This clear acrylic mini album is the perfect coaster-size album to embellish with your favorite snapshots, quotes and journals.

Maya Road’s acrylic square scroll coaster album includes four 4″ x 4″ pages. The pages hold together with a silver chain. Each acrylic page is ready for you to unleash your creativity.

Dig out your photos and paper crafting supplies to take album from plain jane to an embellished piece of art.

If you are looking for some inspiration to get started, check out Embellish DIY kits packed with tons of the paper and embellishments!

Here’s a sneak peek of the “before” and “after” shots.

Here’s a detail shot of the “after”!

Check back tomorrow for a downloadable tutorial on how to create this adorable acrylic mini album!

Happy Sunday! Hope you have had a great weekend! I’m excited to share our first ever “Make Your Own Mini Album.” We put together these kits for an event a few weeks ago. With a few leftover, we are happy to offer them through our shop for just $15! The kit includes everything pictured below and step-by-step instructions on how to put it together! These will go quick! Make sure you get yours today! And… don’t forget the holidays are just around the corner! The project takes about 30 minutes to complete and includes a tutorial with step-by-step instructions.

The kit includes:
(3) 4×6 chipboard pages
(6) pre-cut patterned paper cardstock
(4) pre-cut solid cardstock photo mattings
(4) premium ribbons
(3) white buttons
(1) crocheted flower
(1) foot of bakers twine
(1) mini binder clip
(1) foot of tule
(1) metal ring
(1) full color tutorial with step-by-step instructions

To put the kit together, it is recommended to use: fine-tip scissors, ink, paper trimmer, hole punch, adhesive. The mini album holds about (6) photos. If you have any questions assembling the kit, feel free to contact me. Happy to help!

Your final product will look like this:

What’s new at the Embellish shop? A Mini Shadowbox! This mini shadowbox DIY project is the perfect afternoon handmade craft . The shadowbox project is complete with step-by-step instructions to create a beautiful shadowbox.

Dust off your favorite photos, embellishments, trinkets and patterned paper. Maya Road’s shadowbox is 6″ x 6″ in size and includes 6 chipboard ATC cards to easily decorate and insert into the shadowbox. This shadowbox can be painted or covered in paper. This empty shadowbox is ready to be embellished. If you are looking for some inspiration to get started, check out Embellish DIY kits packed with tons of the paper and embellishments!

Here’s a sneak peek of the “before” and “after” shots. Check back on Thursday for a tutorial on how to create the “after” shadowbox!

Here’s a detail shot of the “after”!

We are so excited to introduce a brand spankin’ new mini book designed just for little boys. Whether you are looking for a unique baby shower gift or an album beyond the baby book, this little boys mini album is perfect! The 6×6 album includes bright, colorful pre-designed pages. The only thing missing are 20 of your favorite photos! This 100% BOY album features dinsours, trucks, legos, robots, superheroes, scooters, bikes, skateboards and space travel! Purchase your mini album today for just $40 at the embellish shop! (Don’t forget we will personalize the front cover, as well!)

Eeekkk… I feel so special to share a tutorial on the Charity Wings blog with you! Best of all, there’s step by step instructions to create not (1)… not (2)… but (3) DIY Projects! And… a GIVEAWAY! Be sure to visit the Charity Wings blog and leave a comment to win a DIY Kit & DIY Project from Embellish Creative Designs.

I was introduced to Charity Wings (formerly Scrapbook Royalty) several years ago when I participated in the Survivor Crop, a charity event to raise money the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Then, I’ve learned more about their work when I joined the team to provide live streaming video from CHA Chicago. I had a blast with the Charity Wings girls!  The Charity Wings mission is to help artists and crafters fundraise for their favorite charities. How cool is that? Be sure to check out what they are all about and how you can get involved! Their exciting work is made possible by great volunteers and supporters in the crafting community.

Here is a sneak peek of what you will see over on Charity Wings! Enjoy!

I absolutely love this!!! So many of the albums and photo-related gifts I create are gifts, I usually get to see the excitement from the gift-giver, but not always reactions from the person receiving the gift! Michelle was so sweet to capture an adorable photo of Sydney after she opened her shadowbox and share it with us! Thanks, Michelle! Sydney, I am so glad you love the shadowbox. It was SO fun to put together!!

Hope you had a great 4th of July! I had such a fun, carefree, relaxing weekend with friends and family – it was fantastic! We had a very successful bachelorette party for my little sister on Saturday. Between pool time, DIY facials and masks, fruity blended drinks, LOTS of food, a limo ride, goody bags, a lingerie cake (pics coming soon!), a fancy dinner, champagne, lots of free drinks, a sleepover and brunch… we had a total blast! We definitely made Lauren’s “last fling before the ring” a very fun, glamorous evening. Now, the countdown is on — Just 3 weeks until the big day.

July is always such a hectic month for me, plus the festivities of my sister’s wedding. I’m going to be SUPER busy, but it’s all very exciting! Next weekend: A friend from college’s wedding up in LA area, then the big OTL tourney on Sunday with my girls. The following weekend: a bridal shower for another friend, then packing up for CHA in Chicago with Charity Wings. The weekend after: Lauren & Matt’s Wedding! Woo hoo.

Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! Here’s a detail shot of a page in the summer mini album!

I’m so grateful to have such a fabulous team of interns helping out this summer. Here’s a sneak peak behind the scenes of a recent team project: assembling our new DIY kits! With ribbon, paper and embellishments scattered all over, we managed to put together the first batch of kits that are for sale soon! We’ll be sure to share an update when they are available! In the meantime, here’s a behind the scenes look of what is in progress!

One of my favorite summer activities is attending the San Diego Fair. This year, Jeremy and I, headed out with his brothers. We had a total blast. Some of the highlights include…

… our first stop: Australian battered potatoes covered with lots of ranch and cheese. yum!

…enjoying some beer listening to live music

… more food. This time sausage cooked by a very young kid!

… they were delicious!

… Ashley with a turkey leg

… people-watching, of course!

… Jeremy *attempting* to win me a prize stopping for a quick snapshot

… brothers

… watching the boys have fun on this scary ride.

All in all, it was a super fun evening at the Fair! We definitely all left with tummy aches, but had a great time hanging out!