I just randomly chose a size. I wanted it to be small but have plenty of room for them to have a signature and perhaps embellish it later so it can be more like a mini scrapbook. So it is about 7 ½ by 3 ½ inches. I lined-up what will be the front cover and back cover together to make sure they were even (or close enough…remember it’s homemade, not perfection).
Then I roughly punched 2 holes in each piece where I will later put ribbon through to bind the book.Next I covered each piece of cardboard with scrapbook paper and taped it down.
Then I folded in each end like wrapping a present and taped that down.
I used a very tiny screw driver (which happened to be handy) to poke holes through where the previous hole punches were.
Next I cut paper to go inside the book. I made these about 7 ¼ by 3inches.
Two of the pages I taped using double sided tape to the inside of each cover to hide the paper that had been folded over and poked tiny holes in those.
Next I threaded some ribbon through everything and tied a bow.
Finally I decorated the front.
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