30 Days of Thanks

Wanted to squeeze in a quick post about the album I've been working on.  I started this during the Hurricane when I was feeling very grateful. I felt a mini album showing what I was thankful for would be nice.  I know it's very similar to a December Daily, but as much as I'd like to make one, I just don't think I'll be able to manage it.  I fell behind on my Project Life since the storm and have the last week of October to work on before I can share that.  I catch up and fall behind...story of my life.

I kept it very simple with a design I repeated through the album.  I dug through my stash and found some old KI Memories papers that I've been holding onto as well as my beloved Bo Bunny Dots.  I like using what I had on hand and actually doing something with it. 

I didn't do anything to the inside cover but I might go back and add some scraps I have leftover to it.  Used a Technique Tuesday/Ali Edwards stamp I had plus some Studio G stamps for the "title" on the card.  All the pics are Instagram prints that I printed at home 4x4 size.

I'm only sharing through page 5 since that's all I have done! Things have gotten a bit hectic and well, the holiday always does that to me.  I hope to catch up with this in small snippets of time here & there this weekend.

As for today, I am off to do my food prep for tomorrow.  I host every year and have about 15 people to feed tomorrow. 

What are you Thankful for?

Vacation Memories Thru Instagram Mini-Album

On our trip to Florida in August 2011, I shared A LOT of our trip through Instagram.  I had a lot of pics that weren't "just Disney".  They showed all the fun stuff we did and it wasn't just characters from the park. I printed them all out and had an idea in mind to make an Instagram mini-album, using my captions from Instagram as my journaling (maybe slightly modified).  Of course, life got in the way and the album got pushed aside. 

I had just finished catching up on my Project Life album, when I came across the pics and the album I set aside  for it & decided to go for it.  I was inspired to get it done.  I soon realized, that I was getting the pages done quicker than I thought, which inspired me even more to finish it.

While the cover shows that it's mostly Disney World, we also snuck out to Sea World for the first time & those pics are included in this album, that's why I added the wave.... ; )

The best part was how thin I managed to keep the album! I've never made an album SO thin!  I stuck to a lot of stamping, Silhouette Cameo cuts, punches, labels & washi tape (of course!) to keep the bulk to a minimum, but was still surprised at how thin it was!

                                          

I had no plan for the album.  I just tried to keep all the similar pics together on a page.  At first I thought about just slapping the pics in "Smashbook" style.  While there's nothing wrong with that, that's not my style and you can see how the first few pages are much different from the rest of the album. 

 

I eventually noticed that I slowly happened to design the pages in a more grid design.

I took a TON of pics at Sea World but didn't Instagram then all. 

On this page I "cheated" a little.  I snuck in a few shots weren't on Instagram, but just went with it.  Don't tell anyone. ; ) HA!

The last page is very simple & plain but I like it.  The only thing I left out of the album was the date.  I realized it after taking the pics, so I'll just go back & add it late.  No big. 

The album shows that while you're at "Disney World", there's SO much more to see & do than what most people expect.

Thanksgiving Album *FREEBIE*

Have you seen the BEAUTIFUL Thanksgiving album that's a free downloadable over at Bella Blvd?

I am in love! I've always wanted to make an album like this but never had the time since I host every year. This year will be different since all the work is done for you! All you do is print & assemble.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Mine is all printed & I'll be assembling it this weekend. I think everyone will get a kick out of doing this! I'll share afterwards, pinky swear! ; )

Passwords

Awhile back I made the girls THIS Password book to keep track of all their online websites' passwords. It was the perfect thing for them & they share it between them easily.

Recently, Joe asked me for a password book too but nothing fancy. I knew it was going to be more "Guy-like" & nothing fancy. I him if I could use nuts, washers & duct tape to decorate it with but I got "what did you bump your head? Look", so I kept it very, very simple.

I took some chipboard & trimmed it just bigger than 3 1/2 x 5 inches. I used Studio Calico (Natalee??) stamps for the cover & then just outlined it in marker.
I printed this off the computer onto blank index cards. Then I punched holes on the side & kept it together with book rings & called it done.

VERY simple. Joe likes it & that's what matters.

Autograph Album

OK, so it's no surprise this is about Disney. The surprise may be that it's an autograph album from 2008!!

The nice thing about this album is that I didn't buy a single thing to make it. Adhesive not included. ;) The scary thing about this album is that I still have enough stuff to make more albums....many many more!! AACCKK!!! I can't believe how much stuff I have horded....it's a sickness!

I've done one of these before you can see it here & here.

You might be wondering why do I have so many autograph albums to do since we go to Disney all the time & I'll tell you. Each trip we take we run into different characters. Yes, there are the basic characters that are a must-see each trip (Mickey & the gang), but there are some characters that are hard to find (Daisy Duck) & others we see sporadically (Kim Possible). So each album is different. The girls love looking back at the characters they met & re-living the memories. I like seeing them grow as they pose with the characters.

I have pics of the girls with Prince Charming & through the years I've noticed they go through phases. When they're younger they want nothing to do with him, then they'll pose with him only if Daddy is in the pic, until finally they're ok with a quick pic. It's fun to reminisce with simple things like that.

It's also fun to see how quiet & somewhat scared of Cinderella's step-mother they are. Joe thinks I could give her a run for her money. My dirty looks are legendary. ;)

In the last album I did, I didn't included characters that couldn't sign the girls' books. This album I did. I wanted them to remember it all, autograph or not. Besides, how cute are Mike & Sulley from Monster's Inc.?? We found this camel wandering around in Adventureland during the Pirate & Princess party in the Magic Kingdom. She didn't sign & we never got her name but it was fun anyway.
Instead of breaking out another album I figured I'd take a break so the pages won't look the same. Though I'll try not to take so long before I do the next album! ;)