| The challenges of a large scrapbook can
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| | include: birth, first step, first tooth,
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| be daunting if you are new to the craft.
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| | and other firsts. Include pages showing
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| There sits that large album, filled with
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| | the child with his or her family. Show
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| blank pages. You will need a theme for
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| | "my house", "my room", "my favorite
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| the album and a theme for each page. You
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| | toys", "the books I love", etc. You might
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| will need to add background paper,
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| | include the child's favorite foods,
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| photos, frames, journaling, and
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| | favorite games, and favorite places to
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| embellishments. You don't know where to
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| | visit, like the park. Remember the family
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| begin!
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| | pet, too.
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| Even if you aren't new to scrapbooking,
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| | 2. WEDDING: A mini scrapbook of your
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| there are times when a mini scrapbook is
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| | wedding would make a lovely thank you
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| just more appropriate than a large one.
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| | gift for family members and the wedding
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| Start Small and KISS
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| | party. You would want to plan it out
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| A mini scrapbook allows you to start
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| | before the wedding, so it was ready for
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| small and "keep-it-simple-sweetie"
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| | adding photos soon after your honeymoon.
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| (KISS). You needn't spend as much time on
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| | Elegance and simplicity make the job
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| a mini scrapbook, since a small page will
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| | easier and more beautiful. You could make
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| hold much less. The KISS point is that,
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| | one scrapbook, and then have pages color
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| being small, a mini scrapbook will look
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| | copied on cardstock. These could readily
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| cluttered if you get too many items on a
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| | be cut, collated, and spiral-bound at an
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| page.
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| | office supply store.
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| An album as small as 6" x 6" can be used
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| | 3. VACATION: Adult and children alike can
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| for a mini scrapbook. The pages are large
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| | make their own mini scrapbooks of a
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| enough to hold a photo up to the standard
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| | vacation trip. Our two children did this
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| 4" x 6". The extra 2" can be used for a
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| | at age 5 and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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| note or caption.
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| | Again, the small size of the pages allows
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| DIY Cardstock Album
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| | them to maintain interest, and complete a
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| You need not use a purchased album for
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| | book without becoming discouraged. Our
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| your mini scrapbook. Simply cut regular
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| | children's books included such things as:
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| letter-size cardstock sheets in half,
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| | tickets to amusement parks; photos
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| creating pages that measure five and a
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| | clipped from the hotel's free brochures;
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| half inches by eight and a half inches.
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| | photos of our son riding a mini car; of
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| Or purchase blank cards in that size at
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| | our daughter riding a 2-humped camel; and
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| an office supply store. When you are
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| | little comments (journaling) in the
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| ready to bind your mini scrapbook,
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| | children's own writing.
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| purchase cover stock in colors, and have
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| | Digital Mini Scrapbook Pages
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| it spiral bound.
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| | Yes, you can produce your mini scrapbook
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| Another good way to make a cardstock mini
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| | on a computer. Design each page, leaving
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| scrapbook follows.
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| | a one half each border at the top. Print
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| 1. First, create your mini scrapbook
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| | to cardstock, punch holes in the top
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| pages, allowing a one half inch border at
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| | border, and insert rings for a cute
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| one end of each page. This is where your
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| | flipbook. Or size your mini scrapbook
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| scrapbook will be bound, so the border
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| | pages to fit a flip desk frame.
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| should alternate from page to page.
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| | Great Uses for Mini Scrapbooks
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| 2. Create a cover for your mini
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| | 1. A small child will enjoy a mini
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| scrapbook, leaving the same border for
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| | scrapbook more than a large one, since
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| binding.
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| | each page will be simple and easy to
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| 3. At an office supply store, printer, or
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| | enjoy. A small child can handle mini
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| copy service store, have each page copied
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| | scrapbooks better, too. Laminated pages
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| in color - double-sided - on your chosen
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| | will remain clean, and the book can be
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| size of cardstock. Have the cover copied
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| | enjoyed everyday - even carried in the
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| on cover stock.
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| | car.
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| 4. Ask to have your mini scrapbook spiral
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| | 2. Mini scrapbooks make great "yearbooks"
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| bound after it is copied. You will have a
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| | for parting high school or college
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| choice of spiral binding or comb binding.
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| | friends. Work together on the original,
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| They come in colors, so you can
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| | and then have copies made and bound for
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| coordinate the cover stock and plastic
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| | each member of the group.
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| binding.
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| | 3. Grandma's "Brag Book" goes to the
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| Long-lived Mini Scrapbooks
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| | office as a mini scrapbook mounted on a
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| Keep your mini scrapbooks clean and
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| | desk frame. Flip a page each day to have
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| strong, especially those that will be
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| | a gallery of photos, each on a cleverly
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| handled by young children. Instead of
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| | themed page.
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| having your pages copied double-sided,
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| | 4. Mini scrapbooks are a great
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| choose single-sided copies. Then laminate
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| | alternative to an annual letter sharing
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| pages together in pairs, back to back.
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| | the past year with family and friends.
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| Laminate your cover, and bind the mini
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| | Pages would include high points of your
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| scrapbook.
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| | year: a birth, graduation, new job, new
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| What Else?
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| | home, etc.
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| Keeping it simple, here are a few themes
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| | A few minutes alone with your
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| you may want to consider for your mini
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| | imagination, and you will think of many
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| scrapbook.
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| | more uses, many more ideas. Mini
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| 1. YOUNG CHILD: If it's for a young
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| | scrapbooking is an economical, quick way
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| child, your mini scrapbook theme will be
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| | to gather a few memories for posterity.
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| that child's life. Page themes might
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