Last week on the Paperclipping Roundtable podcast I tried to explain how to make a mini book from coin envelopes. I failed miserably. So I promised photos instead. Here they are!
OPENING ON THE OUTSIDE
If you want your mini to have the envelope openings on the ouside edge of the page, follow these instructions.
Using No. 1 coin envelopes, flip the flap on five envelopes.
Using the existing adhesive, adhere the envelopes to each other with the flipped flap.
You will have one flap leftover at the end.
Wrap it around the whole book to create a pretty spine.
You have now sealed all the envelope openings.
Cut a tiny slit on the edge of the envelope and now you have a brand new opening to slip whatever you'd like into!
OPENING ON THE INSIDE
If you want your mini to have the envelope openings on the inside edge of the page, follow these instructions.
Add adhesive to the outside of five envelope flaps.
Adhere the five envelopes together. You can just stack them and press down. You will have one flap left over.
Wrap that flap around the album to create a pretty spine. The exisiting envelope adhesive is exposed. You can cover it with tape or paint if you'd like.
Now your mini has the openings near the spine on the inside of each spread.
And here is an example of an album I made from coin envelopes about five years ago:
Cute, no?
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yes, very cute indeed! thank you for sharing … 🙂
yes, very cute indeed! thank you for sharing … 🙂
yes, very cute indeed! thank you for sharing … 🙂
yes, very cute indeed! thank you for sharing … 🙂
I just loved this mini coin, and Ideas were going off in my head, I have 5 grandkids and that would be a cute way for me to keep there small school pictures from schools. Thanks Julie
I just loved this mini coin, and Ideas were going off in my head, I have 5 grandkids and that would be a cute way for me to keep there small school pictures from schools. Thanks Julie
I just loved this mini coin, and Ideas were going off in my head, I have 5 grandkids and that would be a cute way for me to keep there small school pictures from schools. Thanks Julie
I just loved this mini coin, and Ideas were going off in my head, I have 5 grandkids and that would be a cute way for me to keep there small school pictures from schools. Thanks Julie
This is WAY COOL and I cannot wait to try it! You are so smart, Julie!
This is WAY COOL and I cannot wait to try it! You are so smart, Julie!
This is WAY COOL and I cannot wait to try it! You are so smart, Julie!
This is WAY COOL and I cannot wait to try it! You are so smart, Julie!
What a fun travel book. With the openings in the spine it would keep tickets from falling out ( a problem with a travel booklet I made one time)!
What a fun travel book. With the openings in the spine it would keep tickets from falling out ( a problem with a travel booklet I made one time)!
What a fun travel book. With the openings in the spine it would keep tickets from falling out ( a problem with a travel booklet I made one time)!
What a fun travel book. With the openings in the spine it would keep tickets from falling out ( a problem with a travel booklet I made one time)!
This is similar to using luncheon bags to make a book.
This is similar to using luncheon bags to make a book.
This is similar to using luncheon bags to make a book.
This is similar to using luncheon bags to make a book.
Oh, that’s a great idea!
Oh, that’s a great idea!
Oh, that’s a great idea!
Oh, that’s a great idea!
Very cute! And, having listened to the podcast, I was able to picture your description, but the actual photos are great because of the two different ways this can be done! Thank you for another great How-to!
Very cute! And, having listened to the podcast, I was able to picture your description, but the actual photos are great because of the two different ways this can be done! Thank you for another great How-to!
Very cute! And, having listened to the podcast, I was able to picture your description, but the actual photos are great because of the two different ways this can be done! Thank you for another great How-to!
Very cute! And, having listened to the podcast, I was able to picture your description, but the actual photos are great because of the two different ways this can be done! Thank you for another great How-to!
Thanks Julie for sharing photos of this cute coin envelopes mini, like the way the last flap folds over the rest
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Thanks Julie for sharing photos of this cute coin envelopes mini, like the way the last flap folds over the rest
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Thanks Julie for sharing photos of this cute coin envelopes mini, like the way the last flap folds over the rest
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Thanks Julie for sharing photos of this cute coin envelopes mini, like the way the last flap folds over the rest
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Talk about coincidence and synchronicity…just this morning I was fiddling with an envelope that I want to place in my journal (the journal club journal) and it’s fighting back at me. I like this idea of an organized form yet it can be wild and safari-like if I want it to…I need to go and be wild…
Talk about coincidence and synchronicity…just this morning I was fiddling with an envelope that I want to place in my journal (the journal club journal) and it’s fighting back at me. I like this idea of an organized form yet it can be wild and safari-like if I want it to…I need to go and be wild…
Talk about coincidence and synchronicity…just this morning I was fiddling with an envelope that I want to place in my journal (the journal club journal) and it’s fighting back at me. I like this idea of an organized form yet it can be wild and safari-like if I want it to…I need to go and be wild…
Talk about coincidence and synchronicity…just this morning I was fiddling with an envelope that I want to place in my journal (the journal club journal) and it’s fighting back at me. I like this idea of an organized form yet it can be wild and safari-like if I want it to…I need to go and be wild…
You must have read my mind, because I was looking at coin envelopes at Staples on Saturday, thinking, I definitely need to do something with THESE! Now I know what I can do! 🙂
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You must have read my mind, because I was looking at coin envelopes at Staples on Saturday, thinking, I definitely need to do something with THESE! Now I know what I can do! 🙂
http://andria-drawingnear.blogspot.com
You must have read my mind, because I was looking at coin envelopes at Staples on Saturday, thinking, I definitely need to do something with THESE! Now I know what I can do! 🙂
http://andria-drawingnear.blogspot.com
You must have read my mind, because I was looking at coin envelopes at Staples on Saturday, thinking, I definitely need to do something with THESE! Now I know what I can do! 🙂
http://andria-drawingnear.blogspot.com
I love it!!! I’ll have to find time to play! Thanks as always for the inspiration!!
I love it!!! I’ll have to find time to play! Thanks as always for the inspiration!!
I love it!!! I’ll have to find time to play! Thanks as always for the inspiration!!
I love it!!! I’ll have to find time to play! Thanks as always for the inspiration!!
Thanks for the pictures. I listened to that episode and I understood your verbal description completly. It was not you my friend.
Thanks for the pictures. I listened to that episode and I understood your verbal description completly. It was not you my friend.
Thanks for the pictures. I listened to that episode and I understood your verbal description completly. It was not you my friend.
Thanks for the pictures. I listened to that episode and I understood your verbal description completly. It was not you my friend.
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Great!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Great!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Great!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Great!
Oh, God, Pamela – now I have to stop at Staples on the way home and buy a box of these damn things! Too cute, must make some. Perfect venue for all those rubber stamps I couldn’t live without and hardly use.
Oh, God, Pamela – now I have to stop at Staples on the way home and buy a box of these damn things! Too cute, must make some. Perfect venue for all those rubber stamps I couldn’t live without and hardly use.
Oh, God, Pamela – now I have to stop at Staples on the way home and buy a box of these damn things! Too cute, must make some. Perfect venue for all those rubber stamps I couldn’t live without and hardly use.
Oh, God, Pamela – now I have to stop at Staples on the way home and buy a box of these damn things! Too cute, must make some. Perfect venue for all those rubber stamps I couldn’t live without and hardly use.
Oops, wrong blog! lol Just ignore, Julie.
Oops, wrong blog! lol Just ignore, Julie.
Oops, wrong blog! lol Just ignore, Julie.
Oops, wrong blog! lol Just ignore, Julie.
I bought a box of these envelopes at Walmart thinking that someday I would
know what I wanted to make with them. Can’t wait to get home and make a book- thanks
I bought a box of these envelopes at Walmart thinking that someday I would
know what I wanted to make with them. Can’t wait to get home and make a book- thanks
I bought a box of these envelopes at Walmart thinking that someday I would
know what I wanted to make with them. Can’t wait to get home and make a book- thanks
I bought a box of these envelopes at Walmart thinking that someday I would
know what I wanted to make with them. Can’t wait to get home and make a book- thanks
I’m wondering if you have you experimented with larger sizes? Also – have you experimented with using more than 5 envelopes? I’m thinking of making one for a bridal shower for people to insert gifts of cash and notes of advice…
I’m wondering if you have you experimented with larger sizes? Also – have you experimented with using more than 5 envelopes? I’m thinking of making one for a bridal shower for people to insert gifts of cash and notes of advice…
I’m wondering if you have you experimented with larger sizes? Also – have you experimented with using more than 5 envelopes? I’m thinking of making one for a bridal shower for people to insert gifts of cash and notes of advice…
I’m wondering if you have you experimented with larger sizes? Also – have you experimented with using more than 5 envelopes? I’m thinking of making one for a bridal shower for people to insert gifts of cash and notes of advice…