A tradition for these type of trips was started with my StepMomma.
See she is a giver and when she hosts girls weekend, she likes to leave what she calls "pillow prizes", as a type of swag for her peeps.
So for our trip we divided up the nights for each of us to share a little pillow lovin on each other.
I decided to create a little memory book, a place for us to write little notes of love, gut busting memories, and other hootenannies that will surely go down.
What I used to make these little diddies:
- a 5x7 cover printed on card stock {mine was done by my homegurl Leonora from Yellow Heart Art}
- a solid color 5x7 card stock
- 5x7 bifold cards
- paper bag
- embellishments
- twine
- buttons
- hot glue
I decided to create a little memory book, a place for us to write little notes of love, gut busting memories, and other hootenannies that will surely go down.
What I used to make these little diddies:
- a 5x7 cover printed on card stock {mine was done by my homegurl Leonora from Yellow Heart Art}
- a solid color 5x7 card stock
- 5x7 bifold cards
- paper bag
- embellishments
- twine
- buttons
- hot glue
- scrapbook glue
- sewing machineFirst thing I did was cut the bottom of the brown bag off, then sewed it shut.
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Then I took two of the bifold cards and stitched them together up the fold. Creating a little book of four sheets {but do not fold yet!}
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Before you fold the booklet, in the center use the scrap paper glue and glue in the paper bag on one of the center papers.
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Then flip it over and glue the front cover on.
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And before you glue the back on, glue a piece of twine between the sheets.
And for a little extra something I took little circle journal cards and added a few throughout the book.
And to finish it off, I took a button and added a little twine to make the cross to it and hot glued the button {only in the center} to the cover.
To make sure the twine will not fray I just cut out two hearts and glued them to the end.
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I can't wait to leave this out and better yet fill them up with the memories we are sure to create!
Enjoy!
8 comments:
this is really so simple and SO CUTE! i love it.
hope you're having a blast---soak it up!
So very cute! I love Yellow Heart Art : )
LOVE this! Your Instagram pics have me envious! Have fun!
cutest idea ever! i love this!
these are amazing!! When you sew the paper do you just use regular thread and a regular needle??
I love your encouraging heart! This is so cute!!!
They are just adorable Martha, I mean Amy! You are a crafty little lady indeed. Hope you had a fab weekend, your pictures have been making me sick!! Take care xxx
Those are awesome, Amy! There's that lovely Caribbean twine. I really want to try this!
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