mini paper bag scrapbook

Have you ever seen these cute paper bag scrapbooks? They are so much fun to make! I'm not huge on scrapbooking unless it's digital, but these are different. They are smaller, don't have to be as elaborate, and take much less time! Unfortunately, I do not have a tutorial at this moment- but here is a great one I found online- http://www.scrap-a-little.com/2010/04/paper-bag-album-tutorial-by-kristie.html. 

Hopefully I can get a tutorial on here soon! 

Now, lets talk about the one I made. Like I mentioned in the past post, I was part of an instagram swap and the theme was "rise and shine". I decided to make this little scrapbook for my swap partner to put pictures of her kids in it. I used bright, fun colors, and kept it simple so she could customize it however she wanted! 

Things you will need for this project are paper, glue stick or hot glue, embellishments, paper bags, a hole punch, and some yarn. I got my paper at Pebbles in my Pocket here in Orem. (FAVORITE store ever). I chose coordinating papers from the same line. Makes it much easier. Some of the things I used to decorate the pages are stamps, stickers, and other paper embellishments. 

I love making these. The first one I ever made was for my husband Kevin. We were dating- it was our first Valentines together. We had been together for 6 months and had talked about getting married. I printed pictures out from our 6 months of dating and on every page I wrote dating stories, how we met, our first kiss story, etc. I gave it to him for Valentines Day. Although he didn't really appreciate it, I am glad I made it for him because now we can both enjoy it :) 

These scrapbooks are the perfect gift for anyone and can be done while sitting down watching a movie. The fun thing with this is that you can staple it, use eyelets, hole punch it and use yarn or ribbon, and you can cut the bags in any shape! If you want some more fun ideas of paper bag scrapbooks, check out my pinterest board!

I hope you enjoyed my project!