I impulse bought a tiny photo sticker printer after I saw my friend’s bullet journal on our trip, so then I obviously had to make a book to stick my photos in. I decided to try a concertina fold, which I learned is also called a Leoporello fold, “based on the manservant in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. At one point in the opera, Leporello unfolds a lengthy concertina list of his master’s conquests. ” (Gross! But I do love cool etymology!)
Other than the photo printer itself, I didn’t have to buy anything for the project: The cover paper is some that I marbled myself; the interior is just part of a big sheet of Fabriano I bought last year; and the elastic that holds it closed is from my lingerie sewing supplies (!).
I didn’t make a super-long concertina but this was just the right amount of space to document a weekend. I went more “junk journal” than “photo album” in aesthetic and included a stamp I got at the Oakland art supply and the envelope of scent samples from the perfume museum, too. (The back side is all pinball! And some stickers.).
I think the combo of tiny photo printer + bookbinding skills is going to mean more little souvenir books–this was fun!