Hi there!! Stephanie here with you today! I am excited to share this month’s mini album tutorial, but it’s also pretty bittersweet to me! This month will be my last month here at My Mind’s Eye. It has been such a pleasure and an incredible honor to be a part of this amazing team. The company, products, staff and design team are so awesome and I am humbled to be a part of this journey with them! Thank you so much for joining me this month, as well as every month!!
Ok….onto the mini album! This month, I decided to focus on all of the millions of Instagram photos I have on my camera roll! I am a big fan of Instagram and their square photos and thought a little album of our "insta days" would be fun to look back on years from now.
Let's get started!
1. Print out those photos.
I printed mine at 4x4 inches, which is also the size that I will be using for my album. I like to print my photos with a small white border around the edges and just use my normal print settings to select the "bordered" option when printing.
2. Trim your papers and gather journaling cards.
After you have your photos printed, the next step is to trim your favorite My Mind's Eye papers to 4x4 inches. While you have your supplies out, shuffle through the journaling cards and pick the ones that coordinate with your papers. I chose one card for each photo since I am planning on have a photo and a journaling card on each spread.
3. Attach the journaling cards to the base pages.
Easy peasy! Now your base pages are all ready to go!
4. Adhere the photos to the back of the base pages.
Be sure to pay attention to the orientation of the journaling cards to make sure they are facing in the correct direction. Now is also the perfect time to coordinate your photos with the sayings on the cards.
5. Embellish!
Grab your MME embellishments and add a little pop and dimension to your photos and journaling cards. As you will see, I kept my pages rather simple, but really, anything goes here!
6. Bind your mini album.
I wanted to do something a little different than book rings, so I decided to use my Bind-It-All to bind my pages. You could easily use ribbon, book rings or twine to hold your pages together.
And now your mini album is complete! Yay!
Here is a look at my finished book:
1. Print out those photos.
I printed mine at 4x4 inches, which is also the size that I will be using for my album. I like to print my photos with a small white border around the edges and just use my normal print settings to select the "bordered" option when printing.
2. Trim your papers and gather journaling cards.
After you have your photos printed, the next step is to trim your favorite My Mind's Eye papers to 4x4 inches. While you have your supplies out, shuffle through the journaling cards and pick the ones that coordinate with your papers. I chose one card for each photo since I am planning on have a photo and a journaling card on each spread.
3. Attach the journaling cards to the base pages.
Easy peasy! Now your base pages are all ready to go!
4. Adhere the photos to the back of the base pages.
Be sure to pay attention to the orientation of the journaling cards to make sure they are facing in the correct direction. Now is also the perfect time to coordinate your photos with the sayings on the cards.
5. Embellish!
Grab your MME embellishments and add a little pop and dimension to your photos and journaling cards. As you will see, I kept my pages rather simple, but really, anything goes here!
6. Bind your mini album.
I wanted to do something a little different than book rings, so I decided to use my Bind-It-All to bind my pages. You could easily use ribbon, book rings or twine to hold your pages together.
And now your mini album is complete! Yay!
Here is a look at my finished book:
So fun and so easy, right? Thanks so much for joining me this month!! I hope you enjoyed this simple mini album tutorial and are inspired to record those Instagram memories!!
