Regular readers will know I take a lot of beach photos. I had some printed out that I'd decided not to use on 12x12 layouts, but I still wanted to scrapbook them. So, as I was in a summery scrapping mood, I've made a mini album to display them:
I made the pages by cutting 5 pieces of Echo Park Everyday Eclectic paper down to 5" wide - then rounded off the top edges of the papers using a bowl as a template:
And I cut the height of the pages down so that they increase in size - the front cover is 6" tall, the first page is 7", the second page is 8⅛", the third 9¼", the last page is 10⅜" tall:
And then I decorated the album with more Everyday Eclectic bits, a little machine stitching using white and gold thread, a Papermania Brad Making Kit, buttons and gems from my stash, plus some of these epoxies which have been sitting in my stash for too long:
They went well with the theme:
The photos were various sizes and orientations, but I managed to cut them all down to 4x4" square to give continuity to the album:
I love making mini albums at the moment - I have them all on display in a basket in my dining room, for visitors to peruse!
Have you got any photos printed out and lurking in storage that you could use in a mini-album? Don't forget you can link up mini-albums to my Scrapbooking Soiree, as well as layouts!
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19 comments:
What a wonderful mini-book. Good to see the bowl for scale - I thought it was quite small tags when I spotted your upload on UKS - but now see it's a much larger "mini"-book :D
Love the way the pages are different sizes and stack together.
Wow, that's a great mini book. love the idea of using a bowl to do the top.
Love how bright and summery it all looks.
Beautiful mini book! TFS!
a wonderful book, i love how the papers all decrease in size and the papers are perfect x
this is like super cute!! i also have hundreds of pictures of the beach, currently dreaming of moving near it!
I love this-I just pinned the whole thing, thanks so much for sharing!!!
Very cute! Love the shape and the layers of buttons and embellishments at the bottom.
This is DARLING!!!!! I may do some of this with our vaca pictures from this year.
TFS!
This is awesome! Love how you embellished the cover and the fun shape of the mini itself.
That is an awesome little album. I love how you stepped the layers (Stadium style)
Love the shape! Awesome work
GORGEOUS album!! Love everything about it!!
The colours are just so perfect - it really makes me want to reach out and touch it!
Beautiful mini..love the shape and the colours you've used!
Alison xx
This is gorgeous I love the bright zingy colours perfect for the beach.
Jenny x
lovely mini Jen, so nice to see you all having such fun. can i ask where u got the cameras from? are they stamps?
jo xxx
I love the rounded tops and decreasing page size - great ideas for something a bit different.
Ooh, love how you rounded your pages - good old school style improvisation!
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