Finished Albums

I was able to finish the 2 albums I started. They turned out great, and Dina really likes it. Now we just have to fill it with pictures. We also ended up making 2 smaller albums for Dina's parents, since they are eager to have more pictures of her. We made them with only 1 larger signature instead of 4 smaller ones sewn together.

4 signatures done

The memory book is coming along well. I pickedup some fabrics for the cover last night at Joann fabrics. I got both the pages and the tracing-paper pages cut. Today I cut the spines for each signature, made a hole template and have started making all the holes for the sewing. Once I have all the signatures done, I'll have to figure out how to sew them together.

Memory Book...shhhh, don't tell Dina

I subscribe to "Craft:" magazine. While most of their stuff is a bit amateurish, this memory book really caught my eye:

http://www.craftzine-digital.com/craft/vol10/?pg=80

I thought I'd try making one to give to Dina filled with pictures of her time with us. I hit up Pat Catans today and got a bunch of paper. I'm going to be adding in the feature of a sheet of vellum (in this case, tracing paper) between each page so the photos don't scratch each other.

I'm using drawing paper and tracing paper. The paper comes 14 x 16.5, so each page will be 8.25" wide by 7" high. It's just enough to have one picture per page with a few inches for writing.

Here's my start: