When my shy, big, black dog reached the end of her life in May, I knew I wanted to do something tangible to remember her. I’ve often sent pictures in to get photo books made, but Hazel was special, and I wanted to make something myself.

I finally decided on an accordion photo album. I cut two pieces of 8.5 x 11 black paper in half, the long way. Then I glued 3 of the strips together. Tacky Glue® caused the paper to wrinkle but Books by Hand® PVA glue worked beautifully.

i needed to fold the pages to fit the 4x6 inch pieces of chipboard I had for the covers. My hand is in a cast, so the folding isn’t perfect. but I’m ok with that.

I covered the chipboard with fancy wrapping paper, then glued the first and last folded pages to the two covers. Then I added some of my favorite pictures.

This book is really fun. when you reach the last page in the front of the book, the cover can be flipped and there is another sequence of photos on the other side. A little treasure book!