have you heard or seen the tuesday tutorial's over ali edwards blog every week? well, one of my fellow making memories design team girls is lucky enough to be hosting this:
wilna furstenberg has such an artsy, cute style that has always intriqued me. so when she asked for a few volunteers to do a test run of her tutorial for her, i was totally up for it. i had no clue what it was about until i said "yes". then i saw "starbucks" and was excited. this was a new twist to the starbucks album idea, since she had created another super cute version a while back. go check out all the info and downloads HERE.
this album was made using a tall starbucks coffee cup. isn't it the cutest thing? this is a great little album to document your love of starbucks and the people you like to enjoy your starbucks with. i usually drink mine alone, at the house, while working. although i do have my starbucks addict friends, that i talk about starbucks and how happy it makes us. lol!
i followed wilna's tutorial for just about every part of this album. there were a few things i didn't do. like the stitching. that would be super cute on there, but i'm not a stitcher. and the binding part. i didn't have the adhesive that she mentioned, so i just sort of winged putting this all together. my spine of the album isn't perfect, but it's all good. i used elastic cording to hold the pages in place, and then tied ribbons along the edge. for my photos, i just used a few shots of myself. and my starbucks. not a lot of deep journaling. just a few fun notes. and i also added a few of my old gift cards in, just because i've been holding onto them forever. and then added some random embellishments here and there. here's the inside pages.
it's such an artsy little album, that sits up on the top of my scrap shelf now. just for fun and i love it. wilna put a ton of work into this, and i think she did a fabulous job. so please go check it out and give it a try. all the info is HERE on ali's blog. and then go check out wilna's blog HERE, to see the other designers that she asked to play along, find the link to the flickr gallery to see our projects, and to also leave her a sweet comment to be entered in a drawing for some making memories goodies!
OMG!!! This is TOO CUTE!! I just LOVE it!! You my friend are a clever girl using the gift cards in there!! Funny I had just bought a coffee chipboard book to play with too.....need to work on that sooner than I planned! ;)
Posted by: Sara Rossi | October 20, 2009 at 09:40 AM
This is the cutest thing! I love little special albums. Sometime you need to make one for yourself! Great Job!
Posted by: wendy myers | October 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Laura Vegas! You know how much I LOVE this!!! This would make a great Christmas present for my Mommasita. I have to do it!
Posted by: Sierra | October 20, 2009 at 10:33 AM
It's so cute. Wilna is so creative. Love the way all of the samples turned out in the flickr gallery!
Posted by: erin terrell clarkson | October 20, 2009 at 12:58 PM
That is TOTALLY cute!!!! Love Wilna's stuff! And it's great to see your version of it!
Posted by: Rhonda Steed | October 20, 2009 at 01:06 PM
fun & cute album. I had just eyed yours in the gallery before I clicked over here. You are always the 2nd blog stop of the day for me, just after Ali's-love reading your stuff!
Posted by: Marsha | October 20, 2009 at 03:15 PM
This project is so adorable and perfect for you!!!! What an interesting idea!
Love the ribbon for the binder too...super cute!
Posted by: Carla | October 20, 2009 at 03:23 PM
So clever and fun! and Happy!
Posted by: Janie | October 20, 2009 at 06:48 PM
That is so cute! Love it a lot.
My brother loves Starbucks, you gave me an idea for his christmas gift.
Just one question how many cups did it take to make it?
Posted by: Mary Lynn | October 20, 2009 at 08:04 PM
lemme tell you something, everytime i see a starbucks outlet, i think of you :) to me, this album is totally YOU Laura! LOL... so cute!
Posted by: Sasha Farina | October 20, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I love that idea! It is so fun! I don´t think I can get a cup from Starbucks though... :)
But I have to write about this in my blog.
Lina
Stockholm
Sweden
Posted by: C´est la vie | October 20, 2009 at 11:52 PM
So cute and different!
Posted by: Marissa | October 21, 2009 at 05:41 AM
Laura
My how wonderful your Starbucks album turned out. It looked like you had a lot of fun making it.
Sandi N.
Posted by: Sandi N. | October 21, 2009 at 06:05 AM
Wow, Laura, you did such an amazing job on this! I absolutely love it!
So many wonderful little details!
Posted by: Sheri Reguly | October 21, 2009 at 06:52 AM
Love you take on this.. awesome
Posted by: Sasha | October 21, 2009 at 07:01 AM
how fun is that!! i heart starbucks too :)
Posted by: Leslie | October 21, 2009 at 07:50 AM
SO cute - I love it! :)
Posted by: Mary MacAskill | October 21, 2009 at 06:34 PM
If there's ever a lady that needs a Starbucks mini album it's you! Yours turned out so cute!! I can't wait to put one together myself. :D
Posted by: Erin Bassett | October 21, 2009 at 10:06 PM
TOTALLY CUTE!! I love this mini of course I have a passion for minis. I have bunches of them on my counter space in my room.. This would be a great idea for a gift with a gift card enclosed for a bff who loves Starbucks too! tfs, now i'm off to check out the others
Posted by: lorry | October 22, 2009 at 09:08 AM
This is TOO cute. What a great idea. Must go get a large starbucks now. :)
Posted by: Heather Ruwe | October 23, 2009 at 10:53 AM