First and foremost - create for yourself!! your family will value every single photo and word you take the time to document, so don't stress over comparisons to others.
Having said that - you could try templates if you haven't before! it's a great way to take the pressure off coming up with an eye-pleasing page design. Then you just focus on using your own stuff to "fill it up"! and the stress of where to put all the doo-dads is gone because the template gives you something to work from!