Ready to GO! - Photo Album 2 - Reddish and beige

Hi! Welcome to my blog!

Finally, all my crafting posts are moved from my previous blog & we are

READY TO GO!

So today, as I have promised in my earlier post, I have another new handmade photo album to share with you! This album has totally different colours from my previous one, but the making technique is exactly the same. You can find my previous photo album post here. And, you can find the instructions for making such an album in the video here, from the amazing Jen of Eve.

This time, I have choosen a paper with a sentiment for the cover page, as this album is made to be a gift! Also, I have embellished it with small pearl gems instead of using a ribon.

This is the back cover page...

Here is the inner front cover page. You can see some photos already placed in the pockets, they fit perfectly!

And this is the inner back cover page, with some empty pockets showing.

Finally, this is the spine where I have used two golden eyelets for the holes, and the ribbons, holding the pocket pages, are tied into one beautful bow. The paper that covers the spine is again hand painted with acrylics, to match the colours of the covers.

I believe it is a great gift idea, a beautiful and easy to make handmade present! 

You can even give it to your parents with your photos in it, as is my case here, and then it is a double gift for them!

I hope you like it & that you will try it yourself! 

Thank you for visiting, be well and be creative!

Photo Album 1 - purple & fuchsia

Hello & welcome to my blog!

Today I have a handmade photo album to share with you. 

The idea of a handmade photo album came to me after watching a video on youtube 

from the amazing Jen of Eve Designs for making brag book baby, which you can find here. You can even buy some from her etsy shop here!

My album is handmade, as the covers are recycled packaging boxes. cutted in proper dimensions, glued together and then covered with beautiful patterned paper and embellishing 

ribbon.

The pockets for the photos are made from A4 document folders, which were cut and binded together in 3 signatures with fuchsia ribbon. Each signature holds 6 plastics folded in half, which gives us a total of 36 photo pockets (for photos of size 10x15cm).

Here is a closer view of the front inner cover...

and the back inner cover.

The paper that covers the spine is hand painted with acrylics, so as to match the covering paper colours. I punctured the spine with my crop-a-dile and used two eyelets to enhance the points where the ribbons pass through the cover. I tied the 3 ribbons from the signatures into bows.

And here is a closer view of the back cover. I love this purple-blue patterned paper and the combination with the fuchsia ribbon!

I hope you like my photo album and be inspired to make yours too! I've made this first one as a sample and for my home but I believe it is a great idea for a gift, and I'll surely make some more for my family and friends. So, there are more photo albums to come! 

I would be happy to get your comments or if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them.

Have a nice day and be creative!