When I started scrapbooking,I decided I wanted to make sure my kids each had their own albums, so I would make sure I had my pictures develop in triplicate. I would do one lay-out for whatever the page was, i.e. Christmas,Vacation, birthday and then duplicate and put it in everyones album. If I didn't have the time to do all three albums at once, I put all the needed materials in a 12 x 12 siplock bag and waited until the next time I got together with friends to scrapbook. I would have everything I need, and my orginal page as the example. If made for great fun. I could get something done but enjoy conversation with friends. This has worked out great for me. When my older son got married and moved away from home, I gave him his albums. Now, his wife could look back and see what he was like growing up.