
It's not just April fools, it's also the day of our new gallery! This month we are celebrating all things mini. Let's get started with our annual mini album gallery, MiniAlbum Madness V! Here are a preview of all the covers! To see the insides of the albums, be sure to head to the gallery album.
Hello Zoo Day | Ewa Wesołowska

6 x 4 | materials patterned paper (Studio Tekturek) thickers (American Crafts, Studio Tekturek) + labels (Studio Tekturek) elements (Scrapniec, Studio Calico)
A Note from Ewa
I made this mini to remember very nice and fun day at the Zoo.
Birthday Week | Jenny Larson

Accordian pocket album | materials mini album (K&Company) + patterned paper (Studio Calico) + sequins (Studio Calico) + labels (Studio Calico) + wood veneer (Studio Calico) + stamps (Studio Calico, October Afternoon) + punch (EK Success) + stickers (Studio Calico) + ink (Stampin’ Up!) + pen (Copic)
A Note from Jenny
My son’s birthday fell on Ash Wednesday this year. We weren't able to celebrate that day, so his birthday stretched out a week. I made this mini album to record the birthday week. For days I had no photos, I used an empty, stamped photo frame. Sadly, I forgot to include the most memorable detail: my son got the stomach flu on his actual birthday, so we had to eat cake the next day. Such a sad dude!
April Fun Fact
I have a mini album—a brag book from Fancy Pants—where I collect recipes from magazines and newspapers.
2 | Becca Dickson

materials | Capture-Noteworthy Spiral Journal (BasicGrey) + Capture- Waterfall Theme Pack (BasicGrey)
A Note from Becca
I made this mini for my daughter. She loves pink polka dots so the cover was perfect! She has a stuffed monkey, Haha, who is her best buddy. I had a stack of photos of the two of them printed for her monkey birthday party she had when she turned two, and decided to put them all into a book. The book had lots of little embellishments and tags printed on the different sized patterned papers inside, so the only elements I added were my photos and a small die cut shape “2” to the front.
April Fun Fact
I collect Pez dispensers, they're so fun and colorful! I have more than 500 of them.
Sunsets | Lisa Borbély

8.5 x 11 | materials patterned paper (Cocoa Daisy) + rub-on (Crate Paper) + flair (Studio Calico) + chipboard strips (Studio Calico) + square page protector (Simple Stories)
A Note from Lisa
I don´t make minibooks anymore, but I really wanted to make something for this gallery! I ended up making flip pockets on a regular page protector and I count that as a mini ☺ I´ll share more in a post soon!
April Fun Fact
I was taking photos of my project and was irritated and confused at how the camera didn't seem to focus properly when I remembered I had taken my glasses off prior to this!
Travel Mini Album | Cristina C. Scrap

3 x 4 | materials wood veneer globe (Two Peas in a Bucket) + Mixed Media Monthly - Jan. '15 Main Kit (The Lilypad) + 3x4 grid cards (Studio Calico) + stamps (Studio Calico) + ink (Tsukineko) + watercolors (Peerless) + number tags (Studio Calico)
A Note from Cristina
This is a travel mini I made to take notes during my trip. I love being able to record things on the go, otherwise a lot of details would be forgotten! I went with a small size that fits nicely in my bag.
April Fun Fact
I am so happy for the warmer weather! We've had a very cold winter and I can’t wait to get the BBQ out!
No Boys Allowed | Cari Orellana

6 x 4 | materials embellishments (Studio Calico, Pink Paislee) + pen (Smash pen)
A Note from Cari
I made this mini to remember the friendship with two of my best friends, one of them is going to live abroad next month and I made this mini to celebrate our friedship as is now. I used mostly Studio Calico February kit Cirque and some embellishments from Pink Paislee Bella Rouge. I love making mini albums, to have a smaller canvas make it easier to fill the pages, and love how they look with all the details and embellishments.
April Fun Fact
I invite my friends to come over just because I wanted to take her some photos so I could make this mini. haha
How We Roll | Aliza Deutsch

4 x 4 | materials album (We R Memory Keepers) + patterned paper (Cocoa Daisy, Pebbles) + wood veneer (Cocoa Daisy) + chipboard (Jenni Bowlin) + stickers (Evalicious) + other (Heidi Swapp, Evalicious) + cut files (Ali Edwards)
A Note from Aliza
I am not really experienced in pocket pages, but I adore this tiny 4x4 album size. It is also a good size for including small, dark, blurry photos taken in your living room, which, by the way, is where we spend a lot of our time.
April Fun Fact
I am already starting to get excited about summer! I can’t wait for warm weather and puttering about my apartment.
Farm Life | Valerie O'Neall

6 x 6 | materials cardstock (My Mind's Eye) + patterned paper (My Mind's Eye) + embellishments (My Mind's Eye) + phrase stamps (American Crafts) + font (Heartwell) + other (Silhouette Cameo & vintage typewriter)
A Note from Valerie
This mini album showcases some of my favorite images of my son growing up while daddy worked on the family farm. The layout is simple with very few embellishments. I used the white space on many of the photos for some die-cut word art cut with my Cameo.
April Fun Fact
I never expected crême brulée to become my preferred dessert at restaurants, but when it's on the menu I have to order one! Yum!
currently | Tracie Claiborne

3 x 3 | materials patterned paper (Walnut Grove 6 x 6 paper pad by Pebbles) + stickers (Simple Stories) + fonts (Helvetica-Light, Segoe Script)
A Note from Tracie
I love to document a snapshot of my current life so I used a "currently" journaling prompt to direct this little album. I made this album using chipboard from a cereal box for the cover and a 6x6 paper pad by Pebbles. It makes my life easier when the papers already coordinate, plus, I don't like cutting my 12x12 paper into 3x3 squares! I made the list, grabbed photos from my phone and the interwebs, printed and put it all together. I normally would add enamel dots or some other bulky embellishments but I wanted to keep this very flat so I just used stickers from about six different Simple Stories sticker sheets.
April Fun Fact
Making this little album made me realize how few photos of myself I have so one of my goals for this month is to take a ton of selfies and hand off the camera to my family so they can get me in the picture. I challenge you to do the same!
Life Lessons Learned From 1980s Beauty Pageants | Katie Scott

5 x 7 | materials patterned paper (American Crafts, Heidi Swapp, Webster's Pages, various older papers) + sticker embellishments (Mambi, October Afternoon, Tim Holtz, Project Life, Recollections) + letter stickers (American Crafts, Tim Holtz, Crate Paper) + journaling cards (Project Life, Fancy Pants, American Crafts, Teresa Collins, Jillibean Soup, Mambi)
A Note from Katie
This minibook uses pocket journaling cards that offer advice to summarize the life lessons I learned when I did beauty pageants as a teenager. Since my daughter is a pre-teen, I thought this minibook might be a clever way to offer her some advice in a not so preachy way since the book appears to be giving myself advice.
April Fun Fact
I barely ever wear make up in my everyday life today.
Read More Books | Marnie Flores

4 x 4 | materials patterned paper (Crystal Wilkerson) + elements (Crystal Wilkerson, One Little Bird) + fonts (Just Old Fashioned Condensed, Jacques & Giles, Penelope Ann, A Little Sunshine)
A Note from Marnie
I am been slacking on my reading. I thought perhaps if I made a list of the books I was reading then I would see that I needed to do a little more!
April Fun Fact
This month I am going to finish a house project that has been pending for months. Hooray!
Be sure to head over to the photoalbum to see all the pages. We are excited for a fabulous month!