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Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
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Tag Archives: mini album
Smash Book Travel Album
Last summer I had the great opportunity to travel to South Africa with my extended family. It was an amazing trip and I’d go back again in a second! You can read about my trip here, if you’re curious.
Before I left, I knew that I wanted to document my trip as it happened. I find that so many details get lost if you try and remember a trip afterwards.
Posted in crafts, scrapbooking, travel
Tagged journey, mini album, my life, scrapbook, south africa, travel
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Instagram mini scrapbook tutorial & free printable
Today I’m going to share with you how to make a fun little mini scrapbook album using some of those instagram photos you’ve accumulated over the summer!
and… guess what? Rhonna at Rhonna Designs has agreed to let me use her FAB camera image from her instalove digital kit, on a free printable that you can download! So you can make your very own little instagram book too. Just keep reading for the download link.
Posted in crafts, printables, scrapbooking
Tagged mini album, rhonnadesigns, scrapbook, summer
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Nautical Chic Mini Album
I LOVE making mini scrapbook albums! All of the fun of scrapbooking with a concrete “ahhh, I’m finished!” moment!
For this album I decided to tackle some of the 2000+ photos from our trip to the Mediterranean 5 years ago (was it really that long ago??)
Since I’ve journaled about this trip extensively – I just wanted to put a few of our favorite photos from the trip into a little album that I can keep in my basket with my other mini books.
Posted in crafts, scrapbooking, travel
Tagged mini album, rhonnadesigns, scrapbook, travel
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Simple Vacation Album
In the last few years I’ve totally changed how I approach scrapbooking. Instead of individual albums focused on specific events with only 1-2 pages per event, I’ve moved to an annual family album. Then to capture our more memorable moments (vacations, special events, holidays) I’ve moved to making individual mini albums.
Travel Journal
For our upcoming trip to Amsterdam, I decided to create a little Travel Journal. I like to sit down each night and write about what we did that day when I’m on vacation. I’ll also staple some receipts/memorabilia into it as we go, then when I come home I’ll add in a few photos.
Posted in crafts, scrapbooking, travel
Tagged Amsterdam, mini album, rhonnadesigns, scrapbook, travel
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Christmas Albums DONE!
A few years ago I decided to jump in on Ali Edwards 25 days of December. The idea was to document each day in December to show how your “everyday” life runs leading up to Christmas.
I finished my ’80 and ’09 albums about 90% and I had to skip ’10. This year I picked it back up again. I just finished my 2011 album along with putting the finishing touches on my ’08 & ’09 albums.
