Vintage Alice in Wonderland Baby Book and Photo Book

When I worked, several of my employees had babies.  So I did what I always do, I made a baby book.  This book was a little different because they were going with a Vintage Alice in Wonderland theme.  It was a difficult to find things.  So I purchased some downloadable items from Etsy and made my own.  This is the book I ended up with.  I thought it turned out really well.  Their little girl was named Leni Grace.

The artwork was some of the items purchased from Etsy.  I would put the paper/cardstock that I was going to use for each page and print the artwork onto it.

Front cover

Pocket pages

Accordian photo holder

Pocket page

Magnetic cards

I then took the downloaded pages from the original book and made this photo book.  I added the title to the spine with my computer and printer prior to adding it to the book.

Hope I inspired someone to do a Vintage Alice in Wonderland book.  Thanks for looking.

Mickey and Friends

My niece Riley will be three this year.  She loves Mickey and friends, so I decided to make her some to put in her room.  I cut all of them out of chipboard at 10", then layered them with the appropriate clothing, shaded/highlighted as best as I could (not my forte but I keep working on it), then DH sprayed them with a finish so if she touched them with wet/messy hands the ink wouldn't come off.  I hot glued Tim Holtz stands to the back of each one.  I can hardly wait to send them to her but her birthday isn't until June.  So I thought I would share them here.  Next project is for my 22 year old niece who is having her first child.  She has asked for a wild animal baby book.  Waiting for the new Cricut Explore to use .SVG files I purchased for animal paper piecings.  Can hardly wait for 10 p.m. on the 11th (Mountain time) so I can purchase it.

Journal for Iceland

Hi everyone!  My DH and I like to travel and when we find a good deal, we usually jump on it.  TravelZoo sent me an email about Reykjavik, Iceland and we just couldn't pass it up.  So I am going to get to see the Aurora Borealis (I hope anyway)!  We are leaving the States on March 19, 2014 and will be on a boat looking for the Northern Lights during the Equinox (March 20, 2014).  I'm so excited!  My sister-in-law, niece, son, and one of his friends are going with us.  It should be an exciting time.  I like to journal my trips and always make some kind of journal prior to leaving.  This is my journal for this trip.  It started with folded file folders (cut to the size I wanted) and glued together.  Some pages have pockets and some don't.  I then cut out all of the words and numbers using Art Nouveau Font 1 in CCR.  I then covered chipboard for the front and back covers.  The spine was two pieces of card stock glued to some tyvek then added it to the covered chipboard on the outside.  I then adhered the file folders to the covered chipboard on the inside.  I also added a piece of washi tape to the seam of each page for decoration but it will also give it a little more stability.  I added some Icelandic words for eating, food, cuisine, just to make it a little different.

Doing some research, I found out that Icelanders believe in elves, fairies, gnomes, sprites, mountain spirits, etc.  So I decided to add a few of them in also.  The fairies are from Tinker Bell, the gnomes from Freshly Picked, and the elf is from Wrap it Up.  I also found some unique things to do while there.  We are going to attend the Elf School.  Magnason has been teaching this class for many years.  The following day, we will meet up with a lady by the name of Sibby to go in search of elves, fairies, gnomes, etc.  We will also be taking a Brewery tour, the Golden Circle tour, walking around the City, and then prior to going home, a trip to the Blue Lagoon.  I hope you like it.

Circle Mania 3 Project

This time around, I brought my Halloween Project with me to work on.  Since I traveled by plane, I did check a suitcase with my scrapping goodies in it.  However, I didn't bring my hot glue gun with me so I couldn't finish.  This was a kit that I purchased from a LSS and just had to put it together.  I really liked how it turned out.  You will notice that I already have the pics in it.  Halloween tradition for us is we spend the evening with my son and his two children.  My daughter takes her son out with friends in another part of the Valley.  But this year she shared a pic of our other grandson, so his pic is in the book this year.  I hope you like it.


Front cover:  I used Stampin' Up markers to color the wood, stickled around the lace, stickled the web and bats, then covered all with glossy accents.

Pumpkin was colored in using Stampin' Up markers.

My Sister-in-Law is having a Baby

I love my Brother and Sister-in-law but I definitely think they are crazy.  You see, my Brother started his family very early.  He was 16 when his first daughter was born.  Amber is now 24 with three children of her own.  His second daughter came along 2 years later.  Ashley is now 22 and hasn't quite figured out what she wants to do with her life.  Then along came Seth.  He is now 14 and doing well since his surgery to remove the enlarged lymph nodes from his Castleman disease.  Two years ago they had Riley.  She is the spitting image of her Dad.  My Brother will be 41 in November and his son (they are going to name him Caleb) will be born in December.  I will be going in to St. Louis to attend the baby shower and Chrissy (my sister-in-law) is decorating with Mickey and Friends.  I found some Mickey themed paper on Etsy that I downloaded and printed for the book and I used Mickey Font and Mickey and Friends to create the pages.  This is the book I made for her.  Hope you like it!

Front Cover