Project 1: Quick and Super easy Personalized Instagram Album

With everything nowadays (yes I can't believe I just said that) being digital it's hard to imagine what the future may hold for physical memories like albums and video tapes. It all seems to be floating in thin air and for some reason it really feels like at any moment those important memories could POOF! vanish to never be seen again. It's scary because I cherish the albums my mom made and kept of when me and my sisters were soooo little. It opens my eyes to a different side of my parents and makes me smile. So I think it's important I do that for Juniper. That's where the idea came from and today I want to show you how quick and simple it is to create a physical memory!

If you make one be sure to share through a blog post or instagram and tag me or let me know I would love to see!

Materials

WE R ALBUM leather instagram album (10.99 at hobby lobby) 40% off coupon from cell $6.59 

1 pack of 10 WE R sleeve protectors $2.00

Thickers: $5.00

Pictures printed at walmart... 31 pics for 2.79! see how to do that here

totals: $13.59

Time: not including printing pics at walmart: 25 mins

Just last week over a month after Junipers 1st birthday I took down what was left of her 1st Birthday adecorations. It was sad but at the same time a nice release. It's hard seeing how much she has changed in one year but it's so sweet. I am just ready to put those memories away. I had printed instagrams of the 1st year of Juniper a while back to hang all over the house for her birthday so everyone could see how she has changed and grown! You can see I stuck them on the locker in our living room for her birthday in the last picture.

I found a cool WE R instagram album at hobby lobby which is the first I have seen and used my 40% off coupon it had lots of page protectors in it already but I still bought an extra pack of 10. Each page with technically hold 2 pictures (front/back) 

When I go home I simply took some of those cool thickers which are basically thick stickers made from what seems to be a rubbery material and spelled out Juniper Year 1. THen I filled the pages and walaaaaa....

Life gets busy and it can cost a lot to scrapbook! Don't let that get in the way of you keeping memories for years to come!

Baby Bump: The beginnings of a baby book!

So remember a long while back when I was like barely 2 months and I showed you all the old album I found for $1 that I said would be my handmade baby book? Well I finally got down to turning it into one. A couple of things I realized though was that I will be definitely investing more money into this book than I would if I had a pre-made. Not because I want to but because the pages are completely blank, plus my scrap booking supplies are completely out of date. I haven't   really scrap booked in forever so my skills are a little off as well.

Still a long way to go but I primed the cover and drew out my design... still needs paint. I also got some pictures printed (another item marked off the spring bucket list) and finished 2 pages. It took me like 3 times of setting up the page, thinking I liked it and then tearing it back apart to redesign it again to my liking. I forgot how hard it is to scrapbook. It's easier for me to completely come up with an idea from scratch than to have a pile of ideas to work from and fit together. Weird... but so true.

My little sisters have been so kind to buy some special more expensive little touches for my baby book which include the date stamper, some of the letters and cute woodland stickers. I also found these mini round rainbow brads which are so neat and work great to secure my pages to in the book. I was having trouble getting washi tape and stickers to stick to the old pages but the brads work great... the next thing I want is a mini stapler from tim holts to help hold things together.

I also figured I buy a bunch of separate scrap book pages instead of a book of scrapbook pages. I always thought the books were a better deal but in reality it left me with a lot of repeats that I have been storing for years. Scrapbook trends change so frequently why do you need 5 pages of the same pattern paper. Kind of a waste unless your making something else I imagine.

My favorite scrap book find were these movable stickers. See the hot air balloon with the foxes.. you pull the little tab to get a surprise note. Which equals coolest and most perfect scrapbook stickers ever!

Do you scrapbook? Any cool scrapbook supplies you love?

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