With Mother’s Day quickly approaching I thought it would be fun to take the next few weeks and focus on mom as we countdown to the big day! There’ll be fabulous gift ideas, FREE printables and lots more to share over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!
Today, I’m excited to kick off the countdown to Mother’s day, with this handmade mini album idea + a FREE downloadable digital template.
I created this album a few years ago as part of a special issue for Simple Scrapbooks magazine. I shared some questions with my mom and had her answer them in an email for me. It was a fun way to get to know her a little bit more and once I’d put the whole album together it made the perfect little handmade gift.
The design + the supply list are pretty simple. All you’d need to create your own album is some white cardstock to create the album pages, some coordinating patterned paper + cardstock, embellishments {ie.flowers}, brads for the flower centres, large eyelets for the top left corner of each page, a corner rounder punch, a binder ring to hold your album pages together and a scrap of ribbon.
This album came together in only a couple of hours, after I’d gathered the journaling from my mom and I’m so happy with how it turned out and for the chance it gave me to get to know a little bit more about her.
To make it even simpler to put together your own mini album for mom, I created these FREE digital templates just for you! 🙂 You can download the templates HERE. They are 5″ X 7″ in size, making them easy to print. Just drop in your own photos + digi paper, add your journaling and you’re good to go. You will need Photoshop Elements or Photoshop to use the templates.
I’ll be sharing a printable list of questions you could ask your mom, grandma, aunt or mother-in-law that will be helpful when creating this album so watch for it next week!
Rebecca Cooper is a 42-year-old wife and mother of four from Alberta, Canada. As a photographer, crafter, author, and blogger, she finds joy and fulfillment in celebrating everyday moments. She loves to read and eat chocolate, and is a firm believer in afternoon naps. Rebecca shares her family’s adventures, photo tips, simple craft projects + more right here at Simple as That.
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That is very sweet – thanks!
I am blessed with 3 daughters and think I will make this fro them…a reverse Mothers day gift 🙂
A thank you for making me a Mum.
Thanks for sharing
I really like that but I don’t have any old pics of my mom.
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Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 4 post on Apr. 14, 2012. Thanks again.
What a great idea! I am always searching for something unique for my mom because she literally has everything she needs. This will be a wonderful and very personal gift to create for her.
Thank you for the idea!
Thank you! This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Rebecca! I love this and can’t wait to make it for my Mom!
Absolutely divine, Rebecca. You never cease to amaze me!
Wow this looks Awesome I really want to try it, I do have photo shops elements, will that work? I really never use it, I use lightroom mostly. Great Idea!
Lovely gift idea. I can’t wait for the kind of questions you asked her too….thanks! 🙂
perfectly beautiful
Gorgeous 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing this.
thanks so much for the cute album! Can’t wait for the list of questions.
Love this idea! Just wish it worked with Adobe as well as photoshop! I don’t have photoshop! ugh!!! oh well…. I may see if I can create something similar using Adobe….
I love this! Thank you!
this is awesome, thank you!
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Awww, super sweet.
this is a beautiful book- as is all your work! thanks for sharing with us!
You can also use Gimp, which is free. 🙂
This is great for a gift for my mother. Maybe not with old pictures, but lots of her grandchildren. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the templates. I think they’ll be great with greatgrandkids for my mom (and maybe a copy for me)!
thank you xx
Great idea – thank you for your generousity!!
I love this idea for my mother! She will love it! Thanks for posting it!
I would love the questions you asked. That is such a neat idea
This is so cute. Thanks
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I just found this on Pinterest and am your newest follower. This is the cutest project- i just love it. Beautiful!!!!!
HELP! I can’t seem to open this folder as my Windows Live Photo Gallery is not the latest version? Do you mind to convert it into an older version/pdf instead? Help greatly appreciated! (:
Wonderful mini – thank you for the templates!
Very cute mini album! Thanks for the templates! 🙂
Hi there,
I’ve just found your site after a FB recommendation to your page – so thought i’d come and check out your blog too…
what a lovely idea this little book of photos and journalling is -like a mini album, but cuter! A great gift for your Mum (I’m from the UK where we say Mum)!
What a shame one can only use with photo shop elements etc – I use software called Craft Artist 2 – which is a fabulous interactive and intuitive crafting, scrapbooking and cardmaking program. It can use jpeg, png or even PDF file formats… anyway – I can still admire the work you’ve created here though.
Although we’d already had Mothers day in the UK – this would be great for so many people/occasions.
Can’t wait to look round at your other projects and blog posts…
Paula Gale – from across the pond!!! 🙂
I love this mini album. I included it my round up of Mother’s Day Gifts. Thank you for a fabulous idea!
Would love to know the full list of questions you asked your mama. I am not great about being creative with the questions but could certainly do the rest!
I never found the list of questions you asked you mom. Where did you post it??