Halloween MiniBook 2007
[ all product information listed below ]
This is a Halloween minibook for 2007 that I began last year. Some of you may remember the cover which was used as a demo on working with beads and glaze for Method Playground. You can read the step-by-step here.
As many of you know, I don't scrapbook in any specific order. I don't feel like I need to finish up Halloween before I can do Christmas, etc. I am more interested in being inspired by the story or the photos and feeling motivation to be creative. There's no guilt, just a nice list of projects I want to do when I have a chance (and when inspiration strikes).
If you are into minibooks or looking for more concepts and ideas to
inspire you definitely take some time to check out my latest book: Sharing Your Story.
First step in the process for this minibook is to assess the photos. I had a ton from last year and I had no plans to include them all in this minibook. I went through all of them (all printed 4x6 with white border at scrapbookpictures.com) and figured out some general categories/stories I wanted to make sure I included.
I separated the photos into the story categories and jotted down my list. Stories/topics included house decorating/pumpkins, trying on costumes, deciding on being a vampire, cookies, getting ready for the big night, car ride to Jill's, Halloween night + decorations.
From there I cut my patterned papers to size (the same size as the interior acrylic pages) and adhered them back to back because I knew I was going to need more pages than came with the acrylic album. I actually did not know exactly how many I was going to need yet so I cut a few more than I really needed.
[ specific papers will be identified in photos below ]
Here's a look at my finished Halloween minibook with product information included:
[ Clear Album: Picture It/Page Frame (listed as 6x6 but it is actually larger); Die Cut Patterned Paper: Narratives Cream Tab ABC Cardstock Stickers; Cobweb Rub On: Hambly Spooky Halloween; Felt Skeleton: Making Memories Spellbound Halloween Collection; Chipboard Letters: Heidi Swapp Center of Attention; Glass Beads: JudiKins: Glaze: Diamond Glaze ]
The Spooky Halloween Hambly cobweb rub ons came out last year and I stockpiled a few sheets because they were a cool set I could see myself using on this project and in the future. This is one of the things I have always thought is such a bummer in this industry: things come out and then they are simply gone. A bunch of the products I used in this album are from last year. Products that I picked up because I loved them but they are now not available anymore. Luckily, the Spooky Halloween Hambly cobweb rub ons are still available on their website.
Click on the photos below for a larger version.
[ Glitter Tree: Making Memories Spellbound Glitter Foam Stickers; Happy Halloween Stamp: Catslife Press ]
One of the things I wanted in this album was to maintain some of the transparent pages and not cover them with photos and a bunch of stuff.
[ Felt Bird: Making Memories Spellbound Halloween Collection; Circle Accent: Making Memories Die Cut Journaling Stickers; Patterned Paper: Making Memories Black Glitter Dot Spellbound Paper; Word Stickers: Making Memories Halloween from 2007 ]
The general foundation for this album is really simple: white border photos with a strip of journaling along the top. Journaling was printed onto white cardstock and the top two corners rounded.
[ Patterned Transparency: Creative Imaginations Harvest Moon Spider Web; Felt Pumpkin: Making Memories Spellbound Halloween Collection; Rectangle Accent: Making Memories Die Cut Journaling Stickers; Spider Web Rub On: Hambly Spooky Halloween ]
[ Transparent Skeleton: Making Memories Spellbound Glitter Clears; Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Crushed Velvet Cardstock ]
[ Patterned Paper: Making Memories Halloween collection 2007; Felt + Button Accent: Evalicous ]
After it was all done there was one very happy camper around here...one who LOVES costumes and Halloween. He loves the photos and another thing I noticed was that he was really touching and feeling the textures of the paper and the felt accents. Cool.
HOLIDAY NOTE: For those of you starting to think about creating a December Daily album, I will be diving into mine and sharing my process next week.
So, so cool!
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love it and totally love that Simon is into it :) I just finished my Daily December Album the other week :) I can't wait to see your process though!
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Love the Halloween book...but the best photo of all here is the last one with your son smiling as he looks at it. Thats what scrapbooking is all about isn't it? Saving cherised memories for us & future generation to enjoy....
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TOTALLY AWESOME mini album!!!! I am in love with the spider webs in different colors. That is way cool!!!! And I think of all the pics, my fav is of Simon looking at the finished product. Just shows one of the biggest reaons why I scrapbook.
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That’s beautiful! I absolutely love the book. So creative
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Wow thanks for sharing your amazing work!
I love that R2D2 is watching right along with your little guy. Too cute. What a sweet pic. Enjoying mom's artwork!
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Love the Halloween book - I see why you stockpiled the rubons-- way cool! Simon is so precious! Thanks for sharing AND for giving us a gentle reminder about the December project. Would love to put one of those together this year.
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First of all - love the book. AWESOME. But a quick question that a few others also asked, what do you do with all of the "other photos" that you didn't use? Save for other LOs/stories you want to tell? Or figure you told the Hween 2007 story with those in the mini book & carry on? I am having a hard time paring down photos to use for mini books :( and sometimes even my LOs. I just love the pics so much :) :) Ideas?
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Ali,
Thanks for sharing your Halloween album. Love the format and the clear pages. My immediate thought was: This is a great format for my Daily December. Now I can't wait for next week!
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Ali - That acrylic mini album is awesome! I absolutely love the look of acryclic books!!! We had a girlfriend's weekend where we left our children to take care of our husbands (kidding), and we took off to scrap! We all decided to make a "best girlfriend's" acrylic album. I got 3 pages done and was stumped, overwhelmed and gave up. I had such a hard time trying to layer so the 3rd page could peek through the 1st page, and so on (I swear there must have been math involved!)! I love the step by step pictures of your acrylic book! Maybe this "want to be creative" girl can return and finish this project!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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thanks for sharing, it's a wonderful mini !!
for Xmas i started preparing a clear mini with numbers and just waiting to start snapping pics to put in, very inspired by yours last year; thanks for sharing with us, makes me think out of the box and proud to say achieve new sorts of projects !
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That is the cutest thing I've ever seen girl! The layout is great and simple. I love it. It's always nice to see your kids totally into what you've done right?
I have to ask you to check out my blog today. I'm opening my Etsy shop and would love for you to stop by and tell me what you think. It's linked in my post for the morning. Talk to you soon chica!
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Fantastic album. What a treasure. I did the "Week in the life" project - with lots of journaling. It ended up really just being "Fragments of a week in the life", 'cause I didn't have the energy to write and take pictures all the time. But I was reading my journaling yesterday and was amazed at how much our lifes have ALREADY CHANGED. I have 10 month old twins, and our daily routine seemed mundane and boring at the time, but it changes SO FAST. I remember thinking yesterday what a treasure my journaling and the pictures are to me now - and it doesn't matter at all that the project is "incomplete". Thank you for inspiring me! I live in Europe, where we don't celebrate halloween, but I will definetely jump in for the december project!
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This is amazing Ali! I just wanted to let you know that you inspire me SO much. I just got "Sharing Your Story" on Tuesday, and I'm already working on my second mini this week! I know you hear how awesome you are all the time, LOL..but it's true! You are truly an inspiration. :-)
Hugs,
Em
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Love the mini-book and everything else you create...I am always so inspired by your art, Ali!
I noticed you mentioned a circle cookie cutter for your pumpkins. I have a great technique for you if you haven't already carved the pumpkins.
To create perfect circles everytime, attach a drill bit to the drill (whatever size you'd like) and drill the holes in the pumpkin. I did this 2 years ago and loved the way it looked and how easy it was. Surprisingly, pumpkin guts do not go flying everywhere:)
Have fun...
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hi Ali,
I wanted to thank you for sharing the article regarding Autism yesterday. As a former dev. therapist in a preschool for kiddos on the spectrum and an Auntie to a 5 yr old boy with autism I found it a great piece to email to my family...who really don't get the whole picture of my nephew. Thanks again
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Such a great project -- absolutely MADE by wonderful, wonderful photos. You are good!
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Thanks Ali for showing us your step by steps.
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That is fantastic!! Thanks for sharing!
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Just an AMAZING book!! Love this so much and love the pic of Simon looking at it!!
Happy Friday, Ali!!!!
:)
Les
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Seriously so awesome. And I would have to agree about the cool products going "out" so fast. (Good thing I don't really care and use what I like anyways....) I'm always amazed at your productivity!! Looks awesome.
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Hi Ali,
Love your album. My son and I were looking at it yesterday togther and he said "hey mommy he looks like me!" (Simon) and he loved the R2D2. Anyway as always you are amazing. Were goign to be a "friendly ghost" this year. Happy Halloween
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I love this little mini, Ali! And I have been anticipating your 2008 December Daily for a year!! I can't wait!
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This is so cute! I love the transparent pages. It's all helped with the cute little vampire!
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Awesome mini!As always the pictures of Simon are precious he us getting so big.Excited about the December Daily adventure this year since we are preparing to try something new during the holiday season this year.Have a wonderful weekend!
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