Mixed-Media Journals: Creatively Chronicling Your Life

Crafters know: special memories deserve an equally special showcase, and sometimes commercially available blank books won’t do. That’s why they’ll turn to these 25 inventive projects for new and expressive ways to preserve treasured moments and mementoes.Create a quirky album from bound-together record covers decorated with personal photos; slip precious keepsakes inside the sleeves. Transform a house-shaped board book into a visual gallery of all the places you’ve called home. Remember good food times in a little volume made from recipe cards and vintage thrift-store cookbooks. Each one is as unique as the life it celebrates!