Finish it Friday - 1st Project - "You are Special" Mini Album

I joined the group "Finish it Friday" on Your Paper Pantry website. The goal of the group is to finish those projects that you started and never finished. This is my 1st project.

I started this mini album for my niece 4+ years ago. I never finished it and she turned 19 in December. :) The album was about 1/2 way completed. You can see the 1st video here. 

I completed the album today. Yeah! :)  Below are the pictures of the completed album. You can see the video of completed album here.

 

On to Project #2!

Waterfall Paper Bag Album - Christmas

I love  searching YouTube for different types of paper bag albums. There are so may different ways to make them and I love seeing the different designs that people come up with. This album is made with only two bags. The first bag is folded so that there is a 1" gap between the front edges and the second bag folded so that there is a 3" gap between the front edges. The bag with the 1" gap is put inside the other bag. This creates the waterfall effect. 


I placed a grommet in the top left corner of the front of the album. I tied a small piece of ribbon through it and added a small charm, that I created with a Tim Holtz fragment and some paper. I attached it to the album with a jump ring and a safety pin. 

The first page has a "super mini", there are two pages that can be used for journaling or small photos.

Page two holds a large tag, inside the open end of the bag, that has decorative paper on one side and solid paper on the back for journaling.

Pages three and four.

Pages five and six. Page six holds the second large tag.

A view of the back

These mini albums are quick and easy and prefect for gifts.

Jesus Love Me - Paper Bag Album

I saw these albums a few years ago online somewhere, I thought they were so cute. If I can find it, I will add the link. I changed the design up a little bit and put my own spin on it. I gave them to my bff's two little boys for Christmas. They loved them. In fact she had to put them away because they were not holding up so well to the everyday wear and tear of a four and six year old. :)

The colors are similar but  i used different papers. I kept the binding simple with just one piece of ribbon in each hole. I thought this would be better with the boys being so young. I wrote each boy a note, signed, and dated the back of each boys book.


Book One - Spencer's book

Book two - Joshua's book

Paper Bag Album - Harley

This album was a gift for a friends husband. He owns a Harley. I didn't have any photos so I tried to keep it simple so that it would be easy for them to add them. 

Several years ago I made a clock and mini album for my uncle, who also has a Harley. Everything I used in this album was what I had left over from the things I had purchased at that time. The outside cover is a piece of diamond tin. I had just enough to make the cover and a small tag for inside the album.

  Pages one and two.

There are three large tags that are in the paper bag pockets.

Pages three and four and a tag.

Pages five and six and a tag. 

Pages seven and eight and tag.

Pages nine and ten and the tag.

Photo of tags.