First wedding anniversary scrapbook for the year after
A first wedding anniversary scrapbook can follow the twelve months after the wedding. Use a small wedding opening, then give the first year's places, routines and events most of the space.
Use one wedding-day spread as the opening. Give most of the book to photographs from the following twelve months.
Sort those photographs by date before planning sections. Choose the occasions and ordinary days you have material for.
Make a book from these memories
Add your photos and keepsakes, then put the book together in your browser.
Open with one wedding-day spread
Choose one wedding photograph and a small piece of event paper. Leave the full ceremony sequence in its own album if you already have one.
Check the wedding date and the end of the first year. Leave later photographs for a different book.
Group the months by your photographs
A busy summer might use several spreads while a quieter winter uses one. Group the year around the photographs you have.
Include ordinary days as well as formal celebrations. A home or regular outing photo can identify a period with few events.
Let both people choose the ending
Ask each person to choose a photograph from near the anniversary. Leave room beside each image for their own account.
Pages to make
The starting day
Use one ceremony or wedding-day photograph with the invitation or programme detail that identifies the date.
The first months
Group photographs from the early part of the year. Pair a shared occasion with an ordinary place or object from the same period.
The middle of the year
Use photographs from later in the year with one flat keepsake or object image. Put the dates beside the group.
Near the anniversary
Place each person's chosen recent image on the final spread. Keep their own account beside the photograph they selected.
Questions
How is this different from a wedding scrapbook?
A wedding scrapbook records the ceremony and surrounding events. This book uses the wedding as its opening and concentrates on the year that followed.
Do I need a page for each month?
Group months with related material together. Use more space for the periods with distinct photographs rather than forcing a page for every month.
What if the first year was difficult?
Agree which events you want to include and which should stay private. Each person can keep their own account beside the material they choose.