The “scrapbook” I made from my grandma’s old photos used photo corners and placed details about the photos and what feelings and thoughts came to my mind around the photos. The book and pages are black and it has a photography/art feel. It is not cutesy in any way. My grandfather was an artist and I wanted to keep it in line with what was done in the past and his art background. No photos were cut or damaged and I can remove them if I want. I love the album because of the story it tells. The picture of my great uncle Sidney has next to it a copy of a letter he sent to his sister, her husband and daughter (my grandma, grandpa, and toddler mother) during WWII when he was stationed in Europe. Photos of my grandmother taking the Queen Elizabeth transatlantic and I wrote up the stories she used to tell from her voyages. You can make the book look as formal or informal as you want.