What You Make of It: Lunch Sack Book with Susan Duane
Susan is back with another great handmade gift idea. Just in time for Mother's Day even Father's Day.
Hello! I've got a fun, easy and perfect project for those hard to buy
for people. I don't know about you but I never know what to get my
husband. I've been making these little scrapbooks for him and he always
tells me they are the best gifts.
♥ paper
lunch bags or chipboard book
♥ scrapbooking papers
♥ adhesive
♥ pictures
♥ inks
♥ embellishments
This can
be as elaborate or as simple as you like. I like to start
by distressing the edges of the bags with distress ink. I like the aged
look but if it's not your style you can skip this step.
Fold
each bag in half and but them together like book pages, staggering the
tops and bottoms of the bags like shown. How you bind the pages is up to
you. I sewed right down the middle of all the pages on my sewing
machine. You can punch holes & tie ribbon, you can wrap the entire
book with ribbon and tie closed, you could use metal rings from the
office supply store, I even made one with a twig and some twine to look
like a toggle closure.
pads in the 6 x 6 size are perfect for these, no cutting necessary. If
you have lots of other papers on hand that's great you'll just need to
cut them down. Cover each page in paper with your adhesive and embellish
like you would any scrapbook page, add buttons, paper clips, tags
anything you wish. On some pages I make pockets with a second sheet of
paper or you can tuck notes or tags into the openings in the paper bags
themselves. For Christmas I had each child write a little note to their
Dad and included that in one of the pockets.
If you want
something with more substance you can find plain chipboard books in any
craft store, the one pictured on the far right is chipboard using the
same idea as the paper bags books.
If you gather all your photos
and supplies you can easily put one of these together in about an
hour!
Happy Crafting!
Susan Duane is a wife and mother of three young children. She
is a home
cook, aspiring photographer and lover of old things. She spends her
days caring for her family, creating for Paperhill and in
her free time chronicles her long list of interests on her blog Hometown Girl.
I love it! I love Sue! Keep up the great ideas! Thank you for sharing!
Love Susan…these are so lovely..I use them for my students at school all the time …I adore you blog. xoxo
Very Nice! This would be a great gift for so many occasions. I think I may have to try one. Thanks so much for the share.