Toilet paper album made by one of my clients

OK, I have been intrigued by the toilet paper roll albums for quite some time and have wanted to try my hand at it.  Most of you know that I work with Developmentally  Disabled adults and even tho two of my clients are men, they love to scrapbook and do crafts.  For Christmas I was trying to come up with some ideas that we could do that would not cost an arm and a leg especially because these guys are on limited income.  My first ever client and the one I have worked with the longest (6 years) is Kevin and he had 8 women in his family to make something for.  Well if you add that up at even $5 a person it is $40 and way more than he could afford.  So we decided to try to make these albums.  In the end we made just one album for his mom and ornaments for the other gals (time factor). I will share some of those in my next post.  But for now here is the album we made for his mom..

 Kevin chose the papers to use and the ribbons.  I would line up the paper and he would cut it.  Then we ran the papers through my 2.5 " Xyron , a perfect fit , by the way..  Once the papers were attached he did the inking.

Then we went through my embellishments and he chose what he wanted on each page of his album.

Overall I am really pleased for a first time effort.  The cost was extremely minimal because I used alot of my stash!  An action that eased my guilty conscience for hoarding so many supplies..:)

This ornament was perfect for the back and of course each tp roll has a tag in it for add't photos.  I would like to add that Kevin's family had their Christmas party last Sunday and this album was the talk of the day along with the ornaments he made.  I got gratification knowing that I helped him give the women in his family nice gifts for next to nothing cost wise.  Now if I can only come up with some great mens items to make!