his baby brother was born and I’m not even pregnant in our current scrapbooks! Oh, did I mention his “baby brother” is now 3!?!
Enough confessional as I’m sure you get the drift – my family albums are woefully behind. So when someone tipped me off to the How Fast They Grow online scrapbooking service, I was very intrigued. It turns out that this site is the best invention for busy scrapbookers. You do need to have the photos you want to use in digital format but after that it is magically easy.
How Fast They Grow calls the
mselves the “Home of the 7 Minute Scrapbook page.” I am not that efficient yet, but I have been devoting about 20-30 minutes per night and can usually complete 2-3 scrapbook pages in that time. When I was doing traditional paper scrapbooking and cutting my photos and designing pages, my average was closer to 30-40 minutes per page. Quite a difference! While the site is still increasing their page offerings, they do have a good selection already of pre-designed scrapbook pages that range from space for one special photo to a collage of up to 6 photos. There are boy pages, girl pages, gender neutral pages and occasion pages including everything from Halloween and the 4th of July to Christmas and Easter Holidays.
I had given up on traditional scrapbooking because I just didn’t have the time anymore but this innovative website allows me some creative outlet for putting together my photos without all the time and physical space that my paper scrapbooking demands. All you do is log on, upload your photos, pick a design layout and begin dragging and dropping your photos into place. It couldn’t be simpler, even for the relatively computer unsavvy.
Best of all, it’s free to design the album pages! You can share your designed pages with friends and family anytime at no cost. You only pay for the pages that you want to have professionally printed and sent to you. It’s a great way to keep friends and family updated with your albums when visits aren’t possible.
Are there improvements that can be made? I would love to have a bit more creative control and be able to merge the space for 2 photos into 1 larger one for a bigger shot. Also it would be fun to be able to move the elements of the page around for a more idividualized look but I think that this method of scrapbooking is the wave of the future. It’s time you got on board!
Right now it couldn’t be easier. Test drive How Fast They Grow Online Scrapbooking to create the best looking pages you’ve ever done and from now until Feb 15th, and use the special Let’s Go Strolling coupon “LetsGo” for 15% off your order. There’s never been a better (and cheaper) time to get started catching up with all your photo albums!
