For Maria

the front
the back (color's off in this pic)

For those of you that read my blog often, you might have read my posts on my first ever sewing project. My awesome friend Maria let me borrow her sewing machine so that I could take my time and complete my project on my own.

Maria's favorite word is "Believe", so as a thank you to her I made her this "I Believe" quote box. I discovered this on Rachel's blog here. Rachel always has great ideas and takes most of the guess work out for you. Thanks Rachel! .....so anyways, back to Maria....I wanted to make this for Maria's birthday in October, but since it was sooo far away and I really wanted to make this box I decided to make it for a thank you gift. There's quotes/sentiments on both sides of each card with a special hand-written "I Believe" from me. I really hope she loves it. If you notice...I'm still addicted to the "Unforgettable"pp. Can't help it!

Hope you enjoy and try one for yourself!

Materials: All CTMH. Unforgettable L2pp, Unforgettable MyStickease, cocoa ink, cocoa marker, sorbet and chocolate ribbon rounds, cocoa grosgrain ribbon, designer brads, Fancy Cuts botanicals, sanding kit, sponge.

Other: Labels 1 Nestie, printer paper.

Now I can share....

Now that Christmas is over, I can share with you a tag album I made for two of my dear friends. Josie and Becky participated in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3Day walk last September. I am still so proud of their efforts! They did an awesome job in fundraising and were troopers walking 60 miles in 3days....blisters and all.





With that prelude, here are some pictures of the memory album I made for each of them. All the pictures are the same except for one special personal picture each. They took these while they did their walk, and I secretly made copies so I could make this (it helps that I live with Josie and we share a computer) ;) When they opened their gifts, they both were so emotional with the memories of that weekend. They must have gone over it ten times reliving each moment from each picture.

I am so proud of my selfless friends that I wanted to create something very special so that they have a tangible item to help them remember every great and sometimes trying moment.

Materials: CTMH items--Big pinks flowers, "Playful Flourishes" SS, "Nature's Ambiance" rub-ons in white, blush exclusive ink, black exclusive marker, hollyhock ribbon rounds, Dermacoat acrylic paint, clear sparkles, edge distresser, sanding kit, corner rounder.
Other--acrylic tag album, random paper from my stash, breast cancer ribbon rub-ons by Royal Brush, pink sparkles by Michaels, Making Memories metal tags, misc. ribbon, Prima flowers, whole punch, chipboard.

Pictures of an old project

I came across these pictures today and decided to share them with you all. It's an accordion tag mini album I made for some friends of mine who had a baby. Courtney's now like 6 years old and just as cute! One of my favorite things is handmaking gifts for friends and family. Some of the panels on one side have pockets where I put more pictures. The other side has pockets with tags I made for the parents to write down their thoughts of the day Courtney was born. Sorry that some of the pictures are a little blurry, and obviously the flash was too much on the last shot.

Materials: Bear with me, it's been a long while since I made it. My memory of the products is a little fuzzy.

Accordion tags I got somewhere. DCWV paper. Making Memories fabric tags, brads, definition stickers, metal embellishments, and rub-ons. Misc. other items I don't know where they came from.

My Little Man

On February 17th, 2008 a true miracle arrived in this world in the beautiful form of Tyler Joseph Moore. He is the first child of my best friends Katie and Eric. As a special gift, ever the mini album maker that I am, I created this layer book to present the first moments of his life. It was a perfect gift since I know Katie so well that it would probably be something that would take her until his 18th birthday to finish. ;)

Materials used: mini album kit from JA, Autumn Terracotta card stock, regular brads, spirals, hemp and distressing ink from CTMH, metal phrase embelliesand fancy brads from Making Memories, and love!!