This is my World

I know this is an excessive amount of pictures, but I just had to share. It has been a while since I finished anything like this for myself and my family. It seems like I have been working like a crazy woman on things for other people( which I love to do:) It was just nice to finish something of my own. I've been working on this album for a few weeks and I have to say I enjoyed every moment! I had so much fun picking out pictures and embellishments that went along with the April kit from Little Black Dress Kit club. I love the earthy tones and the pops of color. It really fits our family. As you can tell from some of the photos, we try not to take ourselves too seriously. When I decided to do this album, I knew that I wanted to share our lives in it... who we are and what we love. The title This is my World speaks the truth. My family is my everything. They are my world. I wanted my husband and children to know what each of them means to me and give a glimple of their personality. I wrote about each of them on the many pull out tags. On one of the large pull out pages, I wrote about aspects of our daily life and how I feel about all these everyday moments.

The album itselt is a paperbag album(which I love because they are so versitile). I was able to cover the binding with some gorgeous paper with the help of pretty ribbon and my handy glue gun. I think the embellishments make this album. I used a variety of letter stickers to get the look I wanted and I got to use some fun designs and techniques like the flag banner on the last page and the rub-ons on some of the photos. The last one describes my sweetheart and I to a tee. It says " we don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." The quote goes perfect with my favorite family picture of the year with each of us(including baby) with our stick swords, ready to show off our ninja moves. Like I said we, we don't take ourselves too seriously:)

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you scraplift some ideas for yourself and get to play with some paper today!

Life is Beautiful Mini

Ahhh... life is good... and beautiful. I've almost completely decided to keep the These are the Moments Mini for myself. I have completed yet another mini album, so I feel better about keeping the other. I think this one is so dainty, and springy, and pretty. I was so exited to get it done. It took three days to finish it because every time I tried to work on it my smallest munchkin would get herself into trouble. So adorable, but such a stinker. She has hit that point that she is crawling and climbing everywhere and fast. I say her name and she takes off in the other direction giggling. Priceless! I love being home with my kiddos to see those things. And I did get the album done. Let me know what you think of it and check out the rest of the pics on ebay.

Baby Boy Paper Bag Album

I finished my Baby Boy Paper Bag Album the other day. I was so excited. I have had a hankering to make a boy album ever since my friend used these K&Company stickers on one that she had made. I fell in love with the little clothes hung on a clothes line. I hunted the stickers down and here is what came out of it. I love how the album turned out. You can see the entire album on ebay. I also finished another one that I am so excited about and very tempted to keep for myself. I'll try and take pictures and post soon;)

Love You Paper Bag Album!

I'm so excited! I finished my Love You Paper Bag Album I made for Valentine's Day. I had so much fun making it. Creating is the best outlet in the world for me. If you'd like to see more photos, you can see the rest on ebay where I have it for sale. I'll keep it short tonight because I'm trying to get things ready to go skiing after the kiddos get out of school tomorrow. It's great to go skiing, but getting ready to take three small kids and two oversized kids(Trev and I;) takes a bit of prep. Hope you all have a great night!