Time Saving!
In the picture this Album is the one in the very back. So there are tutorials for a loose spine mini. Which its really hard to describe but look up the videos and you'll see. Anyway those are Great but very long tutorials. Well This Album Has A Loose Spine!! 😃 Yes! It still has a hard outer spine but inside a floating loose spine that the pages are connected to. It means it has a lot of flexibility, a generous 1/4 inch or so between each page which means more room for layered embellishments! Because it's a loose spine I can get easily behind it and paint the album on the inside spine. And in the gusset/ allowance (I can't remember the proper term but its the gap between the pages) as well. Which in a handmade mini would all be painted. And so is mine. I used Metallic Gilding Polish 2 coats 15 minutes for the cover and outside spine and edges. The inside spine and gusset/allowance between the pages took a tad bit longer because I had to use a small paintbrush instead of a sponge but not by much. And then my Mini is ready for the fun decorating part! It looks just as fancy as the handmade ones But! 30 minutes. Longer if I had to wait for paint layers to dry but nowhere near as long as making one yourself! Which is why I never have. And I never will. I'm spoiled now.