Yep, I about fell over when I first heard of this too. But due to its simplicity, easy to do, easy supplies–and of course, uniqueness–that is where I began making albums this summer. I needed a small, easy project to get started.
This was the gorgeous result.
This simple, first album was made with just simple supplies, empty toilet tissue rolls, a paper pack from Walmart, a few flat backed pearls, a couple stick-on “puff” flowers, and a recycled small Priority Mail box (because we don’t have anywhere with chipboard here). I cut tags for each pocket (and a couple of small ones) from my Cricut, but you could easily do those simply by hand. I used only adhesives I could get at Walmart (again, that’s all I have here and I had no idea what I was doing), so basically an Elmer’s tape runner, glue stick, and double sided tape. (Some of it may need restuck already with better adhesives.)
Here’s pics of the rest of the album pages. It is a vertical (tall) album. I sized the pictures I wanted to put in it before sending them to Walmart to print, so they would fit on the tags in the TP pockets. I put a picture on the front of each tag and left the back for “journaling” (for her to write what she wanted about it.) I used only simple designs on the outside of the TP pages, pockets, corner pockets, belly bands, and the cut-outs from the paper pack.
Come back soon for the tutorial of how I made it.
See you soon with instructions on how to make a TP mini album.
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