This is the Boot portion of the "Hocus Pocus" kit from Kathy Orta's Paper Phenomenon Holiday Kit club. Made it for my sister Pam - She had to wait a week or so for me to finish the album so I whipped up a few extra goodies to fill up the boot until I got the album completed.

 

 

Here is a picture of the album & the boot.  The album fits down into the boot and the extra long lace you see on the boot is then laced up through the little "d" hangers that are on the front of the album.

 

 

Just some pictures of the inner pages of the album - love the diagonal cut pockets and the extra large Ranger tags that fit down into them. 

 

 

The boot was so easy to make (looks difficult but it isn't!) the album will hold a ton of pictures - with 2 grandkids I am sure she is going to have plenty of spaces for pictures!!

 

 

 

 

 

How stinkin' cute are these! I found a pattern for some baby shoes and thought "What the heck - I will give it a try" I would make more but honestly wouldn't know what to do with them so maybe I will save the pattern and try making some with a Christmas theme to hang on the tree?  More Victorian type since that is more in line with my decorations.....

Here's a cute project that I did with a Tutorial/Kit from Laura Denison's Following the Paper Trail. She did a series of Bird Houses (yeah if you know me at all - you know that I am a freak when it comes to bird houses - love them) I really liked the May project. And I can post this because I know my MIL doesn't follow my blog and this is her Christmas present - Oh yeah!!

 

 

 

 

It's a GIRL baby album -

This album was just mailed to a life long friend - her daughter just had a baby girl! This is my friend's 1st grandbaby :)  I used a line of paper from Melissa Francis - not sure of the name since it came in a grabbag purchase. The ribbons are all Melissa Francis with the expection of the dark pink on the front cover tag (it is from my thrift store stash) The flowers and butterflies are from Melissa Francis & Recollections and (it is hard to see in the picture) I used gesso on the tag on the front cover and then ink it (and all the pages and tags) with Tim Holtz's Distress Stain - Spun Sugar. And I used Donna S's Glitter Dust on the diecuts (Spellbinders).  The chain closure is a clearance item from the beading section at Michael's and the alpha & heart charms are from the beading dept at Hobby Lobby. The pink & white baby carriage charm I ordered off of Ebay (it was just too cute to pass up and matched the album perfectly!!)  The charms on the spine are from Hobby Lobby as well. I used Kathi Orta's Build A Page tutorial to create the album foundation pages as well as the "hidden spine" - love that whole concept!! There are 12 pages (as I made 2 of each of the 6 BAP pages) so the album is really thick (If I remember correctly the spine is 2.5 inches wide) but there is so much "real estate" in the album that some of the pages have space for 5 pictures. I had so much fun making this since I have 3 boys and could never use pink on my stuff!!

 

 

 

 

File Folder Album for Lindsey (AKA Miss Missouri High School)

Here's a few pixs of an album I made for a sweet young lady that is the current Miss Missouri High School Queen. She is an amazing young lady that has such a beautiful soul.  I wanted to make a album that wasn't quite so "chunky" and that had a ton of pockets and places for pictures.  I used Blue Awning from K&Company paper, Prima flowers and Hug Snug seam binding through out on the tags. (Also used some vintage lace that I bought at a local thrift store as tag toppers) The diecut on the last page is from Heartfelt Creations.

Black Dog Farm Album (for my friend Barbara)

Here's a album I made a few months back for a very special friend - She is an "East Coast" transplant that has taken on the task of remodeling an older farm house on some acreage that she and her husband purchased in a small town in KS.  She is such an inspiration to me and from the first time I met her (which was actually through business) I really felt like I had met someone who understood alot of things I want to accomplish in my everyday life. She now has chickens (for her own eggs), Honey bees (for her own honey) and a garden this past season that is amazing!  What a wonderful life she is creating - I must admit that I do miss seeing her as often as I wanted since she lives a few hours away now but I think about her everyday!  I try to "repurpose" in every way possible and she & I both love old "stuff".  She and her husband are remodeling and reusing as much of the original wood, doors, and windows in unique ways in their house. I wanted to make her a smallish flip album for her to display her "before and after" photos.  I used "Daisy D's" paper - not sure of the theme but it has such rich colors and the theme was definitely "Country".  I also used an album pattern from Laura Denison (from "Follow the Paper Trail") which uses envelopes and cards and her magical "hidden hinge".  I took these picture before I added the title to the front "Black Dog Farm"  and also had an "Established" date. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the reasons I scrap :)

Change happens everyday.  And though all my friends have been warning me about "empty nest" it really does seem to sneak up on each of us.  School is back in session and with the two oldest boys away at college it has really sunk in that my "baby" is just that - my last...  I know he is loving being the "only" child even though it is only for his Senior year.  Come May 2013 he will graduate and like the other two move onto college.  How exciting for him and us! But the house is already more quiet than I have been use to in the past - but I also realize I have more free time and therefore I am going to try to scrap more.  Not just LOs but I am going to perfect my skills in making journals from scratch. Build them from chipboard and paper into keepsakes to share with others.  I wanted to share a picture of my "baby" (he has never been "small" as he was 10lb 2oz at birth) but he will forever be my baby.