Sharing Your Story : New Book Giveaway

i think it was last summer where Cathy Z gave prompts...something new, something old, something tasty, etc
you can see it here
http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_view.php?layout_id=10652

oooh thanks, ali, i would LOVE a chance at your new book it looks *awesome*! ♥
my favorite minibook is almost always the NEWEST one...in this case it's a 4x6 blank book i'm making for a friend who said she thought she'd be inspired to journal if she had a really cute book...and i'm pretty sure this is GONNA BE a "really cute book"! :)

I haven't made many mini books on my own just a few with some classes at my LSS but I would like to create one for our Disney trip next year. It truly is a "vacation of a lifetime" for our family of 6 as we can't afford vacations regularly. I would really like to have a mini book complete before the trip so I can record thoughts and stories while we are there. Congrats on the new book!

My latest minibook was in a box and was about a daytrip with oour entire family... so precious! And I still make minibooks like the one you tought in Holland (yesterday, today, tomorrow, always). Easy, but so much fun!
Tnx for your inspiration!

My favorite mini album I've made was a recap of my daughter at 2; it was a clear album with lots of pink/frills/flowers and had B&W photos of her. I'd like to make a mini "Wish" book for our family... places we'd like to go, adventures we'd like to do, etc.

I am currently making a mini book for my husband. We have three boys and I am creating a book filled with memories and pictures from the birth of each boy to the present time. Whenever he travels, he will be able to take this book with him and look at all of the wonderful memories we have created together!

Hi, Ali,
I'm planning to do a book about our fall trip to a few Southern Missouri Wineries. Planning to get my entire family to go (1 married, 1 engaged and one in college) and hit several wineries in one day. Looking forward to the event and also capturing it with words and photos.
Great give-away! Thanks for letting us participate.
Jenell
PS - I have really enjoyed the Q&A segment of your blog. Great inspiration, as always!

One about my grandmother

I love all of my minis but one of my faves is my circle journal that lots of my dear friends did a page in!

Ali, my favorite mini book is a paper bag book I created titled "My favorite things". I used it as a base to teach (I am so not a teacher) a junior high art class a couple of years ago. I had so much fun with the kids in the class & even heard back from one parent who's son was inspired (he's a football player & was thrilled to be able to do a project on football!). I am currently working on a me project using the Creative Therapy challenges.

I'm working on some mini-books for christmas gifts right now, but my favorite is one I made using all the small index prints from my photo orders. I used all paper scraps, and left-over supplies. Some of the prints came out in really cool'groups' that were outlined in white when cut out, making instant photo-collages. I sized it to fit inside a $1 gift card 'tin' from Michael's. Final size was about 2.5"x4" and it fits nicely in my purse.

My favorite one is one inspired by you...a "Today you" book of my daughter's weekly routine. We both had such a wonderful time creating it, she loved that I was doing a book just about her! I am so excited about your new book!

I have made a few mini books, but my favorite so far is the one I just started this past weekend of my best friend's wedding. I might have to make another just like it to give to her.
I love all of your ideas and can not wait until this book hits my LSS!!

Hi Ali! I love all of your mini books they are so clever. I have created one for each of our vacations and I love being able to take a few minutes to reminisce when I need to.

I LOVE minibooks- and this book looks awesome! I just got my first Bind-It-All for my anniversary last month, so I am excited to start making my own minibooks... right now I have one planned for our July 4th trip to the Airdondaks- I did a lot of journaling while I was there and took lots of photos so I cant wait to make a mini book about the trip!

I taught my children in my class how to make a variety of mini books, which included creating a mini book for Mothers' Day. One of the mothers was absolutely thrilled with the book her daughter had made for her. Sadly she lost her fight to breast cancer a couple of years later. Her daughter visited me recently and told me that she now has that book that she gave her mum and it is something that she cherishes everyday.

My favorite mini album topic was an ABC book done for hubby that was sort of from the Kids' point of view and it was advice from them to Daddy on raising his little girls :) He loved it, and I should do another one based on raising preteen girls hahahahah different advice for sure! PATIENCE would be its very own mini album haha
WTG on the new book!

My favourite mini book is the one I made using photos that my then 2 year old son had taken. It was amazing to see how he viewed the world at the time, and what he considered to be 'photo worthy'. I should do another one now to compare the changes in his view of the world.

i'm planning on making a mini-book for each of my bridesmaids with pictures of us and reasons why i love 'em so much!

I'm in the process of making a mini-book form my two year old. We have family all over the US and I thought it would be nice for him to have his own little book with a photo of each family member, that way he can "know" who's who, even if he doesn't get to see them very often.