Christmas Memory Journal

 Marion Werren Design Team Member for

 SCRAP OF YOUR LIFE 

    CHRISTMAS IN JULY EVENT   

For my first Project I would like to share with you A  Christmas Memory Journal.

I love making journals of special occasions it is a fabulous way to fit in a lot of photos from Special Memories. In the journal you can put multiple photos of just not Christmas Day but of all the events of your Christmas, such as your Children's Concerts, Boxing Day, and even Christmas Celebrations with Family or Friends that don't happen on Christmas Day.   

For this journal i have simply used a folder from Office Works. You can also get these from Kmart, BigW and some of the reject shops. I Love them as they give you an instant hard cover for your journal. You can also cut them down to make a smaller journal or even 2 journals. For the band tie on the front i used some stretchy string, which i wound around the journal a few times, then tied ribbons to the string on the side. This makes it easy to take on and off. 

For the inside pages of my journal i have gathered together a mixture of Christmas papers from my stash, while also 

co-ordinating the colour scheme.

I have cut my papers into different sizes throughout the journal. For larger pages i have scored a line a 1/4" or 1/2cm in on both long edges of the paper and joined together with some double sided tape. Other pages i have just folded in half, or in  what ever size i would like them to be. 

When you are happy with the placement of your pages,  Bull dog clip the top and the bottom to the folder cover. 

Then Sew on your sewing machine through the centre fold. Be aware that your sewing machine will be able to sew a certain amount of papers, if you have to many your sewing machine may not cope. So in this case it would be better to do them in two lots of signatures, and then tapeing them together inside your album, or sew them side by side in the journal. 

And now your journal is ready for you to place all your wonderful memories in. 

Inside of my journal i have created photo flips and extra pages such as the glitter and laminated confetti pages.I also cut pieces of pattern paper and fold them in half, then stuck them to pages for extra photos or journaling. Here is a few pictures below of some of these. 

The gold and silver dots are confetti circles, that you can get from Hot Dollar or Spotlight Party supplies. Or you can use any kind of Christmas Confetti that you would like. 

This idea came from my lovely friend Jen Hall at " Painty Hands" You can find Jen on Face Book and just search " Painty Hands" Jen has a wonderful tutorial using laminating sheets. Please go have a look you will love what she does.

I have taped mine to other pages in the journal with double sided tape and cut down to size to fit. 

This is a page i have created in my journal. I am creating another that i will put up for another tutorial.  

There are endless possibilities and creative ideas for your journal, your imagination will take you as far as you want. 

Don't forget to decorate your front cover and enjoy this Christmas In July Event For Scrap Of Your Life.

I hope you enjoy creating your Christmas Memory Journal.

DT Member Marion Werren xxx