October Afternoon Farmhouse mini album

Heidi Grace "Tweet Dreams" Mini album

This mini album uses the paper collection from Heidi Grace called "Tweet Dreams". I used the 12 x 12 paper pad and did some fussy cutting on the front page to scale the frame down to size. The second page on this page set flips open to reveal two more places for photos. I used a spellbinder to cut out the photo mats and the embellishments from the Heidi Grace collection. 

I left an opening in the tops of some of the pages for a large photo mat.

 This page has an add tag on with a magnet that holds it on to the page and a magnetic closure to hold the tag closed.

 Two flip up pages on this page set.

And two belly bands hold two booklets with room for three photos and journaling on each one.

The last page set has large photo mats tucked in the top and pockets to hold mats and journaling cards.

 As always, thanks for looking.

Mini Album made using an antique book

My brother and sister-in-law had some gorgeous pictures from their trip to France last month. I thought she might like this mini for her birthday. My brother found an antique French script book on ebay, a hundred years old,  and sent it to me so I could use the cover. The book was so cute I hated to take it apart. The interior pages were already aged by time and the edges of the pages were gilded. But the binding was weak on it and had to be replaced. I didn't use a paper collection this time. I just pulled from my stash and I used some of the original pages from the book.

 Their 10 day excursion took them to Marseilles, Avignon, Rellaine, Cassis and Paris....and they took over 900 photos. My brother was in on my plan to make this for her so he got lots of really good shots like we scrapbookers take....wine bottles, dinner plates, a row of bicycles. Cool. He did a great job.

I made lots of pockets and flaps in this mini, as you can can see.

and I left some open spaces for journaling and for the postcards they collected along the way.

 

 and a magnetic envelope that holds 5 photos by itself.

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 My sister found an SVG Eiffel Tower and we cut it out with the Cricut and I downloaded tons of free ephemera printables that I found onlinefrom places like the Graphic Fairy. Love her.

 It was a big project but I think that having something tangible to look at and interact with, versus the digital world we're leaving in, is a good thing. I hope she thinks so too.