Welcome to a new week, fellow scrapbookers! I hope you had a great weekend and are looking forward to this new week.
I thought I’d start this week off by sharing with you a mini book I am currently working on. Seeing it, my scrapbook buddies all say: “Oh I see you are working on a smash book!”. In reality it isn’t a real smash book given that I used a Fancy Pants Brag book as the base, but it is a smash book in the sense that it’s a mixture of many things in one book.
This mini book is a scrapbook in the old fashioned sense of the word. A tactile journal of my journey whilst buying a new home. It is my thoughts on the drawn out process of purchasing our next house, a mish-mash of inspiration for decor direction I am wanting to explore, my architectural loves for the revocations we are planning and anything on my mind pertaining to our potential new home. But you can adopt the same idea for a trip, your summer activities, or everyday adventures.
Here’s the cover
A closer look at the cover
I love the simplicity of capturing the moments, loosely and on the fly. That is where the smash concept brought innovation to this age old hobby by making the process easier, with just a bit of tape, a pocket, a stapler, some stickers and so on. Being generic in design meant they worked well with the Fancy Pants Brag book kit too. I am enjoying creating this book immensely, it is a work in progress and something I look forward to adding to each week.
If you like this idea, try using a smash book as a planner!
Would you like to win a Fancy Pants brag book to get started on a project like this yourself? Leave a comment letting me know what kind of album you’d like to create with it by Friday, August 10. We’ll randomly choose a winner to get their very own Fancy Pants brag book to start scrapping with!
Enjoy!
Kim Watson, CK Dream Team member
Congratulations to our winner!
Grammycher: What a great book. I haven’t tried the smashbook/junkjournal yet..so would love to…I believe I would use one as a journal/scrapbook….where I could have special pictures,notes, record life in general. Thanks for the chance to win and good luck with house hunting 
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Just love these new Smash books! We have built a new house, so this would be great to show how that has progressed. Of course another idea is using one for the grandchildren. So many different ways they can be used! Love them!!!
I love this book. I would use it to keep up with my
Tiny puppy who weighed in at just over 8 ounces.
How about “A week in the Life” book for myself. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Thanks for the “smash book” journal examples…….i enjoyed seeing all the examples and possibilities……..now I know what a “smash” journal can look like without buying all the expensive smash supplies………..;>)
I would use it as a place to put all my jumbled thoughts and ideas and inspiration in one place.
Great work! I would create an album showing our summer vacation spent in San Diego.
A planner – now that challenges me. As a teacher I start planning for the next year in May. I could totally see myself making a mini-smash-type planner!
With a fancy pants brag book I would create an album of my kids <3
I really need to make a mini of my 3 best friends-my dogs.
This would make a great mini recipe book of my favorites when my great neices and nephews ask for the recipe. So cool
I’d love to do a smash book of my little man’s “firsts”. I think it would be a fun way to do it!
I would make a travel destination and dreams book with bits and pieces of memorabilia.
A dream book with all my favorite ideas and things…
I love your book alot. If I were to make one, it’s my daughter’s senior year of high school so I would make one about her and my thoughts and feelings about our last full year together.
What a fabulous mini! I would love to make a mini about my dog and how much he means to our family! THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com
I’d like to make a happy book putting in anything that makes me happy. I though of this idea when I kept seeing photos of baby animals in our local free paper. You just want to say “Oh How Cute”.
I would love to do a book about our abundant garden. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’d love to give it to my niece who I am teaching to can fruits & veggies and make jams, so she can journal her experiences and keep her recipes for the future. So fun to teach someone else how to can fruits & veggies.
I think a book of ideas as we look for a home – all the things I like and how to decorate.
Great idea! I would use it to document our holiday in the Tuscany this coming October. Thanks for the chance to win!
What a great smashed mini! There are so many fun ideas. I find I get overwhelmed with my Smash albums and need to start just smashing. This little album looks like a good way to get started!
I have pictures of a trip to Sedona I recently took with my bestie that I would love to smash into the brag book. Thanks for the opportunity!
This is so cool. I love this idea when I travel … near and far. I’m taking the family to my home town next month. This idea is a definite starter. Thanks for the reminder.
I would love a Fancy Pants Brag Book — to make a mini for my boss and his wife who are expecting their first little bundle of joy in November!
Ok- this may be silly, but I love that you replace the binding with the rings! Love your book. Now that I am 40, I would like one to make a bucket list of sorts for me- including my favorite quotes and inspiration pieces. Thank you for the chance to win!
I’ve been collecting items to do an “about me” album. I plan to incorporate pictures of old items I grew up with (e.g. wringer washing machine, old movie posters, etc.) as well as old pictures of hometown landmarks. This type of album would be great for that.
I’d really like to start art journalling and this book would be the perfect place for it!
I would love to create a book of fun stuff with my friends!
Love your mini book! Would love to make one for our upcoming biking in Spain trip. Thanks for the chance!
I would create a mini album of all the fun things we did this summer. Perfect for the kids and their camping trips.
I love the cover of your mini book!! Well, I love it all but the cover is what catches your eye and yours certainly did that!! We are planning a vacation in Hawaii with friends. That would be what I would use it for!!
I would use it to scrap my first six months of marriage to my wonderful husband!
I’d like to make a summer album with a Smash Book.
Carla from Utah
Cute ideas! I would make a travel album.
Ooh so inspiring! Gorgeous creation! Makes me want to use a book for my crafting ideas and another one for planning. Cool!
Love all the threads coming out of the book and the pockets inside. Just want to make one to house all the random things in life.
Super idea, I would use it to as an adoption journal.
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Great idea! I’d use it to document my daughter’s first year with color guard.
great album!
Every time we travel. I take a new unlined notebook with me to journal each days activities and meals in. ( helps when i go to scrapbook photos later ) I carry all the memorabilia and tourism brochures i collect in a plastic bag. I’d use the book to scrap the best memorabilia with my days journaling so its in order for a change when i get home!
Love your book! I have been trying to do an All About Me album for years, and it’s just not taking off, so I think a “smash” book like this would be a good starting point to finally scrap about me!
Adorable! I’m late to be in the challenge, but I am going to use the idea to keep track of my kids homeschool books that I purchased and their reactions to the ones I chose.