I have bought several mini album kits, where I just add the photo, in hopes of gifting for say Mother's Day. I have never done it.
But this year (lol) this year is different.

I'm going to do it! My biggest issue with the ones you can buy, is that the kits aren't usually good enough for both girls and boys. And since I have 2 daughters & 1 son, its important to me.
So this year I was thinking Im going to buy some templates and just do it myself. I can't just use my own gallery ones, because the journaling is personal, and usually directed to the person in the photo.
So if you do mini albums, how do you make the layouts? How do you bind them? I want to do a crafty, down to earth album for my mom but I don't want the pages to get ruined. Any tips?