One Page Mini Album Gift Ideas |

Since my budget was tight (actually nonexistent) during the holiday season, I decided to give my nieces creative homemade gifts as presents. As usual, I was able to look in my arts and crafts boxes for inspiration. Fortunately, I had already made a bunch of one page mini albums a few years before and they were just collecting dust in a box. As soon as I saw them, I knew they would make the perfect Christmas gifts for my nieces.

The original inspiration for these quick and easy one page mini albums was a video I discovered on YouTube by Maymay Made It Crafts called the “One Sheet Mini Flip Album Brag Book.” The video tutorial was easy to follow and required only a few scrapbooks supplies. A link to the pdf instructions was listed below the video as well. I made a bunch of them that year and stored them for later use.

My previous experience making scrapbooks made designing these gifts a breeze. Plus, I had created one of these one page mini albums as a gift for a good friend three years before. Therefore, I was familiar with the supplies I needed to complete this project.

Take a look at how I created these gifts below.

Supplies

HP Sprocket and printer paper
(2) One page mini albums
Stickers and embellishments
Cell phone for pictures

My Process

First, I chose the albums I wanted to use to make each niece her own unique album. I chose the bright neon pink and blue album for Noelle because it fits her feisty and bold personality. I chose the soft floral pink and blue album for Ayla because she is such a girly girl.

Next, I picked the pictures I wanted to include in each album. This took some time because I had a lot of pictures to weed through on my phone. For each girl’s album, I chose to use pictures that represented each child’s individual personality and spirit.

Then, I used my HP Sprocket to print out all of the pictures. This took a bit of time because it’s not the fastest printer in the world. Plus, it gets overheated if I print too many pictures at once.

Once the pictures were printed, I peeled the backing off each one and placed them on each girl’s album.

For the final phase of this mini project, I went to town decorating each album with all of the cool stickers and embellishments that I found in my stash. I worked very hard to make each album look unique.

The Big Reveal

I think the final results are quite lovely. Noelle’s album is cute, colorful, and bright just like her personality. Ayla’s album is soft and girly similar to her spirit.