So here's an inspiration to anyone who wants to make a photo album journal of your Christmas adventures.
It involves the big stack of holiday cards you've received from all your friends and family that you've got sitting around in a basket somewhere.
I love getting holiday cards from my friends and family. They are precious little glimpses into the lives of friends and loved ones who I don't often see.
I like to make my own holiday cards. Usually (this year included) I send out "Happy New Years" cards because I don't get around to making the cards until I'm relaxing for the Christmas break. In fact, guess what I made last week as part of my Christmas crafty craze? Yep. New Year's Cards:
So anyway, one year I made a Christmas album out of the holiday cards I received from friends and family.
Before I go farther I've got to give props to my sister -- like several of my personal albums/books, I started this project, but my sister helped to finish the book. While I came up with the idea for this book, she really should take the credit for this one -- she did most of the work.
The pages of the photo album are the holiday cards people sent me. The cover looks like an envelope.
I didn't write anything on any of the cards, but the signatures or notes others wrote show between the photos on many "pages."
You could make the same kind of book for a graduate or a birthday treat (I made something similar for my son's birthday last year).
This book is one of my favorite Christmas albums.
Happy New Year!
It involves the big stack of holiday cards you've received from all your friends and family that you've got sitting around in a basket somewhere.I love getting holiday cards from my friends and family. They are precious little glimpses into the lives of friends and loved ones who I don't often see.I like to make my own holiday cards. Usually (this year included) I send out "Happy New Years" cards because I don't get around to making the cards until I'm relaxing for the Christmas break. In fact, guess what I made last week as part of my Christmas crafty craze? Yep. New Year's Cards:So anyway, one year I made a Christmas album out of the holiday cards I received from friends and family.Before I go farther I've got to give props to my sister -- like several of my personal albums/books, I started this project, but my sister helped to finish the book. While I came up with the idea for this book, she really should take the credit for this one -- she did most of the work.The pages of the photo album are the holiday cards people sent me. The cover looks like an envelope.I didn't write anything on any of the cards, but the signatures or notes others wrote show between the photos on many "pages."You could make the same kind of book for a graduate or a birthday treat (I made something similar for my son's birthday last year).This book is one of my favorite Christmas albums.
Happy New Year!