Christy Robbins: Mini Box Album

I helped throw a shower last fall for my friend, Amber. I've noticed through the years, as digital photos take off, so few people actually PRINT any of those photos, so I try to print photos for my friends from the events I'm a part of so they have 'proof' of the event somewhere other than their mind. I printed off these photos as soon as the shower was over with the intention of making a birthday gift for Amber a few months later. I promptly misplaced the photos. I spent the next 4 months looking for them. I bought the supplies to make said album (ribbon and this little paper mache box from the craft store and some pink paper).

I gave up on finding those photos. I ordered some more. When they arrived I couldn't find the supplies for the album I had bought....in my hunt....I found the original photos. All of this to say.....I guess this is my cry for help....or my confession-chaos reigns! Regardless....I FINALLY made that album BEFORE Amber's next birthday, or Charlotte graduated from college. Go. Me.

I used the box lid to create a pattern and cut the photos down to size.

I laid them out along some pink ribbon and used double sided tape to glue them down to the tape. I flipped each one over and glued a second photo to the back (more bang for my buck).

If you wanted a longer string you could glue a plain sheet of paper to the back to write about each photo. You could also create a border. I wanted to get as much of the photo in the 'circle' I had available as possible.

I took some blank paper and glued the ribbon below the circle and then glued the sheet down. I did this to the top of the box and the bottom so that the photos stay attached to the box. Again...your choice.