tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post4977387896170797448..comments2023-08-13T09:59:34.948-05:00Comments on Clio: Creating an Adoption Profile BookKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904312596252519993noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-19591488306482965002010-11-19T16:10:51.421-06:002010-11-19T16:10:51.421-06:00My husband and I are just embarking on this journe...My husband and I are just embarking on this journey after having 2 failed embryo adoption attempts. This info is SO helpful for me as I'm trying to figure out what to include in our book. I'm so glad I found your blog. Thanks so much for sharing!Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826913919163707391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-41481178545213658522010-09-16T13:12:32.479-05:002010-09-16T13:12:32.479-05:00Thank you so much. This is much needed advice. W...Thank you so much. This is much needed advice. We are in the process of making our book now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938732446726941153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-20155606598737346112009-08-17T21:27:41.376-05:002009-08-17T21:27:41.376-05:00When we were creating our adoption profile book, o...When we were creating our adoption profile book, our agency didn't want us to include anything about our dogs because they are pit bulls. But, we were doing an open adoption and couldn't stand the idea of being picked only to have the birthparents reject us later on when they "found out" at the matching meeting. We figured it was better to be rejected before we knew about it, settle in for a long wait, and be picked by the birthfamily that was the right match for us. <br /><br />Our agency said to expect a wait of about 2 or more years (wjen most wait 1 year), but we were chosen 11 weeks later (total wait time from being "active" to bringing DD home was 14 weeks)! <br /><br />Our daughter's birthmother picked us, BECAUSE of our dogs. She had a pit bull whom she loved so much, and really liked the rescue work we do. I always tell other families making their books to be themselves and true to who they are.<br /><br />I also wanted to mention that digital scrapbooking is a great way to make a profile book. Especially since most pictures now a days are taken on digital cameras. There is ton of info online about it, inexpensive software, endless uses of "papers" and embellishments", idea galleries, and you don't have to worry about making any mistakes on your final product. Don't like the way a picture turned out cropped? Hit Undo. It's very liberating. And, you can print the pictures at a professional print shop for great results. Plus, getting more than one copy is as easy as hitting print.jacklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570030560380777469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-43907705338502921132009-02-15T14:35:00.000-06:002009-02-15T14:35:00.000-06:00Thank you so much for this post. I just saw it an...Thank you so much for this post. I just saw it and it is going to be so helpful to us as we work on our book. I am also going the scrapbook route, but we have 5 books we have to do. I also have a few extras just in case. Assembly line is a great idea and a definite time saver.Third times a charmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10411724104092998803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-51034352627229331452009-02-08T10:53:00.000-06:002009-02-08T10:53:00.000-06:00"This is not because we are perfect...FAR from it...."This is not because we are perfect...FAR from it...it's because we were an excellent match with R and G."<BR/><BR/>Crystal (my DD's birthmom) and I tell our clients often: It's just like dating/marriage -- you don't want just ANY match; you want the RIGHT match. And to do this, you need to be straight-up about who you are.<BR/><BR/>You captured the right balance of substance (showing who you are) and style (how you show it), Karen.<BR/><BR/>A very helpful post.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-50971121748536343862009-02-08T09:26:00.000-06:002009-02-08T09:26:00.000-06:00+Eileen: I'm happy you found some tips you could u...+Eileen: I'm happy you found some tips you could use! We never really updated our profile (except updating our letter after we lost Lucy) but I imagine it's just as hard to do as creating the thing in the first place because you are trying to figure out how to make it better after trying to make it perfect the first time. How frustrating!<BR/><BR/>+Mrs H: good question, I forgot to mention that in this post! I made three books altogether. I didn't color copy, just made the first one and then made the other two assembly-line fashion to be exactly like the first one. With the coupons I had to Mich@els I think that getting all of those 12x12 color copies would have been the same price as the cost of my materials for the books so my only additional investment was the time to do them and it didn't take very long because I was just imitating the first one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-75949307823777225222009-02-08T08:41:00.000-06:002009-02-08T08:41:00.000-06:00Thanks Karen! Did you only make one book for famil...Thanks Karen! Did you only make one book for families to peruse? From blogs I've gotten the impression that people have multiple profile books out there. I scrapbook but wondered if I needed to color copy pages or make multiple books. Your good advice is really helping to calm my potential freak outs!Mrs Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667705054839014784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437449174138527513.post-72038098772577815692009-02-07T15:21:00.000-06:002009-02-07T15:21:00.000-06:00Wow...this is so great that you took the time to w...Wow...this is so great that you took the time to write all of this out! I am in the process of updating our profile and some of your tips helped. I didn't have any pictures of us growing up in the original profile, but I think I'm going to do this (I saw another blogger, Wendy, do this as well). I have captions under all of our pictures, but I'm going to cut back on some of the text. Thanks for your advice!Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994892007485220299noreply@blogger.com