Easy Peasy DVD Gifts for the Basketball Team

I cannot believe that Hannah's basketball season is over! What a fun season this has been. Hannah has improved so much this season. I believe her average points per game ended at 17 or 18 points a game. I never scored 18 points in a game ever. Her team was undefeated in district!

Two of the moms were gracious enough to video 5 of the games this year. We decided that it would be fun for all of the girls on the team to have a copy. I didn't realize the job that this would entail for me....I made all of the dvd copies. This is what my stack looked like when I was finally finished:

Wow! That took a lot of my time. I decided that I couldn't just hand out the DVDs, after all of that work, I wanted the DVDs to be a special memento. So, I headed to Michael's for some help.

I found these journal books on sale. They were 10 for $10 and they were the perfect size for DVDs. I bought some ribbon, some basketball stickers, silver glittery scrap booking paper, and sticker letters:

Here is what I started with:

I liked the color and the pattern, but it needed some pizazz. So, I grabbed my handy dandy paper cutter. If you don't have one they are a must for scrap booking and for most any other project. I use mine all of the time!

I cut the silver glittery paper into squares and grabbed my favorite hot glue gun:

While that dried, I thought about how to attach the DVDs to the inside of the journals:

I took the flap of the DVD sleeve

added some hot glue and then placed it on the back of some of the sheets of paper:

and pressed down. The solution worked really well. It is easy to retrieve the DVD but it still fits nicely into the journal:

Then I added some ribbon to the inside of each cover:

Added some more glittery paper and a team picture:

And then personalized the outside cover of each journal. Here is Hannah's:

I think they turned out pretty well. Hannah was excited to see the finished project. I hope they become treasures for each team member. I know that we will treasure ours.