Bind it all!!

We decided for Cameron's 5th birthday we would take him to Disneyland. Because Disney decided to go monthly on their annual passports, this allowed us to get passes! Because we knew we would be spending lots of free time there this year, I decided I wanted Cameron to have an extra special autograph book. I also am cheap . . . or frugal, so after inspecting his previous autograph books, I decided, "I can do that!" Our friends the Heatherly's would also be getting passes. Because they have three girls, I decided to make them autograph books too. Jessie, the youngest, her birthday is 6 day's before Cameron's. I thought, it's best to give them all their autograph books at the same time. For the second year in a row, Jen and I planned a Disneyland trip on the same day without talking about it to the other. We would all be heading off to "the Happiest Place on Earth" on the 6th, so I had to work fast! I made 4 autograph books on Feb 5th. But they sure did come out cute! For Cameron, I let him pick which character he wanted on the front. He chose Buzz, which is no surprise right now, he is on a Toy Story kick. I Modge Podged his book, because the Buzz I bought was all paper. I had Jen ask the girls what their favorite characters and colors were and then personalized their books. Because they had all chose princesses, the dresses were made of fabric, so I created the albums and then gave them the princess separately, so they could add them when the books were full. Looking back I bed I could have Modge Podged them . . . but didn't want to risk it at the time and have it blow up in my face. Next time!

For the girls books, I cut chip board and all of the papers individually to give me the size and look I wanted. Because they would be carrying around three books I made their books smaller. I let the girls choose their own colors, so they would reflect their preferences.



I used my Cricut to cut the words for the covers of the books. I did each girls book in a different font with their names. Jessie and Jordan both had chosen Bell and royal blue so I made sure that their fonts were different. Because I didn't attach the princess, this is what it would look like, as soon as they were complete.



I used my Bind It All to bind the books. This is the bind it all cutting the holes for the pages.



Once all of the pages and covers had been punched, I was ready to do the actual binding. For Jessie's book, I chose white wire.



For Cameron's book I opted to use Bind It All covers and Pages


I made the cover two toned and Modge Podged each layer. His book took a LONG time.


My Cricut hard at work. For Cameron's book I used the Mickey font for the letters


I used the Bind It All to bind Cameron's book, but used silver wire to complete the look of his book



Because I had made his book an 8x8 I chose to add photo mats to the inside so that the characters would know where to sign. So the picture would be above or next to the signature. I did however leave the inside front cover as a two page spread to give Mickey Mouse full room to write and a larger picture. I also left the inside back cover a two page spread for Buzz.