Album for Mom

This is an album that I did for my mom a few years back.  I used torn paper to decoupage the front and back cover.  I used really heavy chipboard for the covers.  For the inside pages I used cut up file folders and covered them with paper to give them added weight.  I didn't use any particular paper collection for the album it was just a hodge podge of materials from my stash.  I had some of my mom's childhood photos and even though I didn't have exact dates, I arranged them in what seemed to be the proper order starting from when she was a baby to an adult.  However, below they might not be in the exact same order that they are in the album.

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1.  Front Cover and binding.  I hand made the binding rings with large copper colored wire to match the color of my album.

2.  Pages 1and 2 - I made large journaling spots throughout the album so that my mom could journal about her childhood memories.

3.  Pages 3 and 4.

4.  Pages 5 and 6.























5.  Pages 7 and 8.






















6.  Pages 9 and 10.






















7.  Pages 11 and 12.






















8.  Page 13 and 14.  I deviated from the landscape orientation of the album for these two pages.

9.  Pages 15 and 16.






















10.  Pages 17 and 18.

11.  Pages 19 and 20.






















12.  Pages 21 and 22.






















13.  Pages 23 and 24.






















14.  Pages 25 and 26.





















15.  Page 27. Another deviation from landscape orientation.

Recipe Album

This is a recipe album that I made for a friend over a year ago, but I have never shared it.  I created it using Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry paper collection.  The Album is title "It All Started with Star Fruit" and there is a personla story that goes behind it. 

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1. Front cover.

2. Spine

3. Back cover.

4. Page 1.  Each page features one recipe and has a pocket that holds a laminated recipe card.  On one side of the card is the ingrediants and on the other side are the instructions.  I decorated each recipe card to match the page that it goes with so my friend could easily return the card to the proper pocket.



5. Page 2.

6. Page 3.

7. Page 4

8. Page 5

9. Page 6

10. Page 7

11. Page 8

12. Page 9

13. Page 10

14.  Page 11

15.  Page 12





16.  Page 13