I realized something as I was sending out a few
Christmas cards over the holidays.
I need a better system for keeping up with addresses.
My tear-off-the-return-address-labels-and-store-them-in-an-envelope method
is not very efficient.

And the store-the-addresses-in-your-cell-phone method
is just too high-tech for me.
So I decided to make my own address book!
And I will show you how I did it (and it is so easy!) using the main December kit with a couple of pieces from December’s embellishment kit…

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SORRY IT IS NOT HERE ANYMORE
IT IS BEING PUBLISHED
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Supplies needed:
Main kit – Seven Gables
My Minds Eye – Life Stories journaling sheet
My Minds Eye – white peonies
My Minds Eye – antique flowers
My Mind’s Eye – Life Stories accessories sheet
Bazzill – Kraft
Bazzill – Glass Slipper Bling
7gypsies – Nest sticker sheet
American Crafts – Regards {in honey} Thickers alphabet
1960s antique gold seam binding {1 yard}
1960s walnut seam binding {1 yard}
1960s coconut seam binding {1 yard}

 Embellishment kit – Ramble
7gypsies – gypsy ephemera 

Misc. supplies:
Small red rub-ons (Jenni Bowlin Old School Tiny Alpha Rub-ons are used in example)
Red ribbon
2 binder rings
Crop-a-dile or good hole punch
Corner rounder
½ inch circle punch
Stapler

 Use 7gyspies Ephemera as the front and back covers of your book. The “Parcel Post” & ”American Almanac” cards are used here. Please note: both Ephemera cards measure 4 inches wide. The “Parcel Post” card is 5 inches tall and the “American Almanac” card is 6 inches tall.

1. For the pages of the book, I used a combination of the Kraft & Glass Slipper bling cardstocks and My Mind’s Eye patterned papers. All of the pages are cut so that they are slightly less than 4 inches wide. Then the first half of the pages are 4.5 inches tall and the second half of the pages are 5.25 inches tall. This allows the pages of the book to be a little staggered and it is easier to see the tabs.
2. Use a corner rounder to round the bottom corners of each page.
3. To make the tabs, punch circles and then adhere or staple them to the bottom of the pages. Use alphabet rub-ons on the circle punches to create the sections of your book. There are a total of 16 pages here and the sections are divided like this: A, B, C-D, E-F, G-H, I-J-K, L, M-N, O-P, Q-R, S, T, U-V, W-X, Y-Z, and a blank page.
4. Use a hole punch or Crop-a-dile to punch 2 holes in the top of the book. Use binder rings to keep it all together.

   

5. Embellish one of the binder rings with ribbon & vintage seam binding. Also hang a tag (from the MME Life Stories accessories sheet) from the binder ring & use the Thickers to add one of your initials.

   

6. Lastly, embellish the bottom of the cover with an asterick from the Thickers and a sticker from the 7gypsies  Nest sticker sheet.
    See, easy peasy!
   Now go make one for yourself!
   :)
   gretchen

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