Travel Mini-Album Tutorial

Hello All,

During the past month, even as I began doing holiday crafts and cards, I set a goal to start and complete an album documenting our summer trip. We have two boys, and we are all avid baseball fans, so we planned a trip to the U.S. to visit a couple of baseball stadiums and take in Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs games.

I decided on a 6×8 album, and luckily chose one with a 2″ spine as it ended up being a very thick album. I also decided to primarily use Shimelle’s recent “Go Now Go” collection for this project. Here are some things that I decided to do to organize my photos, stories and memorabilia.

1. Used Thickers to title the album cover.
   
2. Used two larger photos of baseball stadiums we visited and Amy Tan Thickers to create a title page.
3. Created dividers to introduce each new city/travel day. Each divider labeled the city we were travelling to, a map, and a few embellishments, including a Thicker phrase from Shimelle’s Let’s Go Foam Stickers.
   
   
4. Include memorabilia directly in the album. I punched holes in menus, tickets, and brochures and inserted them together with the photos and stories of those experiences. I like my albums having different sized papers and “out of pocket” pieces, so this works for me.
   
5. Print small photos or cut larger photos to fit into 2×2 pockets.
6. Finish the album with two large photos (6×8) that I liked best from the trip.
   
7. Use packaging from trip to hold other memorabilia. In my case, I had a great bag from a candy shop we went to, and I punched holes to include it at the end of the album, holding any additional tickets, menus, and brochures.

Thank you so much for looking! I hope you have fun documenting your travels. There are many great products in the SN Store to help you to do so.

Shimelle – Go Now Go – 6 x 6 Paper Pad	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Sticker Book	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Chipboard Stickers	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Museum – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Fly – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Cafe – 12×12 Patterned Paper
Shimelle – Go Now Go – Let’s Go Foam Stickers	American Crafts – Go Now Go – Puffy Heart Stickers	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Live – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Action – 12×12 Patterned Paper	Shimelle – Go Now Go – Fly – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Botanical – 12×12 Patterned Paper
American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Hike – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Move – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Drive – 12×12 Patterned Paper	American Crafts – Shimelle – Go Now Go – Stroll – 12×12 Patterned Paper	Chic Tags – Let’s Go – Road Trip – mini stamp set	Crate Paper – Open Road – Pennants
Simple Stories – Sn@p Binder products	Amy Tangerine – Stitched Thickers – Today 2 sheets	Amy Tangerine – Thickers Stickers – Today Phrases	Dear Lizzy – Saturday – Icon Puffy Stickers	Kaisercraft – Just Landed – Wood veneer shapes	Designer Desktop Essentials Paper Clips – Arrows
Small Talk Sticker book	American Crafts – Paper Clips – Camera	Poolside Individual double-sided papers

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