Garden Harvest Mini Album...take three

I started my first garden mini album before I even had any veggies harvested...

Never finished it...tossed it out...

I started another mini album for the harvest...

Wasn't happy with it, too complicated...tossed it out...

I started to think I would never get a garden harvest mini album made...

Then a few weeks ago I was trimming up some 8 1/2" X 11" inch cardstock to 5 1/2 inches square for a new sample book (which I will show you later this week...) and ended up with a pile of strips 3 X 11...

Well, I'm a tosser and into the recycle bin they went...and they stared back at me just crying out to be made into something...

I accordion folded them and glued them together into one loooooooong piece....and the Garden Harvest mini album was born (again!)...

So this is take three...



It measures 3" X 2 3/4" and is about 1 3/4 inches thick...

I'm super happy about it...and I had a lot of fun putting it together.



I used some corrugated cardboard for the covers (also rescued from the recycle bin)...



Painted with a light swish of white acrylic paint...fun! The top stamp there is from a pack of embellies from Michaels (I think they were from Making Memories...not sure though), but the bottom stamp is from a package I received in the mail from Malaysia (just in case you are wondering what I received from Malaysia, it was a gorgeous silk hand-embroidered flamenco dancing shawl...yes, I used to Flamenco dance...)



All tied up with some green twill ribbon...



I think in all there were eight strips of paper attached end to end using 7 half strips as hinges...



This is my 'opening page'...most of the papers are from Graphic 45's Domestic Goddess line...but there are lots of other bits and pieces thrown in...



I played with some stamps...and rub-ons (from the dollar bin at Michaels)...and all sorts of things that were hanging around on my desk...



Even these stickers, which I can honestly say I have had for ages...but every time I go to clean out my stash...I just keep hanging on to them...so darn cute, and finally they have a home!



I printed the pictures at 1 3/4 inches square...leaving room between the pictures on the sheet (which was 8 1/2" X 11") so I could cut them out to look like Polaroids...then I took a pen and loosely drew boxes to frame the pictures.



Fun...fun...fun!



And here is the back cover...complete with a photo of me and Jon (aren't we cute...and oh so vintage-y!) looking so happy about our bountiful harvest!