Sharing Your Story : New Book Giveaway

I think it would be fun to have a mini book of "our Favorites". I want to include things that we do together we love.

I am planning an amazing Christmas minibook...all assembled by hand that will hold one picture of each person opening presents!

Hi Ali :) I'm looking to finish a mini book that I started....um....about a year ago. It was of my son's first Christmas with his great grandparents. Thanks for the inspiration Ali!
Mel *in Oklahoma*

My fave mini book is the one I made for our Red Hat group's Lua one summer. The covers were made from coasters I found at the Dollar Tree. They were made from some sort of grass - like the kind hula skirts are made from. They looked very tropical :D

My favorite mini-book is one I made for my son about my pregnancy, called "While You Were Sleeping." It's an intro to our family (including the cat), our house and neighborhood, and a glimpse of what I experienced while he was in utero. LOVE the low pressure and flexibility of a mini book... Thanks for the contest, Ali!

My favorite mini album is about "MY HOME." It shows my everyday things. Things that I use or have that make my home life comfortable and loving and me. I focused on the photography and the simple design. It took me awhile to create and I love it.

My favourite mini-book is one I am halfway through now. It's all about our home and the little things that make it ours. Will be fun to look back on over the years.
Can't wait to get my hands on this new book of yours - it looks gorgeous.

Forgot to say my current mini-book project is a "Wise Words" album of all those incredibly wise things my sons said when they were both far too young to be so wise! (sometimes funny as well as wise - like the time my 3 yr old told my bestfriend, "Thats just ludicrous!!" when she was clowning around in the playground, pretending she couldnt climb up as high as the kids had. Stopped us both in our tracks, totally gobsmacked!)

I create a thankful mini album each year. I think this would be my fav.
Enjoy reading your blog.

I did one for my son who is a college football player. It contained a piece of grass from the field of his first college game and then pics and ticket stubs from each game he played in.

Thanks so much for offering this giveaway!
My favorite mini-album would have to be the album I created last summer. Because of the untimely death of my niece right before Memorial Day and the fact that our family is very involved with seasonal businesses - it talked about how our summer was extremely different because of our loss. So many things stayed the same, because of the need to make a living during the 10 weeks of summer, but our senses were somehow heightened and we appreciated the time with family - at home or at work - so much more. This hobby allows us to reflect and I find that especially important when we are faced with situations that seem so insurmountable.

I would like to do a mini-album called "It's 5 o'clock Somewhere!" From random gatherings/events of pic's (friends and family; having an occasional toast; & having fun!!:) It'd be totally fun & different from what I've done before. I've got some cute little charms to hang on the spin, (& some good stories to tell too!);) I've been waiting so patiently for your book, I can't wait!!!:) Thanks so much!
Dawn M.

I did a quote book of my three boys - pretty funny stuff! Can't wait to get my hands on your new book!

I am planning to make a mini-book of all my favorite song quotes. I love song lyrics and find that they can be very healing, very uplifting, very stress relieving...whatever it is you need, you can find it in a song. I am constantly amazed at how powerful they can be.

I love minibooks. I like to put them together myself and not buy the premade ones. It takes much more time, but I appreciate it much more. I absolutely love vacation minibooks. It's so much more compact than 12x12 layouts. I tend to start with a lot of motivation but get impatient during the end...

My favorite mini book is to Old McDonald has a Farm and it is my son's preschool class's field trip to the farm. It has all the animals and all his friends all over the farm. They have a copy at preschool and we have at home to read too. Can't wait to see the new book Ali!

Hi Ali,
My favorite mini-album was one I created for my husband for our 10 year anniversary. It was a tag book with our favorite photos of our wedding day for him to take to work and keep in his locker. He's a firefighter and away from the house about 1/3 of the time. :o) S

I have been WAITING to get my hands on your new book. I think my favorite mini albums are ones in little tins. I recently did a little lunchbox style one with an accordian album inside for our summer vacation photos. And the cool thing about this bigger size tin is that you can include larger size souvenirs from the trip.
Dawn W.

Lately my love has been mini-albums, the idea of taking something smaller, like a summer trip to the zoo, or a 2 week summer vacation and documenting it in its entirety is awesome! And I love to go back and look at the changes, and the traditions. I have been keeping my eyes open for this new book, as I knew it was available in August, but as of yet have been unable to locate it. Wouldn't it be dreamy to win... ;-)

I made a mini book for my daughter recently and gave it to her as a b-day gift. I just detailed all the things I love about her. I plan to create one for my other children and my 2 grandchildren as well.