I wanted to share what I have started to make with my new art journal kit. I have decided to use it as a little photo journal for Paul and I this summer. I loved in UP when Ellie thanked Carl for the adventure. Eighty years from now, I will say the same to Paul.
Just one photo in there for now. We have started taking walks at night and on Tuesday I set my camera on the curb, started the timer and ran. Which would have been fine once. But we did it five times. Paul's middle name is "Good Sport."
I glued my map pages back to back to get map on each side. And I trimmed around the red frames. Soon they will hold photos and journaling.
I stitched the book together with the string from the packaging. I used a regular sewing needled to poke through all the pages and stitched in and out along the fold. I tied it off with a small knot.
The crosshatch pattern on the red paper makes perfect frames. I will be adding photos in the boxes as we take them.
So that's my take. I'm excited to get more photos of THE TWO OF US so I can add more embellishments and adventures to this little book.
enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
10 responses to “here’s a start.”
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What a great idea!! Thanks for sharing.
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fabulous mini! can’t wait to get mine!
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LOVE this idea, Elise!
But it brings right to the forefront of my brain my biggest problem:
I would LOVE to spend some time creating these little mini books, but I keep banging my head against this problem – I don’t necessarily ever have pictures the right size to fit in the frames, or that work on a page, or whatever.
I guess, as you mentioned, I could take 4 or 5 shots and plan them, but I never have that kind of time. Perhaps just 1 and hope for the best? I’d love to create something like this for our anniversary cruise (we leave on the 19th) – something special just for “us,” separate from our vacation scrapbook, you know?
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so cute, love the colors too. is your house just filled with all sorts of little books everywhere?! 🙂
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Love this!!! So much!!!! Loved UP! And this is a great book of memories to have!! Thanks for sharing it!
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Awesome project.. as usual. 😉 I cannot believe you have such an old map. What a great way to use it. (The Czech info gave it away–dates the map back before 1993)
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love love it
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Hah! My husband would have rolled his eyes (and told me NOT to put the camera on the ground and walk away from it). What is the point of having a camera if you can’t USE it?
Walking is great! I’m much more a walker than a runner. We used to walk every day – at least a couple miles (always at night in the summer – AZ heat is evil).LikeLike
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I love this. It’s so cute. You must just have like piles of stuff to make scrapbooks with lying around…
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It’s lovely 🙂 I’m feeling crafty now…
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enJOY it 
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