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Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.

Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin!

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Last night I was skyping with a couple of blog friends (Lyn from Mid Michigan Mom, Tracy from At Home with Sweet T and Lisa from Five Kids, a Dog and a Blog). We were talking all about the fun items we re-purpose every couple of months for the Thrift Store Swap and one girl (I don’t remember who) said “I heard my swap partner almost bought a baking tin… what in the world would I have done with that?”

Well I don’t know what you would have done with that little cookie tin… but I would have made a Mini Scrapbook!

A couple of years ago I needed an inexpensive way to make presents for everyone on my Christmas list. I love to scrapbook but big scrapbooks (the 12 x 12) kind are not exactly budget friendly. Cookie tins on the other hand… cookie tins are inexpensive and come in cute patterns! I picked up a couple for a dollar or two a pop and grabbed a few scrapbook supplies from the dollar bins! I picked up two packs of paper, a package of chipboard embellishments and a pack of stickers. I picked supplies that were all from the same line so that they would easily coordinate and by the end of the day I had spent $10 to $15 dollars for presents! That’s not bad when your list has 10 people!

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Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.

Just look how cute this Cookie Tin looks with my mini scrapbook pages tucked inside! The lid is underneath the tin so it can be closed for storage… but I thought a pretty bow would be perfect for gifting my presents!

Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.

I think I made a total of 10 tins… each with 8 to 10 mini scrapbook pages! Yup… I watched a lot of Hallmark and Lifetime holiday movies! Once I created the first one I just had to duplicate it… 10 little snow man pages coming up!

Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc. Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.

Since I didn’t want to spend a fortune on scrapbook supplies I bought an extra pack of paper and used it to make embellishments for several pages… little snowflakes and stickers are easy enough to whip up! I topped the whole thing off with a few staples from my stash… ribbon, rhinestones, flowers etc!

The hardest part was not having the photos to glue into each page! Since I was giving these away they’re really more like kits than actual scrapbooks… I wanted each of my friends or family members to be able to tuck their own pictures into their little tin. So instead of photos I cut computer paper into photo sized pieces and tucked those into the pages!

I had to make them removable so I tucked them behind ribbon or chipboard… then I wrote the dimensions on each little sheet so that folks could easily match their photos with the right page! This little Christmas tree page has the biggest photo in the whole book… a 3×5! See how small this little scrapbook is?!

Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc. Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.

I really love the idea of a tiny little holiday scrapbook… maybe it’s my compulsive nature but I can see a whole little collection of tins. Trips to the beach, Christmas trips with the family, Cruises for Mom… there are so many opportunites that a little tiny scrapbook would be perfect for! I love my big scrapbooks but how much fun would it be to create a mini scrapbook for each trip?!

The best part is a single mini scrapbook wouldn’t take too long to assemble… whereas a 12×12 scrapbook takes forever to put together!

Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc. Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc. Mini Scrapbook In a Cookie Tin with Happily Ever After, Etc.

Now I’m itching to make another little mini scrapbook… I bet I could find a cute little tin in the dollar bin at Wally World! What would you do with your baking tin?

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  1. Amanda @ The Fundamental Home says

    December 16, 2015 at 6:56 am

    This is definitely a gift I would love to receive! I have always thought scrapbooking looked so nice, but I never have time or patience to do it! I love how you have little square with sizes so one would know exactly where and what size pictures to use! This is a great gift idea for scrapbookers to give! Have a very merry Christmas!

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    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      December 20, 2015 at 9:55 pm

      Thanks Amanda! They were so much fun to make and I know some of my friends who aren’t scrapbookers would love to receive it… since it’s so easy to put together! I’m tempted to make a couple more 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by!

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  2. CAROL CASSARA says

    December 16, 2015 at 7:43 am

    I’m over from Welcome H ome Wed linkup and I think you are so creative to think of this, first and then how cute you’ve executed it! I wish I had your eye.

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