diy mini photo album gift idea

I love sentimental gifts. The ones you know a lot of thought went into them. 

Sometimes it's a little difficult choosing what gifts to get my kids, plus my nieces and nephews- especially because they are all very fortunate so they pretty much have everything they need. 

This year I wanted to create a little special gift for my niece Liah. 

hahaha throw baacck little Melinda ....I think the bag is Chanel ;)

I can remember as a little girl always carrying around a little purse. Most of the time it was empty, when it wasn't it was full of random things like Barbie hair brushes, fake makeup, and whatever else I could find that was tiny enough to fit in there. 

So I found this little owl purse that I knew she would love, and thought about giving her that filled with some goodies. 

side note: I have to take advantage of all things girly! I have two sons, two nephews, and another niece who is the best kind of tomboy there is. So Liah is my chance to get all the girly thangs!

I knew I couldn't get her real makeup- she is only 3... my sister already wanted to kill me when I let her play with my tinted lipgloss buahahaha....

Bring in the super cute and fun Lip Smackers! Who doesn't love Lip Smackers? All the fun flavors and the pretty packaging, I remember getting them as a kid. So I knew she would love it! 

Then I grabbed some cute besties bracelets because her and Auntie are def besties! duh!

Now for the personal touch; I remembered having those little wallet picture albums. Please tell me you remember those? Back when wallet size photos served a purpose and we didn't have 8000 photos available at our fingertips. 

Thus the idea for this DIY was born! 

I know she would love to have some pics of her squad (her cousins) in her purse. 

I printed some small pictures off my Canon: 

(I printed them on a 4x6 photo sheet, the photo sizes are sticker size)

Next I grabbed a few of my pieces of scrabooking paper and stickers from my A Beatiful Mess Messy Box. 

I cut out the pics and decided which picture would go on which paper. 

Glued them to the side without the words.

Then I added some cute little stickers for some added fun. 

Next; hole punched the top left corner. Then run some string through the hole. When you tie it make sure to leave some room so that you can easily flip through the pages. 

That's it! Super easy. Wicked cute! 

Now she can carry her squad with her any where she goes :)

So you can obviously use any kind of paper you like. I already had these on hand. I just love them because the prints are perfect and so is the size. 

I placed everything in the purse. I also bought her some new cute tights, because I am obsessed with Cat & Jack collection at Target! 

This was such fun quick DIY, the best part is that you can always add more pages! It's the perfect gift for anyone on your list. 

Hopefully this beautiful angel of mine loves it :)  Look at that face!! Yes- I am obsessed! 

If you make one be sure to tag me on IG I would love to see it! 

xo

-Melinda

 

 

P.S. to my sister who will probably see this before Christmas...don't tell her what I got her! Or else!!!

Contents:

Purse & bracelets:  Primark

Lip Smackers *Disclaimer: I was gifted the Lip Smackers by the company, but all opinions are my own :) Thank you for your support. 

Leggings: Target