Scraps Of Time

a couple of blank christmas mini chipboard albums

ready for your imagination, these little "bare beginnings" might be helpful to start your christmas   creating and gift giving.

  

new "bare beginnings" altered book

so here is an idea that i have been kickin' round for some time, an altered book that you can create yourself. what do you think? i have listed it here :

                                     

"bare beginnings" altered book

                                            

open with drawer open

                                             

spine and front                                        

                                

laying flat open drawer

                                  

laying flat drawer opening

                                  

marking pen mark across the bottom pages

                                  

top of book

so there it is, do you feel creative? altering a book  is a great way to express yourself! jess and i even made one about the life of ben franklin for a school project- it was... awesome, is the only word that describes it, lol! let me share it with you for fun...

                 

                                   

         

           

           

she had some wonderful ideas here and we just kept adding them. it was turned in on time, after working all night to do the "finishing touches" ohmygosh! it turned out 3" thick and held up for a week at school, in the library, just barely it finally cracked, the spine couldn't take it anymore. i have repaired the spine but still need to cover the inside pages where it broke and add some fabric to the outside spine. get this, her teacher said it was really great but she thinks that an instruction paper on how to open everything would have been very helpful! geesh! that is the fun and interest of these books the little pockets, drawers boors and windows. oh well, i guess there were too many other projects to read through in that class. we did this 5 or 6 years ago, where does time fly? thanks everyone, back to work for me! -rebecca

naked "travel/event" manila folder journal

me again, on a cool and rainy day in the northwest. due to an excess amount of  10" X 13" manila folders,  i have decided to put together some of these travel/event journals for my etsy shop - i love these things!

                              

this 6.25" X 10" naked Manila folder makes the perfect trip or event journal! You can fill it as you go; glue or staple items from your trip or event on the pages as background papers and add pamphlets, postcards, or menus as pockets using strong double-sided tape, clip a pen on a page and you are ready to journal events on the go.

            

with ours, i used my favorite  scrapbook papers for the background on some, then added vintage photo corners, brads, pockets and clips  to hold the photos/memorabilia in place. i used maps from our campsites, postcards, greeting cards, event programs and anything else i had collected for pockets on the pages.      

                                       

these are great fun to make as you go and they hold all those over sized pamphlets, maps, invites and papers you pick up on your travels or for events such as new baby, graduation, staycations, daycations, long trips and visits.

if you have extra folders, no matter what size, and want to make one yourself, there are instructions on the left sidebar under "step by step" .

ooh, i see some sun peeking out, oh well i still have work to do, enjoy your day! -rebecca