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Scrapbooking: Noah and Lily

It’s time for another round of scrapbook pages. One for my niece and one for my nephew. I love these little people :) One of my favorite things about making their pages is I go through the past years first so I don’t make them too similar and I get to see how much they have grown and changed. It’s so fun to be an aunt!

Let’s start with Lily:

I have 4 nephews and one niece. When I make Lily’s page it is so fun because I get to use girl colors. Not that boy colors aren’t fun, it’s just that making things girly is even more fun! Lily is already two and she is so adorable. She has the most beautiful eyes, they will make the boys melt one day!

Noah came to be part of our family when he was 6 months old. He is one of the gang and we love him so much. What a little treasure :) This is one of my favorite pages I have made in a while. Of course, that isn’t saying much since I haven’t scrapped much lately :)

Happy Birthday Noah and Lily, I love you both so much!!

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Christmas Items 2011

Originally I had decided I wasn’t going to make anything new for every jot & tittle this year for the Christmas season. I have had a really busy fall and just wasn’t sure if I would have time. But, I couldn’t help myself and I squeezed in a bit of time to make a couple of mini books kits for the season. There are very limited in number this year so if you really want one, don’t wait too long! Here are some photos of the kit:

It is similar to last years kit with just some adjustments. I always have fun putting these together which is why I couldn’t help myself and I had to make some! While I was at it, I also made a couple tiny mini book kits. They are very similar to the kit above, just smaller and without most of the accessories. They would be fun for a Christmas present for a relative or if you just want to make a December Daily book but don’t have a lot of time.

The large kit measures 7″ x 5″ and the tiny kit measures 4″ x 3″. It really is cute! And I thought it would be fun to put some of the red numbers in the tiny kit too so I made some on a small scale. They are the cutest thing. Just like the popular larger ones, just tiny :)

And for a comparison:

Aren’t they adorable? I added a set of just the new tiny numbers to the shop as well. If you don’t want the kit but want the little numbers, there are some there. So if you are interested, head over to the shop for some ej&t goodness :)

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Button Invitations

I’m so sorry I have been such a bad blogger lately. I have had so many things happening in life right now and last week was crazy! I was preparing for an event a church that was last night and so since I was working on it all week I had little time to post. The funny thing is, I had the post almost all ready to go on Friday and with having a mile long to-do list for the church event I simply forgot to post! So I will share it today with you instead.

Recently I made some invitations for a baby shower with a button theme for a client. She had been searching for some invitations but they all looked to cutesy. So I put my thinking cap on and here is what I came up with:

My client came up with the little rhyme, isn’t it cute? I hand drew the buttons digitally so they would be less cutesy. I think they turned out really sweet. The rhyme wrap slides off to reveal the invitation underneath.

I have gotten rid of some of the info so the invitation looks a little funny :)

And the back of the invitation had a bit of washi tape to secure the wrap in place. I can’t make anything without washi tape these days :)

Invitations are one of my favorite things to make. I love personalizing them for different occasions and seeing what is in my head come out on paper.

I know I was a bad blogger last week and the week before but it is just about to get worse I’m afraid. We are having some more company come this week and then next week we are going on vacation. I will do my best but don’t expect too much :) Thanks for hanging in there!!

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Scrapbooking: Max Is Six

Sometimes I make just one little thing and then I just want to make more. Such was the case today when I completed a scrapbook page for my nephew Max. His birthday is on Friday and since I send a page every year for his birthday, I knew I needed to hurry and complete it to get it in the mail so he will receive it on time. So I made one little page… and now I’m just itchin’ to scrapbook more! Unfortunately, I have a bunch of other stuff to get done this week so I might have to wait a bit. Anyway, here is Max’s page:

I cannot believe Max is six already. When we moved here to Tennessee he was just 5 months old and now he is 6! He is such a fun kid, I love to watch him as he gets older!

Anyone else wish they could scrapbook (or any other project) but have other stuff to do instead? Maybe I will find some time to sneak some in :)

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Scrapbooking Photo 365

This is something I have been wanting to do all year and I’m just now getting around to starting. I have been wanting to scrapbook my photos from Photo 365. I knew it would be a big undertaking simply because there are so many pictures but the end result could be so cool, right? I’ll be honest, I haven’t been scrapbooking much lately but I finally dragged out all of my stuff and got to work.

Since there are so many photos, I wanted to keep it really simple. Nothing fancy here, just documentation. I printed the photos small and all the same size so there would be no guess work. I also crammed as many pictures to a page as possible so the book doesn’t get too fat. Even though it’s simple, I really like it :) So far I have finished with January, here it is:

I used a simple small sized 3 ring binder. I figured I could fit more in that way. I think I might make a cover for it still, currently it is unadorned.

My vision was lots of handwriting in a variety of styles. I’m hardly using anything beyond paper but once in a while I do use some sticker letters and such.

There are doodles here and there and some washi tape. The papers I have gathered from all over the place.

I printed the flag title block at home using Free Ribbons from DaFont (found at Poppytalk).

Another source of inspiration was The Non-Planner Datebook by Keri Smith. I’ve ripped it apart and used it in this book. I love all of the doodling and handwritten letters and I knew I wanted to incorporate it in this book.

Another thing I added in was journal cards from 7gypsies which I have had forever and finally am using. And of course, I’m using my Dymo label maker. I pretty much can’t make anything without it :)

For all of my doodling, my favorite pens are Staedtler pigment liners. I really love these pens. I bought them in a pack of four, all black, with 4 different sizes. There is .1mm, .3mm, .5mm, and .7mm. It’s so great to have a variety and I use them for everything! My favorite is the .3mm just in case anyone is in the market for some pigmented, archival, acid-free ink pens :)

And that just about sums up January. I’m a little behind but I only worked on it for two evenings. A few more evenings and I will be all caught up! Okay, maybe more than a few :)

Anyone else playing catch up with anything? It’s always so hard to get started when you feel so far behind but it sure feels good to be finished. Not that I would know, I still have a long way to go!

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