When it comes to storing photographs, it seems as if the traditional photo album has been replaced with a revolutionary photo book instead. The standard photo book basically combines a collection of photographs. Whereas, a revolutionary photo album is the collaborative essence of a scrapbook with the captured memories of a photo album, allowing you to decorate and design with features such as, ribbons, stamps and fabrics. There are several ways in which you can create your own photo album book. Step 1 Find a creative way to place fabric directly on the covers of a standard hardcover journal. You could cut the actual fabric to conceal the entire front cover. Leave a one-inch overlap at the top and bottom for binding and placement. Step 2 Use an adhesive spray to apply the fabric to the cover and smooth it over, folding the overlap to in inside of your book and use a glue gun to secure it to the inside of the journal. You can create notches towards the spine of the album and tuck in the additional inches, so that you will not be able to see any visibly cut edges. Step 3 You can use cardstock sheets that are equivalent in size to the inside cover of your journal and cut out fabric that is just a little bit larger than that sheet to completely cover it. Follow the same steps when it comes to folding the fabric over and using the glue gun to secure it and create a fabric cover that is absolutely seamless from the inside directly to the outside. Step 4 Now that the actual album has been created, you can easily use double-sided tape to make sure that the photos stick. All that you need to do is use a very small piece of tape and applying the strips to the back corners of the photo. Label underneath all of your photos to provide descriptions for each captured memory.
By Elizabeth Moyer
