Well, "hi there", and thanks for popping in to my blog today!!! So happy you're here. It feels good to be back at blogging again. :) Hope 2021 has been safe and healthy for you and your family.
I'm not a gal who makes "New Year's resolutions," but I do set a few goals in my scrapping hobby. I think those are MUCH more fun!
One of the most important things on my "scrappy goal list" this year is to finish Daniel's first year album.
As many of you know, we have four kids--who are BIG KIDS, now! Daniel is our third child, and his is the last of the four baby albums to be completed. There is no reason for this, except maybe that Daniel had more toddler layouts made about him than any little kid on the planet! We used to call him "Dan-Dan Houdini-Man", so you get the idea. He was a hoot: a going- concern! That translated into lots of scrappy pages! ;)
Anyway, I have been working on Daniel's baby book now since 2017, when I wrote a great deal of the journaling and filed it in my computer. I also decided on a colour-scheme for the album, and made page kits to go with the pics I planned to use. I have quite a few pages done to date, and this is the latest. I still have many pages left to create. :)
While I am on the topic of accomplishing goals, I am taking a course called "SYS 2021: Mission Possible", from my CM friend Noreen Smith. The course's over-arching goal is using up stash. I am taking this further- using up the page kits I had made for this baby book!
This LO is a 2-pager that uses one of Noreen's SYS 2021 sketches. I am sooo pleased with how this turned out!
Left page:
And right page: When Daniel was
10 months old, we moved from the PMQ on Base to our newly purchased home on XYZ Drive in Kingston. The bubblegum-pink bedroom that would be Daniel's was
quickly painted white. (That was our first "project" in the new
house!) The wallpaper border we put up in Daniel's new bedroom was the same one
we'd lovingly chosen and put up in his PMQ bedroom in July 2000 just before he
was born! Daniel's new bedroom was much larger than the tiny PMQ bedroom, and
here, there was space for more furniture. We were able to have Daniel's change-table
right there in the bedroom, which was extra-convenient. We were also able to
add a bookshelf, toy box and the rocking horse Grandma and Grandpa gave Bryan
when he was little.
The window was
a different shape than the one in the PMQ, but we were still able to use the
curtains I'd made-- I just sewed a little "bib" of matching fabric to
slide onto the rod, visually connecting the 2 panels. "Problem solved!"
In these photos, you can see Daniel's
matching handmade baby comforter plus the change table cover and mini-pillow
that I'd sewn. I'd had so much fun creating all of it!
The baby
bedroom we'd decorated for Daniel looked beautiful and had turned out exactly
the way we'd hoped it would. We were so pleased!!
Photos- July 14, 2001
XYZ XYZ XYZ, Kingston, NS
Kate (7 yrs), Bryan (6 yrs) and Daniel (11 months)
Journaling by Mom- September 16, 2017
PS: a PMQ= "Private Married Quarters", which is one type of military housing on a base here in Canada. We are a military family. :)
Supplies:
Floral patterned paper (pp): CTMH (retired)
Pale Cream dotted paper: BasicGrey "Basics White" collection (retired)
"Jacaranda" cardstock (CS): Bazzill
Small & Large Brads: CTMH
Moon & Stars Border Maker Cartridge (BMC): Creative Memories (CM)
My Acrylix stamp set (CTMH): B1228 Solos “D” (small hearts, the words “dream” & “delightful”)
My Acrylix stamp set (CTMH): C1620 Baby Zoo (horse)
Exclusive Inks (CTMH): Almond, Saddle, Brown Bag, Sapphire & Indian Corn Blue Scraps of CS and pp used for tiny flowers & butterflies- CTMH
Tiny flowers made w/ Sizzix Sizzlit die- “Hawaiian Flowers”
“Memories” tiny word banner: made w/ a CTMH roller-date style stamp
Baker’s twine and blue label: CTMH
Kraft ticket-shaped cluster base: CTMH
Tiny Kraft alphabet stickers used in title: CTMH (retired)
Tiny hearts: CTMH Thin Cuts Z3347
“DCM” circular monogram stickers: All My Memories
“Love” tiny word: Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type sticker
“Memories” tiny word: Echo Park "Fine and Dandy" collection sticker
Tiny butterflies: Impression Obsession dies DIE046-A
Painted wooden sheep: unknown- from my stash
"Home" wood veneer- Dollarama
Adhesives: Glue Dots, Tombow tape runner, Scotch Quick Dry, Mono Liquid Aqua glue
Journaling font: Arial
Tools:
Scalloped circle punch: EK Success
Provocraft Silent Setter (used to punch holes for brads)
Creative Memories Border Maker System
CTMH "My Acrylix" clear stamp blocks 2x2" and 3x3" sizes Sizzix Big Shot
Thanks for peeking at this new double-page LO. Have a great day, and a lovely weekend! Hope you get lots of time to scrap!
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