"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
-Albert Pine

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Disney Autograph Books!

Hey there!!

I haven't posted in a long time, I have been so busy making various projects...and have had no time to post them!  :( Boo.  

I started making these Autograph  books last May.  (yeah, I know!)  I didn't work steadily on them, but just did a page here and there when I had spare time between other projects.   My brothers typically take their kids to Disneyland in the winter, so I had plenty of time.   Then the holiday season came, and I had many, MANY other projects to make, and the autograph books were pushed aside.  So, around December 27th, I hear that one family is heading off to Disneyland in January!  AND.....I only had about three pages done!  EEK!  It was time to buckle down!  

Luckily I finished theirs in time, and I hope they get to meet all the characters, and get a ton of autographs!  The kids were excited to have them, I can't wait 'till they get back to hear how it went! 

I have a LOT of pictures.  I tried to make each child's book a little different from his/her brother or sister's book.  So the characters and names are different in their books.  Keep in mind, I had five of these to make, and I didn't have that many options in some of the Cricut cuts, so I did what I coul.d   I am going to show two different books in this post.     Again, I have a LOT of pic's!  
Also, I designed the book with room for the character's autograph on the right page, and left room for a photo of the character on the left page!! My brothers typically get a picture of their kids with the characters, and I thought it would be neat to display them next to their autographs!! :)
And now, here are the pictures! 

Here is the inside cover and front page: 

Mickey Mouse!




Minnie Mouse:
Donald Duck:
Daisy Duck:
Goofy:
Pluto:
Chip:
Dale:
Winnie The Pooh!!
Tigger:
Piglet:
Eeyore:
Cinderella: 
Aurora (Sleeping Beauty):
Aladdin & Jasmine:
Belle:
Ariel:


Alice:
Snow White:
The 7 Dwarfs:
Tinkerbell:

Faries:
Woody:
Buzz:
Inside of Cover and first page, along with Inside of Back Cover and last page:
Outside Covers: 




I put paper over the kids names on the covers.  Just because they are not MY kids, so I'm not showing their names in the pictures I post online..  :)
The book covers are laminated for protection.  The covers are made out of thick chipboard.  I punched two holes in the back cover, inserted eyelets and elastic strap for a closure.  I like that style of book closure. It's so easy to do, and keeps the books closed tightly so they don't get damaged in backpacks / purses / suit cases /etc at Disneyland!!  
The books measure 4.5" tall by 8" wide.  And all of the characters were cut at 4" 
Wait, I lied.  Not ALL of the characters are cut at 4", but most are.  The faries are cut at 3" I believe...  And Buzz Lightyear is also smaller, but i can't remember off the top of my head what he is cut at.  

I had so much fun making these books!!  I hope the kids have just as much fun getting them autographed! :)  

Thanks for looking!

1 comment:

  1. I found you from Momo's blog. Yay!
    Your autograph books are amazing! Great Job!

    Kim
    http://uscrap2.blogspot.com/

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