Saturday, July 23, 2011

Home Sweet Home

A mini paper bag album that's great for a housewarming gift.
The album measures 5 x 5 1/4 inches, has six pages and three large pockets.
I intend to use this one more as a house-leaving gift. I'll fill it with photos of our home so that when we move next year I'll have something to show my son of the house he lived in for his first two years.








Supplies:
     - 3 blue paper bags from Lombards, cost of the bags if I remember correctly is about $4 for a pack of 12
     - From Chandon Craft, I brought the Kaisercraft Homemade Collection 6x6 inch paper pad, the die cut elements, the printed chipboard, all of the 12x12 papers and the specialiaty papers. I also brought the brown album rings, the white lace pack, flowers in blue, brown and white and pearl brads. All of this cost me about $55 and I was left with enough supplies to make another album and a few cards.
   - From my own leftover supplies I used a piece of blue cardstock to give the front and back covers more stability, some organza ribbon and wool fibres and some shaped paper clips.

Total cost:
     I'd estimate at about $25.

Time:
     About 5 hours to complete the album.