I had so much fun creating this mini scrapbook full of instagram photos from our first year of marriage. This little book would also be great for polaroid or instax photos!
Here are a few of the pages I put together for my book. I used stickers from the art store, labels and permanent pens to write directly on my photos.
I spent the afternoon making little pages with one photo each plus some words. I had so much fun remembering our first year of marriage while putting these together. I'm really glad I took so many instagram photos on my brother's wedding day and on our little brunch dates!
Here's a little bit about how I constructed this book… 1. Collect map papers (I trimmed mine to 5×5 inches), treasured photos and you'll need some adhesive too. I print my instagram photos with an app called PostalPix. 2-4. I used Lithco to bind my pages together. This is a sticky adhesive that can be used to make your own notepads. You need to smash your pages between a book and put a weight on them while the coats of Lithco dries. It takes several coats. When it was dry I covered the spine with washi tape for a cuter finished look.
Flipping through the pages of my book I feel happy, thankful and so lucky for this life. I think that's what a scrapbook should be, a record of things that make life beautiful. Thanks for taking a look at my newest coffee table book. xoxo, elsie
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wow, very cool!
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this is the sweetest thing. i wish i had done something like that for husband. maybe i can do a “year 5”
thanks for sharing!!
love this, elsie! i love seeing all the scrapbooks you’ve been making lately!
I just love these 🙂 I need to print some of mine SO badly 🙂 TOO CUTE!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
its so cute!
So awesome! I usually use blurb because I like the Blog to Book feature…but I also have a ton of Instagram pics from our first year (we’re only 5 months in, too!). And I have a bunch of old maps! Yippee!
What a splendid idea!
thank you for sharing all of these DIY books.
It is very inspiring!
Anna
This is so inspiring!!! I can’t wait to get married so I can create a similar one!!! LOL!
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Elsie, I so admire your creativity and your determination to capture memories! This is a lovely project…almost makes me wish I had an iPhone 🙂
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Love seeing all of your inspiring photo books and art journal posts. I have a list of some that I am doing in the future. One is a look back on the last five years of marriage with my husband. Another is a spring break book that I am going to do during spring break with my daughters help. I can’t wait!
Love it. Totally super.
Love this album, such a fabulous idea!
LOVE this idea!! I had no idea that Lithco existed and will definitely have to check it out 🙂
so cool! thanks for sharing where you get your instagram photo prints!!!
It’s adorable, Elsie. Are you planning to do one every year? What a wonderful way to keep your memories alive.
Love this! I so need to start printing my instagram photos.
xO, Vicky
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I absolutely admire your creativity! What a beautiful way of keeping memories !
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I love miniature anything (don’t ask) and this album is a great cute example!
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Love this! I did a little album like this in university tracking all the friends, and classes, and travels. I treasure it so much!!!
xoxo
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wow this looks amazing!
You are on fire girl. I see you used your alone time well.
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This is such a lovely idea!! I took loads of Instragram snaps in the summer when I was home in Canada (I live in Denmark now), with hopes of doing something crafty and amazing with them. Alas, this has yet to happen, but you have inspired me to get my butt in gear! Also, random fact, my grandmother’s name was Elsie Larson. Love your blog! x E
This is so sweet! I so need to do this!
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Elsie, stop. I was JUST wondering how I could print my instagrams and BAM you post this. Thanks for all the tips, I just love this blog
wow, that is a wonderful idea. Definitely something which I think I might be attempting!
this is so cute! <3
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Thank you for sharing this! What a nice way to mark you first year of marriage, both traditionally (paper!) and in a modern way (instagram app photos!).
I love all of these scrapbooks you’ve been showing us. I can’t wait to make one! I just ordered a bunch of instagram prints too. ♥
So sweet & Cute! I’m loving these “make your own notebook” tutorials you’re posting!
How sweet! I got really excited about the thought of making my own notepads, but I’m having trouble tracking down Lithco… Where would one find this wonderful product?
Very cute. I really need to do something with all the photos that I take. This might be just the thing, Although with out the marriage bit! 😉
LOVE THIS….SO MUCH!
I’ve just finished creating a collection of canvas transfers (thanks to your fabulous blog), so now I might move on to Instagram scrapbooks! YAY! <3
I love the cards! I love the designs!
Where do you find the Helvetica letter stickers?! I’ve looked everywhere… I <3 Helvetica.
So cute! I’m not craftsy otherwise.
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that’s a great idea, I really need to print out my instagram and hipstamatic photos!
LOVE THIS! I was waiting for you to post something like this since you have been posting so many art-journal/scrapbook crafts lately! Can’t wait to make one!!
Ah! This is so great! I’ve loved all your recent tutorials (or just sneak peeks!) of your journals and scrapbooks. Thanks for sharing!!
Such a cute idea! I want to try this sometime! <#
fun!
adorable…we just instagramed our trip cross country such a fun app….super cute and great little heirloom ~Love Heather
I’m working on an Instagram book right now, too! I am hoping I will have enough space for the whole year, as a sort of memory book! I hope to be taking pictures this weekend, I will send you some maybe!
What a great idea! I’ll have to try this soon!
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that is one sweet book! 🙂 x
Sooo cute. It is raining in Vienna, so I might try it. Thanks for this!
Lots of love,
The Cuteberry
I JUST posted about making photobooks of each year I’ve been with my boyfriend! They feel so special, don’t they? I hope they’ll be treasured for a long time to come.
Lovely. Postalpix isn’t available in Canada yet 🙁 I’ll have to look for an alternative (I have a lot of pics on my phone I want to print out).
This is so amazing & a great way to capture those memories! When the day comes, I hope to make one of these adorable little albums! 🙂
Thank you so much for this idea, Elsie! I love scrapbooking, but don’t do it too often because of how time and space-consuming it can be. However, I think I could do this little scrapbook in one afternoon! My husband and I are just approaching our one-year mark, too, so I think I’ll so something similar. Thanks again!
I’m having trouble finding the Lithco adhesive. Do you remember where you bought it?
cute!! i made an album of envelopes recently. now can i easily save memories from my trip last year:)
Cute crafty idea!
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where did you purchase your Lithco glue?
Wonderful ideas, and I love how your recycle materials.
i love this. What size did you print the pictures?
So, so sweet. I love the ease of the Blurb Instagram book but I didn’t like that I couldn’t add text! I’ll have to try this for the next one. 🙂
awww.. OMG I was thinking to do a project with my photos of instagram!! I think can be loook good on my wall.
Where do u purchase lithco?
Thank you for sharing PostalPix! I’m always finding great apps from you!
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Rebecca
This is SO cute — it turned out so well! I hope I have time someday soon to do some crafts.
x Hilary
I love this!! I want to make one!
so sweet and I love how you’ve used maps as background.
You make the best things! I would love to make my own scrap book one day 🙂
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Great project! Really a wonderful way to incorporate online media into something 3 dimensional you can get your hands on and feel.
I love all your creative DIY ideas. This is such a cute one!
XOXO
is lithco acid-free?
This is amazing! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
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Pretty scrapbook.. You come up with the most adorable projects. Thanks for sharing!
This make me wanna have instagram!
This might be a silly question, but what do you put the lithco on to bind the pages together? I tried using washi and that didn’t hold…so I’m hoping for a better solution.
Plain adorable! I love this so much!!
xo Heather
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This is amazing! I recently discovered instagrams myself, and love them so much, and this is such nice way to display them well! it is literally so cute!
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So cool <33
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Super cute!
This is such a cool project!
Thinking about making one myself as a memory of all the fun me and my boyfriend had the last three years. And hopefully a lot more 🙂
Xx Sari
Do you have a link to the adhesive? I googled it but can’t seem to find what you used! I’ve got a stack of instagram prints waiting to be made into a book!!
not to sound creepy or anything,
but i love the relationship you two have (:
you can realy tell how much you two adore eachother.
this is such a fun idea! i’ve never scrapbooked before, but this post is so inspiring!
xo, cheyenne
What a lovely present! I have enough time to gather the photos and stickers until the “2 years” anniversary 🙂
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Wow, great blog article. Want more.
Wow, great blog article. Want more.
this is really cute! C:
planning to print out my instagram photos too.
I just got married in May and I can’t wait to make one of these. Thanks for the great idea!!!
Wow, so interesting!