Here is a little flip book album I made using the photos from our shoot with Lovely. I had a hard time getting good pictures (lots of glare) and a hard time showing how the album keeps opening and opening up. But you will get the gist of it all, I'm sure. This is Kelsey's book:
Thanks for looking ...have a great Friday!
Here is the trash....
Here is the treasure....
Wait. What? How can that be? Here you go:
step 1: Make a cover. I traced a coffee sleeve, then made
it about 1/2 bigger all around. I cut it out of card stock, glued it
to a piece of cardboard (from a fruit snack box) and inked the edges.
Step 2: Traced the sleeves again on coordinated
card stock and glued them to the backs of the
sleeves, as I had decided that I didn't want to
cover both sides of the sleeve. I wanted the logo and
store information to show.
Step 3: Use strong sticky tape to glue the bottom of the sleeve closed, making a pocket.
Step 4: Punch a hole in the top left corner of the sleeves and covers. After you punch the first one, use it as a placement pattern for all the rest.
Step 4: Make a pattern for the pocket inserts. I folded a piece of scrap paper to get the width measurement, they laid a sleeve on it and used it to trace the top edge, giving the same curve to the l top. I had originally thought I would make them rather tall, and showing over the top of the cover, but decided I didn't like that and cut them down shorter.
Step 5: Go wild. Decorate the pocket pages cover to your liking.
I also made extra page inserts and sleeve covers so I can add to this as I go. Why did I make this? Well, it seems that a lot of good times involve coffee. We meet friends at a coffee shop to visit. We stop at a kiosk to get coffee to go before heading out to an event. We go to a coffee shop with music after a nice dinner to sit and relax and talk. So why not document some of those times, using souvenirs from the coffee shops. And yes, those are coffee beans glued to the front of the cover!
I want state that this is NOT my original idea. There are lots of these little books around in blog land and in magazines. This is just my version and interpretation. Thanks for looking! Next post - presto chango with an item from Goodwill.
I save EVERYTHING to use in these mini albums. The cover has a boarding pass and luggage tag. The inside has pictures of the restaurants, taken from the in-room information booklet. There is also the price list from the spa, napkins, and drink swizzle sticks. When we asked what the wine was that came paired with our appetizer, the waiter brought us a sample menu card, which made it's way into the book.
The tabs divide the book into sections: the hotels, the food, the casinos, the shows, and the luxury. There is HEAVY usage of rhinestones throughout!!
I used lots of flip flaps from Close to my Heart in order to make more places for pictures. The album is from Close to my Heart, as well as the paper (Route 66) and stickers. There are additional Las Vegas theme stickers from Hobby Lobby and Michaels. I didn't want to bore you with all the pages, but here are a last few:
As a final note, let us take a moment to give thanks for all those for whom this day off from work is meant to celebrate. God bless all of you, past and present, for helping give us a country such as ours, full of freedom, opportunity, and choices.
