How do you make an autograph book?

[donatalie]

Natalie,

Did you cut your card stock? What size is the paper you used for the book?
Do you have a picture of the cover of your book? What did you make your cover out of?

The cards themselves are designed 4x6. I printed one per 8 1/2 x 11 page and cut them myself.

 

[posh*tots* resale]

The cards themselves are designed 4x6. I printed one per 8 1/2 x 11 page and cut them myself.

Thanks NATALIE for the measurements. Makes it a WHOLE lot easier. I'm going to start this project tomorrow & want to be as prepared as possible since I am making 4 books! Natalie, do you have a picture of the "finished" cover of your book? What materials did you use?

 

[Picabo]

On our last trip, my dd wanted a book that would have ALL the characters that she wanted to see. So it turned out to be about 225 pages. She loved it (I guess that what matters !!!!). She ended up getting over 100 different autographs. This was due to the fact that we went to MNSSHP twice and saw many "off the beaten path" characters.

To keep the book from being 8 inches thick, I used 28 lb paper (from Office Max). and printed it at home. I also trimmed the pages at home. Then I took it to Kinkos and had it spiral bound. I like to bind it on the top so that pages are easier to scan into my computer for scrapping.
Because I knew there would be a lot of pages, I designed the book to be very ink friendly. It ended up costing about $20 but the interactions with the characters was definitely worth it. They really make a fuss and have a lot of fun with the personalized pages.

Our new book (2010 pages) is going to be much smaller. She has decided that she does not want any characters that do not sign ( like the Monster's Inc Characters) . I will probably print them on lightwieght cardstock because there is more ink involved.

We carry the book in a ziploc in our knapsack in case of rain. We have never had a problem. We also put the characters in alphabetical order so that they are easy to find.

Oh and yes...........feel free to use anything from my photobucket. It's there to share!

The cards themselves are designed 4x6. I printed one per 8 1/2 x 11 page and cut them myself.

OMG thank you so much for sharing how you did all that! I'd love to see a pix of the cover as well and learn how you made it. I was thinking of maybe using a foam type cover (the sheets you get at the craft stores) but not sure how durable those would be and how difficult it'd be for them to be bound. Is the 28lb paper you referred to, thicker-more durable than regular paper? (My kids are 2 and 3 so trying to make sure what we use "holds up")

So yours doesn't allow for space for photos but that's b/c you put them into a digital scrapbook, right?

So one more question - approx how much does it cost to have the binding done at Staples/Kinko's etc?

Thank you SOOOO much!

 

[donatalie]

Here is the cover I designed for DD's next book.

Kinkos binding was about $4.50.

 

[Picabo]

Here is the cover I designed for DD's next book.

Kinkos binding was about $4.50.

How beautiful!!! Did you use the same type of paper or did you use something thicker for the cover??

 

[posh*tots* resale]

How beautiful!!! Did you use the same type of paper or did you use something thicker for the cover??

I have the EXACT same question....what did you use for the cover? What did you mount the picture onto?

 

[pjajatt]

Beautiful!!!!