You may have read posts that Troy’s Uncle Ricky and his family came to visit from Hiroshima, Japan this summer…. I knew I would make a mini book (or 4) to commemorate their visit and thank them for visiting and to celebrate what wonderful connections we made… I made one for Uncle Ricky and his family, one for us, one for my in laws and one for Konami (uncle ricky’s oldest daughter who is now living in Alabama)… The cover is clear cover stock, the back is chipboard, bound by one of my favorite tools, the bind it all. I used larger than necessary coils, and I like it that way. also found out that the stampin’ up notebook punch fits this coil arrangement…. cool if you want to add to an album/journal like this. the pictures are different sizes and I like it that way. I used a japanese newspaper from uncle ricky for the back covers of the journal and tabs… I scanned it and printed copies on plain paper…. glued to the covers and punched for tabs. I also punched out scalloped circles and cut them in half to make tabs… I cut kraft paper in strips for journaling… which i did by hand and I actually like it. I also used my stamps from the september KOTM. also i asked them all to print their names and write them out in Japanese on a white paper, I scanned and made them into brushes that I used on their individual pictures. I hope you like, I sure do!