I am mostly finished my "This is 38" mini album from my recent birthday. Turns out I forgot to print two photos, so once those go in, I will be done-done. But there's no use waiting to post it!
As you can see, it's mostly photos. I used an old album I had in my stash, from a long forgotten thrift store visit. I love buying these types of albums because they are usually perfect for a quick mini album of an event or vacation. The photo sleeves are about 3.5 x 3.5, so I had all of my photos printed at 4x4 and trimmed them down accordingly.
Interspersed with the photos are a few journaling spots.
The stamp in the top photo is one I carved as part of my 100 Days of Stamp Carving projects. I cleaned it up a bit before stamping. And then I tidied some of the lines that weren't very dark, but I think I went too far! The leaf stamp is also from that 100 Days project. I grabbed a few autumn coloured stamp pads and applied the stamps to the side of each journaling card, which themselves are cut from some white cardstock I had already. I wanted a little bit of colour, but not too much.
In a small book like this, with limited journaling, I made use of a lot of "white space" in my photos and wrote or stamped on them.
This allowed me to add some notes, as-it-were, to some of the photos when I ran out of journaling space.
As you can hopefully see, I had a weekend full of love and peace, which is just what my heart needed.
FURTHER READING
All Birthday posts (That one from 2013 brings on ALL the FEELS)
Fun!! Thanks for the inspiration!
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