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Photo book opened
This mini photo album is a cute, clever and compact way to take and share favorite images. It’s generally called a “squash book” because of its accordion style where it expands to reveal images and then is “squashed” back to a compact book. It’s wonderful for photos from baby showers, holiday events, field trips, and great to show off grandchildren, pets hobbies, collections and more
Though it’s not difficult to make, folding it to its compact size can be a little tricky, but after a couple of time it’s easy to get the hang of it. The materials to make it are simple: 4 sheets of card stock, some printed scrapbook paper, scissors, double-stick tape/glue, and a ruler.
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As the technique is understood better through demonstration, I found a 5-min YouTube video that shows how a squash book is put together. The decorating of the book is left to your imagination.
This one is a Christmas gift for my 12-year old niece She came to visit for few days this past summer and I did a photo session of her at that time, so this includes images from that session.
I also created this book to be something that will be a source of encouragement and affirmation for her (something adolescent girls desperately need in today‘s culture), so I have spaces for little hearts and tags where I will write notes of love and encouragement.
Is there a girl in your sphere of influence that you could encourage with a book like this?
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I do have a kit with the papers, tags and embellishments that make this book, and also one with the book partially assembled already. If you’re interested in either of those, please let me know.
Book before pictures and embellishments added
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