I do a mix of things. Most items get photographed and tossed. A handful of things get photograped for the books but also saved. I have one medium-sized bin of the kids' artwork, and each of them has a bin in their closet with things that were special to them (or me) at various stages of their lives. A few things (baby announcements and handprints, for example) get framed and kept on the walls. Finally, some special memorabilia (for example, a few important trip items and holiday cards from our closest relatives) gets put into the albums. Back when I printed individual pages and put them in page protectors I used to put the memorabilia in a page protector, too. Now that I do all photobooks I sometimes put a PVC type of envelope inside the back cover with those few things.
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