This month, our design team has the privilege of working with some fabulous Genuinely Jane mini-albums.  Genuinely Jane albums are made from wood, which makes them exceptionally versatile and brimming with options for minis, altered items, and even cards.

I received a mini-album in a bracket shape with cut-out cherries on the cover, and I had several ideas for using it, but ended up settling on the theme “Life’s Sweetest Things.”  Our “A Girl’s Best Friend” Collection was perfect for this theme, and so I covered several of the pages in these gorgeous metallics.  I stained or painted the remainder of the pages.  Then I created simple pages, using the Porclain, Mother of Pearl, Onyx, and Black Pearl papers to die-cut all of my embellishments and lettering.  The result is elegant and exactly what I was going for.  Sometimes it is fun to do something outside of your normal style!  I encourage you to get some of the “A Girl’s Best Friend” papers and give it a try.  They are the perfect papers for trying something new.

Here is my album:

Tomorrow Heidi reveals our December Guest Designer and the projects she did for us.  See you then!

~Alyssa~