Monday, March 2, 2009

Thank Goodness for Snow Days...

well it isn't even lunch time yet and I've done some laundry, pulled out something for dinner and finished the mini album I started yesterday. So we had 2 back to back storms with just a few hours break between them early this morning. At about 7am I went outside...shoveled off the back deck & measured the snow...it was 7" at that time. It since snowed all morning depositing a few more inches. Here's a look at the backyard before the 2nd storm...



This snowy fellow is our dog Riley...he's being coated by the 2nd round of snow.



I know enough of the personal stuff, you want to see that mini-album...right???

This is a perfect project for a day like today. The hardest part for me was sorting thru all our Disney pictures. To start your album you need a bunch of these little cards. I have been saving them (minus a few that have gone missing) just waiting for an idea. These are the room keys you are given when staying at a Disney resort.



Punch a few holes, add some pictures, embellies , ring and ribbon ....

Voila! Your own little mini!!!!




I painted and glittered a Maya Road chipboard word and added a Bazzill chip tag with Doodlebug stickers for the front. Here's a view of the reverse side of the cards....



Here's a fun little chipboard embellie I made with some Basic Grey raw chipboard that I painted, glittered, added a Mickey eyelet thru the star, and some MM tiny alphas.



Another chipboard embellie: Basic Grey chipboard, painted, stamped with circular dot stamp and then added some Fancy Pants felt circles to make the Mickey icon.



Lost a room card??? How about using an old photopass card....



So that's my album. I'm planning on adding to it with each new trip.

What do you think????I'm pretty pleased with it :wink:

ETA: I want to say the cool thing about these cards are that they are imprinted with your name and dates of stay. I just picked a corresponding picture for each member of the family and adhered to the appropriate card.

Okay off to enjoy some more snow... anyway blogger was not very happy with me uploading all these pictures(this is my 3rd attempt at this post!)

10 comments:

Lisa Smith said...

I absolutely love your mini album! What a creative idea!

Deanna said...

Genius!!! Seriously! That's one of the best ideas EVER for a Disney mini! I'm totally keeping that idea locked away for when if ever we get a chance to go!

The snow pictures are great too! love that one of your dog!

Lisa Cole said...

YOU ARE SO CREATIVE!!! I have been keeping these cards too... amazing!

Anonymous said...

This is such a cute album! Great way to use those cards.

Anonymous said...

I LOVE this Jen!!! TOO cute!! Now I want to renew our passes and go stay at the hotel!! :)

Lyn said...

I looove your project! Will need to tag this so I can refer back to it to be inspired after our upcoming Disney trip!

carabecca said...

This is so cute, such a great idea! It's given me a ton of ideas: ticket stubs, airline tickets, etc!

Robyn said...

What an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing!

Kristin said...

I have been holding on to my "keys to the world" to do this too! I really like how you added ribbon and embellishments. Great mini!

Raelynn said...

What a great idea. Wish I had that many KTTK cards.