I Love Making Albums
by mariagrace
And here’s another one to share.
I have such a passionate love affair with mini-albums right now. And now here’s another one of mine featured on TwoPeas. This one’s a big mini-album – big as in the largest components are 12×12. I actually created this one all the way back for National Scrapbook Day, but thought it cool to save it for this September’s Garden theme.
I’m sharing the combined pages here. (Click on the picture to see it’s full size and use your arrow keys to advance forward.) If you like what you see, leave a note to Geek Pea thanking him for making instructions download-able here. Just scroll down towards the bottom of the write-up for the link to the download.
I hope you guys like it; I know I had fun making this. And sincerest thanks for letting me share!
And, to show my thanks, I’m offering a RAK of a $75 gift card to TwoPeas to use in the store. All you have to do is answer this question: “What’s inside you?” I’ll keep the RAK open until Tuesday, September 18, so join in the fun. Who knows? You might be surprised to discover something new.
“FULL OF IT: A Big Mini-Album”
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What people are saying...
soo cool!!!
so so cool!
you are such an inspiration
i like! what’s inside me? well right now some yummy chocolate from canada. lol!
Your album is full of great ideas…really enjoyed looking at it.
I would love to travel to Asia & Europe.
Your work is amazing!
What’s inside of me?
The need to let go of all fears and just live life.
I loved it, so beautiful! (Plus, your blog is wonderful, you click on the pics and it doesn’t even leave blog home, loved the pop up window. So easy to use. And the big numbers on comments, love it).
What’s inside of me?
Lots of anxiety I need to get rid of, a mix of fear and excitement about the future (I’m graduating from college in a few months and have no idea what I’m gonna do next). Not in a hurry to be a grown-up.
I guess that’s most of it.
MG- You’re work is so amazing! Inside of me: Feeling so content and blessed but always sprinkled with a few worries and anxious feelings about the health of those I love…the future and recently turning 40. EEEK. Love, love, love all you do.
um. wow. that book is so amazing. very very cool.
inside me: a giant mess of emotions and goals and dreams and love and confusion. and peace. peace is in there somewhere, i think. i hope. ha.
inside me: life.
LOVE this album! You have such a great way of combining things that seem completely different and making them look amazing together.
inside me? complicated right?
i think i’m a very honest person who isn’t always honest to herself because she doesn’t want to hurt other people’s feelings. but i’m becoming more true to myself, which is why i think i connected with your album. i think it’s great to become introspective. and then you record it in an album? well that’s just even better!
Super cool, Mary Grace! Thanks for the inspiration
So glad to find you back blogging!!! 
Oh yeah, I really loved your post in the TwoPeas Creating Garden.
I love, love, love this album, Gracie Poo!
What’s inside me? Well, the desire to make a freakin’ awesome album like this one, that’s what!
Here’s what’s inside me (at the moment..). A quote that has become my favorite quote (and believe-you-me…I could not get a favorite for a long time)..it goes something like this: “Be Who You Are And Say What You Feel, Because Those Who Mind Don’t Matter And Those Who Matter Don’t Mind” (By Dr. Seuss). This makes my days a little brighter
MG, have to tell you again how much I love this!
Amazing theme, fantastic use of product I can’t tell you how much I want to make one of these!! Thank you for the inspiration!
HI MG!! THIS IS SOO CUTE!! I feel so inspired right now….haha…in answer to your question, what’s inside me is a rollercoaster of experiences, emotions, and randomness. oh, speaking of randomness, there’s a lil girl on board that just likes to scream out “ANGUS!” just for the heck of it! hehe. (^_^)v
What’s inside of me?
A need to prove myself but also a requirement to be patient. Having an injury has slowed down my running progress. I want speed, and I get plodding. Having little time has hampered my art. I want huge canvases and multiple albums and I get mere inches of painting a week and maybe a page or two a month. I want to bite off huge chunks and all I can swallow is little bites. It frustrates me, and doean’t suit me at all.
Oh, and also? This album makes me hold my breath the whole time I am looking at it. Wow. Love it too much for any words.
Glad to have you back blogging MG.
omg, love this album! i so want to encourage my craft group to make this as a group project. thanks so much for sharing!
what’s inside me: love. love for myself. love to share.
love that you are bloggin’ again.
what’s inside me?
toooooo many hot tamales
ok on a serious note – Inside me is a very STRONG woman, who has seen a lot and still believes in good, grace and lots o’ love!
First glad to see you back!
Second, inside me are a lot of questions about what I’m doing in my life right now and what I should be doing.
Love the mini!
Whats inside me? Hope, even though I (gulp) turned 28 it still means I have a lot to look forward to.
Awesome album!
What’s inside me is a perfectionist who is trying to let go of perfection and just go with the flow
Thanks for the instructions for making that album. I just got my color copies of the creative journal workbook. I can’t wait to get started on both!
Right now my heart is so full of joy as I watch my two daughters, Emma and Stella, ages 3 and 1, love on each other and play together. My heart if full of hope that my husband and I will be able to nurture that relationship so that is remains strong their whole life.
Oh, and I am full of a good cup of coffee too!
Love the album – so many great ideas!
Inside me: my anxiously awaited unborn baby
love your album-remember when you asked me at scrapbook territory what i’d like to see more in classes…i think this is the answer~!!! i’d love to go through a mini album class with you~! i’m having a love affair with mini albums right now, too~!
what’s inside of me right now? so much gratitude. there’s an outpouring of love right now from all my family, friends, and coworkers because a)it’s my birthday~! and b)i’m switching jobs this week, and everyone is being so kind and thoughtful and it just fills me up with gratitude. people are amazing. i love them~!
great question~!
Love the album!!! You are so inspiring!!! Glad to see you’re back blogging. As for whats inside me, right now feelings of stress and being tired.
whats inside me?
currently…
anxiousness and nervousness to remind my boss that I am on vacation next week because when I originally told her about it 2 months ago she was not happy. She has not brought it up since and I am curious to see if I even have a job when I get back.
so right now, nervousness is overwhelming me.
hence the fact that I am surfing my bookmarks!
oh yeah, and
holy moly!!! that album rocks to the moon!!
Love that album! So inspiring. Read the instructions cover to cover and it’s added on my list of things to scrap. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing!!!
What’s inside me?…
I actually read that question half an hour ago and told myself… let me think about it first and respond later. So a seed is planted in my head and my mind starts racing. Then as I was changing my baby’s diaper for the tenth time today, I remembered your cover. Simple, uncovered. Letting the album reveal the pieces that make you up. That’s a really clever way to approach that album and this question. So now rather than over thinking my reply, I’m just going to type away and answer it like this…
What’s inside me?… too much of my father’s stubborness. Not enough of my mother’s compassion and dedication to God. A heart full of wishes and dreams for my two boys. A fear that I can’t prevent them from harm’s way. A desire to specialize in pediactrics at work. An urgency to scrap as much as I can… anxious that I’ll forget it all if I wait too long. A dream to run a marathon. A longing to return to my hometown in the Phillipines so I can smell my Tita’s sampaguitas. And on a lighter note… what’s inside me are 2 mamons and an ensaymada from Goldilocks. And in another two minutes… a pulvoron will also meet its destiny.
This was fun. And liberating. I think I just came up with some entries for my album! Yipee! Boys are sleeping. Must scrap. Bye! And thanks Grace… for the simple fact that you inspired me to learn something new today
What’s inside me? About 100 to do lists, a mishmash of fears and hopes, a ton of love for a little guy with big challenges and deep, desire for a week of sleep.
That album is AWESOME! I am feeling so inspired to make some mini-albums now!
I just need more time!
Now you’re making me think…
What’s inside me?
A whole heck of a lot of love for my husband and little girl, a yearning to be a better person, wife, mother, friend, some fear and anxiety, and a little too much whizzing through my brain that keeps me awake a night. Oh and a serious craving for some ooey gooey brownies too!
you are such an inspiration, lovely work as always!
*sigh* SO INCREDIBLY COOL.
What’s inside me?!!! Excitment for future projects, fear not to FEEL capable of doing them, anger against those who hurt my family, love for all the little things around me, sadness because I miss my sister so much…but you know what??? I’m FULL of LIFE,LOVE and HAPPINESS!
Wow! That’s a question for the ages…
I am full of fear. Lots of fear. I am so tired of the feeling of constant fear. My life here in the US might be coming to an end soon and that terrifies me.
I wish I had a better answer for that great question
To clarify my post…
http://anilumagloire.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-349-am-here-in-miami.html
maria, this album is FANTASTIC! i was looking for some inspiration to get going again and this was IT! thanks for being so encouraging to not be afraid.
what’s inside of me? anger/confusion. i lost my job this past friday and was not given a reason why. we live in a state that doesn’t have to tell you either. it made me realize what a cynical world we live in? OR maybe that’s what led me to believe it this time. it’s sad really, i’m a positive person and optimistic most all the time. sadly this past friday’s events has been a damper on my spirits.
luckily, reviewing your album just now will help snap me out of this funk some, i’m off to get creative! this was the push i needed so thank YOU! thank you for allowing us to be so real and raw with your question! cheers, rachel
YOU are BRILLIANT!
What’s inside of me? Butterflies & Wonder…
I just dropped off my boys at school…a big time 5th grader who is changing into a man ALREADY and my kindergartener who is just getting used to the big school…{sigh}. How does time fly so fast?!?
Hugs!
LOVE this big mini book. WOW.
What’s inside me?
Right now it’s a lot of anxiety and stress I’m trying to fight… Trying to let go of it, since I can’t control so much around me. I am also full of hope and excitement that all that is uncertain right now will turn out for the best. It has to, right?
I’m also very full of love. Love for the world, love for my family, for my friends…
What’s inside me??? The need to scraplift this entire album, that’s what.
Inside me there are some creative little monkeys who try to leave my big ol’ body at some times
inspiration, anxiety, sadness, love, fear!
Inside of me? According to the pregnancy journal a 2.5 inch baby
First of all…that album is amazing…very inspiring!
Inside of me?…Lots of anger that is getting ready to boil over. Honestly, I don’t know why, at almost 30 years old, I am still afraid to confront my mother with the issues that I have with her. And, I don’t know why I let things build up to the point of a veritable explosion. I need to learn just to let it out…let go…
I love your album!!!! I’ve only just discovered you and I absolutely love your work – so inspiring.
What’s inside of me? Well quite a bit of tiredness and a nagging feeling that i should really know how to look after myself a little better by now and put my needs first once in a while. But also a lot of love for my husband and children and also a lot of gratitude for the life i have
good to see your work again.
inside me there is freedom and happiness (and a thin person stuff with chocolate)
ok. not sure how i’ve never stumbled across your blog before. but i love it.
now to answer the question…
inside me there is so much self-doubt, negativity, and frustration. but there is also SO much love, creativity, and a very giving heart.
thanks for this prompt today.
i think i feel a little book of my own coming soon.
have a beautiful day.
xx
jill
Awesome album! TFS
What’s inside me? Simply, GRATITUDE for all the blessings, and hardship, that made me who I am today
Love the album. Need to do one of my own.
Whats inside me? well, life! I recently was stressed with work and family. Thought i couldn’t do it, but eventually found my balance.
full of inspiration right now from this post, so love your book! I am so addicted to mini’s so this right up my alley!
What’s inside me? A need to make everything perfect for everyone else while knowing that is impossible to do. A balance that is ongoing, frustrating but very worthwhile…
Love the album, you never fail to surprise me!!
Oh man, I am feeling so inspired by that!
I literally want to copy the whole thing using your exact instructions so that I don’t have to use my brain, I can use yours!
Bwahahahahahaha!
I just love this!!!
What’s inside me?
Currently it’s chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
inside me right now is a fire that is starting to burn, fueling the flame that is pushing me to look for something more. a better way to spend my everyday hours and moments. one that will allow me to be creative and happy and full. to be at peace.
i am full to the brim with happy memories, exciting possibilities, and most importantly, love love love. a little bit of almonds & strawberry-kiwi vitamin water, as well.
i am a full girl today.
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Inside me right now is a girl waiting to be found. She needs to be nurtured and listened to. Until now I have been afraid to… I am working on my “issues”. People tell me its a life-long thing…
Love this album.
What’s inside me? Hmmm…the girl who wanted to be more then I am right now.
Love love love this book!
Inside me right now???? A girl that is finally happy, content and loving everything in her life. Family, friends, health, love…. it’s all there and I am loving every minute of it!
Such an awesome ‘mini’!!! This past week I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s inside me, but mainly what is there that I’m not proud of. I’ve had too much envy recently and I’m trying to let it go. Not Easy. My love vastly outweighs everything though…for my sweet little girl.
grace- that album is tre cool. love it, as i always love your stuff.
what’s inside me? the courage i never thought i had to admit the damage i was doing to myself and getting off my tush to loose over 50 lbs. it hasn’t ben easy and i still have a ways to go…but the courage is there!
{hip}
some pizza, a little iced tea (canadian style) a little anxiety but mostly contentment. Also some dark dark chocolate and a cookie, some muscle cramps from a forced walk/run. my liver, kidneys, gall bladder etc.. take up an awful lot of space
(nice album too, love green!)
what’s inside of me? Memories of my Dad.
Love your album!
Awesome, inspiring work–
What’s inside of me–right now, I’m full of fight. So many things falling in my lap right now, it’s wearing me down but I’m trying to dig in my heels. Can I put that in a mini album?
Also there’s a lot of popcorn and diet coke in me.
WOW….that is a seriously cool album!!
So what’s inside me right now? I’m full of anticipation and fear of what the next few weeks will bring me and my family!
My tummy is hungry so there’s nothing much in there but stomach acid and a mangled mess of what was a nectarine eaten an hour ago.
Inside my head though are some great ideas influenced and inspired by your album!!
That is such an awesome album! I love the idea behind it and all the possibilities!
What’s inside me? Well, apart from some BK that I shouldn’t have eaten, I’m full of hopes and dreams for the future, full of inspiration, excitement, anxiety and fear of what the future holds. I have so much going through my head these days. I want to thrive both personally and professionally. I want to put things in perspective, experience new adventures, succeed in life, I want to be a Mom….I think that will make an interesting and conflicting album! LOL!
What’s inside of me? turmoil. my old dog is sick, is it time to let her go?
Great ideas and inspiration needing to find an outlet! Just tons of creativeness…if you know what I mean.
OH my gosh this is such a great album and I need it. So what’s inside of me right now, right at this moment? Jealousy, envy, a wee bit annoyance with myself. why can’t I be this creative and come up wonderful ideas like this?
What a beautiful and inspiring question. I am a very introspective person, but this question really got me thinking.
What’s inside me? Color! Lots of big bold beautiful colors just waiting to come out-when I can let go of the fears and insecurities and open myself up to the world.
What a happy thought!
What’s inside of me? Thankfulness after a fun day with my kids.
What’s inside me? An insatiable hunger to create while sharing the core of who I am.
Whats inside of me? the desire to be so much more than I am.
Awesome Album!!!
Inside me? Is a people pleaser who is scared to live for herself..
what’s inside me?
- a hurting heart ….
this is so awesome…
Inside me is the desire to let go and know my limitations – to allow my body to tell me its enough and to heed the voice inside telling me to take a break!
Well right now a baby! and the urge to create this album! thanks for sharing.
Inside of me is a person wanting to escape the world of depression and anxiety and live!
inside me is a tired mom with a desire to find her lost self.
what’s inside me?
crankiness (I’m always too hot or cold around here), silliness (sometimes due to wine, other times not), thankfulness (I’m so lucky to have good people around), hunger (for everything edible in the house, on most days).
Thanks for the question!
This big mini is so inspiring!
What’s inside of me?
The sudden impulse to quit my horrible job.
And the appiness in knowing that I would be ok if I did.
posting late but that project rocks, MG!
what’s inside of me? a scrap shopping monster! :p
thank you so much for the inspiration AGAIN ! can’t wait to work on this one…where do you come up with these amazing/creative/thought provoking ideas? wish i had a couple of them inside me….
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where did you have that “create art everyday MG” stamp made? Love it and love love the book.
grace… you are just so inspiring!! i love you and your work…. amazing!!!!