Alternate Ways of Making Albums

Jaye's comment from a couple entries back got me thinking of different ways of making albums rather than the tried and true chronological way. Here again is her comment:

"If you are consistent with materials, you can create the pages and put them in an album of your choice. Then, if you decide to reorganize by year or by events (e.g. an all Christmas album), you can do so later."

This makes a heck of lot of sense. Sheesh, why didn't I think of that?? I've been so stuck in my chronological rut. I'm not knocking the chronological arrangement - it works great for kids' pics or keeping a year-by-year chronicle of life. But maybe other ways would work better for me. Perhaps also make for more interesting viewing for others, arrangements that are not simply a mishmash of photos related only by proximity of time without any other central theme.

I could make other themed albums, such as my home (moving, decorating, entertaining, etc.), hikes I've taken, family photos, gatherings, trips, whatever. (I've considered doing this before, but only for occasional special albums.) If later I got really bugged that all of the photo layouts for a particular year were scattered in several different albums, I could rearrange them. As Jaye pointed out, I would need to make sure the pages were consistent size and format (top loading, strap binding, etc.) Creating each layout separately in order to make sure I could lift a layout without taking part of another one would actually be easier, although may make for more blank pages. This could be a worthwhile and valuable strategy for me. Thanks, Jaye!