miniBOOK : AEzine Challenge
Tags:AEzine Challenge for the week of September 24, 2006:Your challenge this week was/is to use wallet photos to create a miniBOOK about your five fabulous favorites right now. Pick everyday favorites - simple stuff like your cozy fleece jacket, your hand cream, your electric toothbrush, your favorite CD of the moment, and your drink of choice. Maybe step out of your own personal box by using non-photos or a mixture of photos + ephemera. (I am looking at a pastry bag from Starbucks sitting on the seat next to me thinking that would make a great visual for one of my favorites right now.)
If you don't feel like making something about yourself this week then ask your partner or child to name five of their favorite things right now and document those instead.
Go for "mini" overall. Small photos + small album = BIG goodness.
SUPPLIES:
• miniBOOK : Itty Bitty Album from Cosmo Cricket: this is one of those products that comes on a 12x12 sheet (similar to the Basic Grey matchbook albums) that you punch out and fold. Super easy and quick.
• Today Stamp : Ledger Stamps by Katie Pertiet for Autumn Leaves
• Ribbon : American Crafts
• Stickers : 7gypsies
• Fabulous Tab, Chipboard 5 on the cover, Bling Circle on the cover : Heidi Swapp
It is all about playing and keeping it simple. One thing you may have noticed in this miniBOOK is that I mixed vertical and horizontal photos. This is a question I get a lot in my workshops. My answer is this: don't worry about it! When someone picks up your album and turns their pages they will automatically turn the book based on how you have oriented the photos. Pick the photos you love and use them.
Also, one thing I just noticed as I was looking at my miniBOOK - I forgot to add the dates. Make sure you add dates on your projects - I am jotting mine in right now. Ten years from now you won't remember (I probably wouldn't remember next year) so take a couple seconds and add it while you are working on the project.
I also wanted to let you know that I had a few people email me highly recommending using a Xyron as adhesives for their miniBOOKS - I will have to try that soon.
Feel free to link to your own project here in the comments section. Can't wait to see what you guys came up with this week.
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awesome minibook ali!
I don't know if this really fits the challenge---instead of scrapping my favorite things right now, I scrapped five fav's from our honeymoon.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=989662
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I have a QUESTION ... what did you use to create the "white" lettering on the last page, the green page? Thanks so much!
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Love tthis idea... so simple but really captures the everyday.
Oh yeah, I need to know where you got that MOD bedding? I want!!
Melanie
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I haven't finished mine yet either, but I am more than half done!
Just had to say, I love your gourd!
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Ali- YOU are the best enabler :-) I ADORE those ledger stamps :-) I'm going to have to look high and low to find some :-)
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love your snapshot of this moment, girlie. made my album yesterday and the mixed orientation of photos was one of my favourite things about it...funny to see that here too. :) funny in a aww-how-cool sorta way. :) anyway, thanks so much and here is mine!
http://shimelle.com/paper/86/pink-paper-packages-tied-up-with-strings
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thanks for the wonderful idea ali. love your way of inspiring all of us.
way to go ladies - your minialbums are awesome!!!
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I haven't learned to love the mini-book yet. Maybe this will be enough to inspire me.
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thanks for the challenge! it was fun to do!
i've loved looking at the others as well! just what i needed to get up and creating!
http://kelleybronsink.typepad.com/this_is_life/
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You all are AMAZING! I made one and I didn't have a clue what I was doing. But it was fun!!! And instead of cleaning, I made a book. Life is good.
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LOVE yours Ali and LOVE all the girls that posted theres here. ugh I've been sick! I'll work on it and post asap!!!
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Thanks for the challenge Ali! Can't wait for the next one!
http://marcypenner.blogspot.com/
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Great project Ali! I love your ideas when it comes to the "little things" Things that I wouldn't normally think of doing, you remind me of! Thanx for that.
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thanks ali....another great inspiration! by limiting it to 5 things, makes it seem attainable.... i tend to want to include everything and then get overwhelmed with trying to get it all in... this is a must do.
c2
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Ooo! I thought that making the book was fun (and that the concept was so cool). Now, I think that sharing may be the best part of it all! Thanks for the challenge Ali and thanks for the major mini share (including yours -- it's AWESOME)!
Here's mine:
http://lizness.typepad.com/a_little_life/2006/09/five_favorites_.html
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I read your newsletter I recieved in my email....well I must have sort of read it cuz I got right to making a mini book...I just had the wrong theme!! Mine is on my thoughts of turning 40. So I am going to get back to it and make another one, this time about my 5 favorites! Thanks for the inspiration! I think I may have a new favorite in scrapbooking...mini books.
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nuttin to share but i wanted to say i LOVE Yours!!!! it's really cute and cool. :) :)
i missed the newsletter. signign up now. :)
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well, i finally got mine done. thnx for the challenge. it was totally fun & i always want to do projects like these when i read about them & never get to them. my 2nd minibook & really loving it. thnx for the motivation. loved seeing everyone else's awesome work & of course loved yours ali.
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=991475
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What a fun challenge Ali. Thanks for the inspiration. Here is mine: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=991480
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Here's my first submission - thanks for the inspiration. I set out to do my favorite things and got stuck on one, my son Nathaniel. Still, what fun! And, you're right, it's incredibly liberating to do something small and quick and have it completed. I set it out on the counter to see when Nathaniel will notice it. I'll let you know what happens....
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=991490
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