Photo Album

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So I looked in the memories for photo album decorating/creating and the closest things I found were topics about photos, but nothing about what Im looking for. So, anyways..

My boyfriend is in the military and overseas at the moment..hes sent me a bunch of pics while hes been over there and I have pics of us together pre-deployment. Im looking to make a photo album and decorate it myself just to make it a little more personal. Would it be best just to buy a folder binder and decorate the front/inside the way I want, and just put the slips inside? Im not sure how to go about this but I was thinking if I just decorated a binder it may not come out so great. I want to put little flowers on it that you can get at the craft stores and maybe some vintage post cards or something? Or maybe something that would relate to him and I on the front. I also had another idea to make a cloth photo album..like sew some material together and fill it with some thick fleece or something. But I dont know, Im not really sure how to go about it so I can make a nice album. Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?