30 Days of Thankful (Week 1)

Here's the first week of my 30 Days of Thankful mini-book.

Photo added to front.

Label with word stamped on front.

Label with short handwritten description on back.

Done.

 

 

 

 

Want more info? Click here for all the details.



Saguaro Mini Book

This past weekend I made a quick mini-book about our stay at The Saguaro hotel.

 

I started with a book I purchased years ago. I have a basket full of these. Can you say hoarder?

 

 

 I planned on keeping the color scheme of the book simple, to let the colors in the photos pop.

 

 

But then somehow I painted the pages bright, rainbow colors. Shocking? No. Not really.

 

 

 Then I got all fancy and taped on the photos. Some pages are single photos and others are layers.

 

 

 Next, I added some very simple journaling on top of that fancy artist's tape.

 

 

I ripped out pages from the super cool visitor's guide that I stole was gifted from the hotel. The pages were taped to the inside covers of the book (I covered the chipboard covers first with fabric and mod-podge).

 

 

Ribbon was added to finish off the top edges of the covers. Random pieces were added to the front and back cover for final decorations.

 

 

 

 Then I went back in with an oil pastel stick and added some grey detail to the inside of the white circles, just to grunge it up a bit.

 

 

That's it. A few hours of playtime and now I have a colorful book to remember my night of "sleeping in a rainbow". 

 

 

Hope you have some time to play this upcoming weekend!

December Daily (Sneak Peek)

A little sneak peek at this year's December Daily:

Now I have to get busy and create the album (I'm usually ready to go by Dec. 1st).

Not sure what December Daily is about?  It's basically a place for me to record our daily activities during the month. It also helps keep me on track to do fun family activities before the month flies by so quickly. For lots more info, see here.