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holiday minibook complete.

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Wrapped this one up yesterday after getting some photos printed.

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I ended up documenting this season pretty well, but my updates were certainly not done daily. I actually sat down and worked on this book four times which made the journaling a bit…random. No worries, though, it's complete. It will join my other Christmas books (here's 2009 & 2010) and be stored with my decorations until next year. Which, with Paul scheduled to be home, holds so much more magic than this year.

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See the start of this book here and the middle here.

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19 responses to “holiday minibook complete.”

  1. christen Avatar
    christen

    great book!

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  2. sarah @ sarah learns Avatar
    sarah @ sarah learns

    wow wow wow. this is amazing. i love it!

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  3. Kellie Avatar
    Kellie

    You may have already mentioned this in previous post(s), and if so I am sorry. But I was curious….what do you print or attach your photos to in your mini books? They always look sturdy and I have yet to figure out a way to achieve that.

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  4. Ali Avatar
    Ali

    Love it.

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  5. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    Hmm, I think you mean what goes against the back of the photos? Nothing… I just use cardstock generally. There are a lot of videos linked at the bottom of this post : http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/everything-summer-minibook-related.html that talk about how I make these sort of books. Hope that helps!

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  6. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    So So Awesome! Thank you for sharing =D

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  7. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    How cool that you got a card from Marta! I love seeing my favourite bloggers be blogger friends!

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  8. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Merry Christmas! I’m so glad you had a great holiday. Any plans for the next mini book launch?

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  9. marta Avatar
    marta

    love everything about this mini book; especially our mini debut. wishing you a happy new year (and happy new house)! p.s. your card has everyone laughing!! xo.

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  10. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    of course! I could not NOT include your fancy handwriting with our new address. xo.

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  11. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    thanks so much! I am not sure what will be next – waiting for inspiration to strike. 🙂

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  12. Tegan Swift Avatar
    Tegan Swift

    i just LOVE this, and i sooooooo wanna start one of my own but i’m super scared i’m going to make a total mess of it haha!

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  13. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    I am always amazed by your mini books.. so wish that I can hve that kind of energy to journal down everything that happened each day..

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  14. Jonetta Avatar
    Jonetta

    This book is really, really awesome. Can you tell me how you made the three ribbons on the December 14th page? Are they cardstock you printed on and then just cut out to look like banners?

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  15. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    That’s just the graphic from our holiday card. I designed it in PSE, had it printed by overnightprints.com. I just punched holes in the card and added it to the book. 🙂

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  16. Amanda Hurst Avatar
    Amanda Hurst

    I simply love your mini books! I have had so much fun reading your blog (I just discovered it a little while back and am SO glad I did!) What do you do with your mini books when you’re done with them? Do you have them displayed on a bookshelf if your house, or all together in a designated area somewhere? Do you find yourself looking back at them often? I would love to start creating some of my own, but I already have limited space to store things in our humbly-sized home 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration!

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  17. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    hey! thank you!! I store most of them in baskets. My favorites are displayed in our bookshelf and the others are in my office. I do not look at them very often, but when I do I always think I should spend more time going through them. 🙂

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  18. Eanels Avatar
    Eanels

    love your minibooks! I am new to bookmaking and don’t know many tricks of the trade. THis may seem silly, but how do you get your pages stiff? Do you mount them on chipboard or print them from the computer on chipboard???

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  19. elise blaha Avatar
    elise blaha

    The cardstock I use in my books is pretty sturdy so that helps a lot! I do not mount to chipboard, just use tape runner to hold things back to back. 🙂

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