Vacation memory book (1).
Posted by Michelle on April 19th, 2011 . Filed under: American Crafts, Cosmo Cricket, Gift Packaging, It's in the Bag!, Papertrey Ink, The Girls' Paperie .I’m not a scrapbooker and I think I would like it, but the big things for me are the organization and the storage. I like to make things and give them away hence having no problem with storage and having to keep more stuff in my house. That being said, I do like the idea of documenting memories in a special/handcrafted way. So I stocked up on the lil’ coasters from Papertrey Ink when they came out a few months ago and knew that little books were in my future.
I made this little coaster book for my son before we left on our cruise. I alternated coasters and little Maya Road kraft envelopes so that there were little compartments to put little pieces from the trip: the room card, little pictures taken with my new Instax camera (purchased free with Swagbucks!), and other ephemera.
I covered each coaster front and back with patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket’s Salt Air collection.
I wooshed some Tim Holtz paint on the edges of the coasters and the envelopes.
I embellished with anything that felt good in the moment – a Flair badge from American Crafts, felt embellies from Maya Road, chipboard from Cosmo Cricket, and Jenni Bowlin bingo cards.
Stickers from Cosmo Cricket.
I left little places throughout the book where he could write a little note or thought about his great adventures.
Prima flowers topped with buttons – even a Mickey Mouse one!
A journaling spot from The Girls’ Paperie, and some summery chipboard from American Crafts.
A fun canvas piece from Prima.
More stickers from The Girls’ Paperie.
The back of the book with an October Afternoon wildcard and another Mickey Mouse button.
All packaged up for a surprise gift when we get home.
A little red gingham bag from my shoppe, and patterned papers from 7 Gypsies.
Personalized with alphabet stickers from The Girls’ Paperie.
April 19th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
i absolutely love this! i am going to need to look very carefully at each and every photo. can’t wait to see it when it is done.
April 19th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
WOW, love this! And he is going to have fun filling it up and looking back over it in the future. What a good mama you are.
April 19th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
LOVE IT!!! I just adore little books like this, and you filled it with so many fun details!
April 19th, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Oh so cute!! Love it! You really need to scrap!! It is just as fun as making cards and you get to keep your work!
April 19th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I am a scrapbooker and I *love* this so much!! This is such a fab like book for your guy :-)… sure he will cherish it for years to come!!
April 20th, 2011 at 10:30 am
Michelle, this is charming, adorable, and such a great idea! How your son is going to treasure it now and in the future!
April 20th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
What a wonderful idea – I must give this one a go too. What a fab gift and I’m sure your son will have great fun putting all his memories in it 🙂
April 26th, 2011 at 12:51 am
The cover is so inviting; you just want to open it up and spend some time looking inside. I love these type of mini-books. You have something fun as a remembrance, but it doesn’t take forever to make.