ABC Album - See the ABC Ideas section.

Achievement Album - Achievements from job, hobbies, volunteer work, education, etc.

Anniversary Album - See Anniversaries.

Art Album - See Hobbies.

Autograph Album - Take this to school at the end of the year to get autographs. You can put photos in first if you want. This can also be done for a sports team or other groups.

Baby Book/Brag Book - This needs no explanation!

Baby Pictures Album - Use photos of all your family members as a baby. You might include date of birth, weight, length, etc. Also memorabilia like footprints. You could make a page with kindergarten and/or graduation photos.

Baby's Firsts - - First step, tooth, words, etc. See Baby Page Ideas.

Birthday Album (Child) - Pages for each birthday from the 1st through the 10th or so. See Children's Birthdays.

Birthday Album (Adult) - A great gift for a milestone birthday. Have the album at the party so guests can write down memories and best wishes. See Adult Birthdays.

Blessings Book - See Celebration Album

Book of Me - So often our albums focus on our family and friends. Why not make a special album all about all you. Include childhood years and your hopes for the future. Add photos of loved ones and journal about your relationship with them and how they affect your life.

Bridesmaid Gift - Photos of the friendship over the years as well as things from the wedding.

Business Portfolio - The size of album you use depends on the type of business.

Career Album - This can be about a current career or all jobs during a lifetime. This is often done when someone retires but can be started any time. I helped my daughter start an album about her husband's career in law enforcement that is an ongoing project. If you are doing this as a gift leave space for them to add journaling. They can write about what they wanted to be when they grew up, how they decided on their current career, the rewards and difficulties of their work life, etc.

Celebration Album - Put in things you want to celebrate - pictures with friends, special thank you notes, hobbies. Anything that makes your life special. Some people call this a 'Blessings Book' and keep it on their bedside table to remind them of all the wonderful things in their life. See One-Day Albums and Gratitude.

Christmas Album - See Holiday Album.

Collector's Album - See Hobbies.

College Album - Include photos of family, friends, pets, favorite hometown places, etc. (a good use for duplicate photos). This is something for the student to look at when they get homesick. It also keeps their other albums safe at home until they establish a permanent residence.

Commemorative Album - See Special Event Album

Cook Book - This can be a collection of heirloom recipes with photos of the dishes or the originators. It could also be a gift for a new bride or graduate with practical and easy recipes and cooking tips. There are photo sleeves the size for recipe cards. See Cooking.

Counting Album - See ABC and 123 Stickers.

Cruise Album - This could be about one cruise, a series of cruises or contrasting cruises (i.e. tropical versus Alaskan). See Cruises. (Donna in MB)

Dance Album - See Performing Arts.

Dating Album - This could be about that one special person with photos and memorabilia of your dating days. Or it could be an album about your dating years and include anyone you went out with. See Dating.

Dream Album - An album for all your hopes, dreams and wishes. Include goals and ways you might achieve them. Some people make albums called "Fifty Things I Want to Do Before I Die". Usually space is left for photos and journaling after you do something. Most people include practical things as well as some silly things and a couple of long term goals. You can also include things you would like to do but know you can't. (Donna in MB) See Hopes and Dreams.

Faith Album - This album is about your beliefs and how you carry them out in the way your live. It could include bible verses, prayers, hymns, photos of your place of worship, religions ceremonies, etc. See Philosophy and Religion and Religious ABC Lists.

Family Reunion Album - See Family Reunions.

Family Ties Album - An album of siblings. Include childhood photos, graduation photos, and wedding portraits. Add photos of their children as babies and as they grow. This is a great way for your children to "know" their aunts, uncles and cousins who live far away. (Pam in TX)

Family Tree Album - See Genealogy and Heritage Albums

Father's Brag Book - A book for the office or for a man who travels a lot. Have some pages where the photos can be updated.

Father's Day Album - Put in all the special things you feel about your father and memories from childhood. Include journaling along with quotes and poems. Or choose a poem and illustrate it with photos. See Father Poems and Fathers.

Father's Day Tribute Album - See Fathers.

Favorite Book Album - Try using words from the book When I Was Little by Jamie Lee Curtis. Find photos that fit or alter the words to fit your photos. Print the words in a childlike font (use a light box to trace if needed). Other good books are I Promise I'll Find You by Heather Patricia Ward and Just In Case You Ever Wonder by Max Lucado.

Favorite Pictures Album - Include quotes about smiles and photos. (Scrappin Karen) See Photography and Smiles.

Favorites Album - Use the title "Favorites Through the Years" or "These are a few of my Favorite Things". Do it by subject (a child's favorite color, food, etc. at different ages on one page) - or by age (a page each year with the child's favorite color, sport, hobby, etc.).

Fifty States Album - Many 5th graders learn the states, capitols, etc. Diane suggested making an album as well. Use a red or blue album or the 'Glory' album. Make it similar to an ABC book except with a state on each page. Use postage stamps that honor the states, postcards, photos from states you have visited, state quarters, etc. This could be a fun family project.
Because of weight and bulk it might be best to use photo copies of the quarters (except the one from your state). If you use coins mount them using large photos corners - adhere one corner to the page, put the quarter in and slide the other corner in place. (a photo split behind the quarter will keep it upright). Watch the placement of the coins so they aren't all in one corner nor opposite a photo.
You could put the quarters all on one page. Take a page you messed up, cut off the staple side jeeping and adhere it to the page with the quarters to distribute the weight among twice as many staples.
For more ideas see States

4-H Album - Record projects, awards, etc. Color copy ribbons to reduce bulk in the album. I don't have anything specific to 4-H but there might be something in the Farm Animal file you could use. Check the Index for specific project subjects.

Friends Album - Include childhood friends and current friends - and count yourself lucky if some are one and the same! Do pages for individual friends or categories of friends. Include poems and quotes. See Friendship Poems and Friendship Page Ideas.

Gardening Album - Either a small album showing your garden over a full year or an album of various flowers, trees, etc. over a number of years. See Gardening.

Genealogy Album - This can be about your research or the results or both. See Genealogy.

Girl Scout Album - See Scouts and Camping.

Goodbye Album - See Retirement Album and Moving Album.

Graduation Album - A great gift for a relative or friend. Include photos from all the years in school and several from high school. See Graduation.

Graduation Cookbook - See Graduation.

Grandparents Album - Give the album, with a few pages done, to grandparents who live far away. Every so often, send completed pages to add to the album. See Grandparents.

Guest Book - A great gift for a wedding, graduation or anniversary. A photo sleeve with decorated area on the right, lines on the left for guests to sign. Gather photos of the graduate, couple, etc. and include page protectors and a Micron pen.

Gymnastics Album - See Sports.

Heritage Album - See Heritage Albums.

Hobby Album - Car racing, bicycling, rodeo, fishing, hunting, etc. This is a good place for photos you don't want in your family album. My daughter is making a hunting album for her husband. She is not opposed to hunting but didn't want photos of dead animals and unshaven men in grimy clothes mixed in with photos of family birthdays, Christmas, etc.

Holiday Album - For all your holiday photos or just a few from each year. Include special cards, photos from distant relatives and friends and a copy of the card or letter you send out. This album can focus on one thing like ornaments or family traditions. See Christmas Album Ideas.

Home Album - Include poems and quotes on home and family as well as photos or sketches or all the places you have lived. This is great for people who move a lot. See Home Sweet Home.

Hometown Album - An album of what your town is like right now. Include photos of various homes, stores, people activities, street signs, etc. You can also include maps and newspaper articles along with journaling. If you have lived there a long time include information about how things have changed - or not - over the years. (Donna in MB)

House Building Album - Document everything from selecting the site to moving in. See Home Sweet Home.

Honeymoon Album - Include a page for each to write about why they wanted to marry the other, hopes for the future, etc. Leave pages at the end for photos of the 25th anniversary.

Journal - A journal or diary during a significant time in your life - such as approaching a milestone birthday or on a special trip.

Little League Album - See Team Sports.

Man's Album - A place for the man in your life to put all those fish, golf, hunting, sports or collection photos. Or make a brag book for the office or to take on business trips.

Memorial/Grief Album - A tribute album done after someone's death. Some people find that making this type of album facilitates the grieving process. See Memorial Albums.

Military Career Album - For yourself or a friend or relative who is retiring. See Military.

Mother's Day Album - Put in all the special things you feel about your mother and memories from childhood. Include journaling and some quotes and poems. Or choose a meaningful poem and add photos to illustrate it. See For Your Mother.

Moving Album - A great gift for a friend who is moving away. It can be an individual project or a group of friends and neighbors can help. Leave a few pages so the recipient can add photos sent to them later. See Home Sweet Home.

OPK Album - (aka Other People's Kids Album). For the photos you receive in Christmas cards - especially those who get a LOT. Use a Christmas album or a Christmas theme. (buysalot on S & S)

Personal Achievement Album - Document a personal achievement such as weight loss, continuing education in later years, etc. Include why you wanted to do it, problems along the way, how it felt to achieve your goal, etc.

Pet Album - An album for a special puppy or kitten or for all the pets you have had. Or use your favorite pet poems along with photos that illustrate them. See Pets.

Portfolio - An impressive way for artists, cake decorators, etc. to display their talent.

Portrait Album - Keep the most current photo in a frame and put the others in a coffee table album. Many people use a big book for this but many large portraits have distracting backgrounds and look better cropped to fit a 12x12 album. If you have smaller portraits you can make borders to fill the page or use wallet size photos around a 5 x 7. See Title Pages.

Recipe Book - See Cook Book.

Reminder Album - For family members in or entering nursing homes, etc. to help them 'know' the family when they visit. Include labeled photos of everyone, large print, etc. (Donna in MB)

Retirement Album - A great gift for a friend or co-worker. See Retirement.

School Album - See School Days.

School/Family Album - Make double page spreads for everyone in your family (parents, children, grandchildren). Put a kindergarten or first grade photo on the left and a graduation photo on the right. Write in names, dates, schools, etc.

Sentiments Album - "Sentiments" was Creative Memories first small album. Their smallest album is slightly larger now but the still make wonderful gifts for anyone - even yourself! You can make a scaled down version of any album type in a Sentiments album. Or pick a poem that pertains to your subject, put a line or verse on each page, add simple borders, put in the photos and you're done! If you don't have a photo to match each line of the poem, just use a favorite photo.

Special Event Album - For any significant event not mentioned elsewhere in this list. Some ideas are prom, first communion, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah and christening. Check the index for ideas.

Sports Album - For your child or a gift for the coach. Pass around a paper at a team party and have everyone sign. See Sports and Team Sports .

Teacher's Album - A great gift for a special teacher. Start early in the year taking photos. Ask other parents to help with the expense. See Teachers.

Theme Album - If you take a lot of photos of a specific thing - mailboxes, state line signs, barb wire fences, etc. - put them in an album of their own. That will be more interesting than being mixed in with family photos.

Then and Now Album - Each descendant (children and grandchildren) gets a 2-page spread. On the left put a baby picture and birth statistics. On the right you have three options. Put a current photo of the person with relevant statistics (age, interests, etc.). Put a photo of their high school graduation, wedding or some other event that pertains to everyone in the book. Or, if you want to be able to update the album, put photo mounting sleeves on the page and mount a recent photo on paper with the current statistics written around the photo.

Traditions Album - Family traditions and how they got started. This could be combined with a treasures album if a lot of your traditions center around objects.

Treasures Album - For the special mementos in your home - whether they are valuable antiques or things that have only sentimental value. Include photos, how the item came into the family, who made it, who has owned it, etc. See Treasures Album.

Tribute Album - To pay tribute to a special person in your life. This can be for a milestone birthday, retirement, etc. See Tribute Albums.

Vacation Album - This can be a special vacation or a collection of all your vacations. You may want to put a few vacation photos in your family album but the majority of photos and memorabilia - like plane tickets, maps, brochures, etc. - in your Vacation Album. See Travel.

Wedding Album - Your own wedding or as a gift to a friend. You can do the complete album or just do part and let them finish it. See Weddings.

Weight Loss Album - See Personal Achievement Album