Games We Play

We love to play games! A couple of years ago I had the idea to create a mini-album with photos of us playing games over the past ten years or so. I began collecting photos, patterned papers, stickers, and miscellaneous embellishments in a Project File. I even cut up an old Scrabble board and made the cover using Scrabble tiles and letter stickers.

I had a chipboard mini-album - the kind where each page is a little longer than the next - that I planned to use. However, I simply put all these items in the Project File and let it sit, collecting more photos and papers and stickers along the way, waiting for just the right inspiration to work on it.

That time came during the crop in Corsicana last month! I had everything ready and started working on this album about 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon . . . and by midnight it was all done!

I am so excited to have this project completed and absolutely thrilled with how it turned out. Here's a look at some of the pages.

I had kept some old score sheets and used one on this page of me and Robbie playing Canasta.

This next one is one of my favorites. I added a pocket with additional photos and Skip-Bo cards (with photos on the back). It's a fun interactive element! 

 

I had some more score sheets in my Project File and used those on the back cover of the album.

I had quite a few leftover photos and bits and pieces once I completed the album, so I threw together a 2-page layout that will go in our Things That Matter scrapbook.

This was such a fun mini-album to put together. I'm not sure why I waited so long, but I definitely think it's time to pull out the Project File with the puzzle pictures and get to work! What projects have you been putting off for a while now?