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February 8, 2021 3 Mins Read

One Page Mini Album Gift Ideas

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Since my budget was tight (actually nonexistent) during the holiday season, I decided to give my nieces creative homemade gifts as presents. As usual, I was able to look in my arts and crafts boxes for inspiration. Fortunately, I had already made a bunch of one page mini albums a few years before and they were just collecting dust in a box. As soon as I saw them, I knew they would make the perfect Christmas gifts for my nieces.

The original inspiration for these quick and easy one page mini albums was a video I discovered on YouTube by Maymay Made It Crafts called the “One Sheet Mini Flip Album Brag Book.” The video tutorial was easy to follow and required only a few scrapbooks supplies. A link to the pdf instructions was listed below the video as well. I made a bunch of them that year and stored them for later use.

My previous experience making scrapbooks made designing these gifts a breeze. Plus, I had created one of these one page mini albums as a gift for a good friend three years before. Therefore, I was familiar with the supplies I needed to complete this project.

Take a look at how I created these gifts below.

Supplies

HP Sprocket and printer paper
(2) One page mini albums
Stickers and embellishments
Cell phone for pictures

My Process

First, I chose the albums I wanted to use to make each niece her own unique album. I chose the bright neon pink and blue album for Noelle because it fits her feisty and bold personality. I chose the soft floral pink and blue album for Ayla because she is such a girly girl.

Next, I picked the pictures I wanted to include in each album. This took some time because I had a lot of pictures to weed through on my phone. For each girl’s album, I chose to use pictures that represented each child’s individual personality and spirit.

Then, I used my HP Sprocket to print out all of the pictures. This took a bit of time because it’s not the fastest printer in the world. Plus, it gets overheated if I print too many pictures at once.

Once the pictures were printed, I peeled the backing off each one and placed them on each girl’s album.

For the final phase of this mini project, I went to town decorating each album with all of the cool stickers and embellishments that I found in my stash. I worked very hard to make each album look unique.

The Big Reveal

I think the final results are quite lovely. Noelle’s album is cute, colorful, and bright just like her personality. Ayla’s album is soft and girly similar to her spirit.

Noelle’s One Page Mini Album

Ayla’s One Page Mini Album

I think both albums turned out great. The girls and their parents loved them.

If you are looking for simple, yet creative homemade gifts to make for friends or family members, these are a great to make for any occasion.

Tell me your thoughts about these one page mini albums in the comments below.

January 24, 2018 2 Mins Read

NEW MINI ALBUM DESIGNS

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After making the personalized mini albums for Liam and Noelle, I was motivated to try out some new designs that I came across on YouTube. My friend Andaiye was the inspiration for both albums. I made them as gifts for her birthday in January. I thought she would like the personalized albums to place some of her family photos inside and display for visitors to see.

The first album is made from one sheet of scrap paper. I chose the mint green paper as the base for the entire album. I used scrap paper and stickers from my stash to coordinate with the design. Once I finished, I added pictures of her life from the past two years to the album. It turned out to be a great gift and she loved looking at the pictures from her past.

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The second album was a waterfall folio album. I designed this album with her mother in mind. I thought it would be a very chic place to display photos of her mother from back in the day. I used the paper that I used in my niece’s baby girl album and purchased a few new stickers to finish my vision. The album turned out to be an elegant masterpiece. She was very impressed by the gift and gave it a special place of honor in her home to display it.

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January 24, 2018 3 Mins Read

NEW BABY MINI ALBUMS

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In August of 2017, two new babies were born. One to my good friend Marguerite (a boy) and the second to my brother (a girl). That’s what inspired me to create personalized mini albums for the new arrivals as Christmas gifts to the families. However, it’s been five years since I have made a mini album from scratch. Life changes have caused me retire my scrapbook skills for a period of time and place most of my supplies in storage. Fortunately, Liam and Noelle gave me a reason to visit my storage room and pull out materials that I hadn’t looked at in quite a while. Luckily, I had a brand new baby boy paper pack that had never been touched. I also had plenty of baby girl stickers and embellishments to work with to create Noelle’s album.

Since I don’t usually have to make mini albums for baby boys, it was the only paper I had to make his album. I quickly visited Michaels to purchase the stickers and embellishments in order to make it the cutest album ever.

At first, I was worried that I was a bit rusty and wouldn’t be able to make his album as great as the albums that I had created in the past. However, soon as I got started, I slowly, but surely, got back into the swing of things like I had never stopped. Overall, I think the end result was simply adorable and not bad for my first album in over 5 years.

Check out the pictures below to see the end result.

Noelle’s album was special to me because she is my second niece. I had created personalized albums for both her older brother and sister and I felt it wouldn’t be right if I failed to make her one as well. Since Noelle seems to be a sweet spirit, I thought I would make her album out of soft blush pink and gold. Therefore, while I was at Michaels, I picked up a new paper pack that would enable me to create my vision for her album.

I love how her album turned out. It’s completely different from her sister’s, which is edgier. The color scheme works perfectly and definitely fits her personality. I genuinely enjoyed creating her album and giving her a unique heirloom to look at and treasure for many years to come.

Take a moment to view the picture gallery below in order to see the final product.