Holding It Together

One of my favorite things to make as a gift is a mini-album.  Every time I’ve made one and given it to family or friends, it’s been a big hit.  Today I’m going to share a few methods of binding your mini album together.

One of the easiest ways to bind a mini album together is to punch holes on your pages with a hole puncher, then just bind it with some O-rings that you can find at the office supply store.  I used this method when I made a “Love You” mini album as anniversary gift to my husband last year.

Here are some more examples of this O-ring type of binding.

 

 

I’ve also used a simple sewn binding with a needle and some embroidery thread.  I made this tiny notebook as a Christmas Elf Party favor.

A view of the simple sewn binding.

 

A third method of binding your mini book together is to do the sewn binding, but add an adhesive fabric paper to the outside binding.  I made this mini album at an Amy Tan class.

 

The fourth binding method is to line up all your papers and sewn down the middle using a sewing machine.  If you use this method, you’ll have to keep the number of pages fairly low.  But I like how this looks. 

 

A fifth method of binding a mini-album together is to simply use a binder, like this one.

 

And finally, I’ve seen many mini-albums bound together using the Bind-It-All or Cinch machines.