A Surprise, and another album!
FIRST… a long awaited announcement! Nora’s first tooth has FINALLY broken through her gums!!! Yeah!!! I went to pick her up yesterday and thought I saw some white on her gums when she smiled… Grandma stuck her finger in her mouth and felt it was sharp. Ta Da!! The much anticipated first tooth!! I swear, that kid has been struggling with teething for so long – I want to say since she was around 3-4 months old… so it’s super nice to finally have the reward to go along with it!!
I couldn’t get a picture of it yesterday… but hopefully this weekend that tooth will make it’s way a bit further up into view and I can get a photo! Stay tuned for the big reveal! haha
Instead, here’s a super cute picture of Nora with her Grandpa Mark that we took last night!
Of course, I’ve been feeling a bit extra crafty this week and I’ve now started a new mini-book project. Last year I had the good intentions of doing a “week in the life” album. It never happened. Soooo… on Tuesday (because I forgot my camera at home on Monday) I started taking a few pictures. I figure if I get at least 1 or 2 pictures per day and have a few notes to go along with it then that’s perfect. Sooo… here’s what I have so far…
I started creating my album by first digging out some scrap paper supplies that have been filling up the trunk of my car since last spring (yes, I know that’s crazy!). See… at work when all the new paper sample books came in from the printing companies, we were offered up the previous year’s samples. I was in heaven!! All of these beautiful papers and so many possibilities of what could be done with them!!
I found a good stack of pages that were already together in one of the books and tore it out of the folder. You can see all the different paper styles and each page is big enough that I can add a photo or two and some journaling – perfect!
Next, I cut some thick cardstock from one of the sample paper packs to the same size as the largest sheet of paper – this is the cover for the album. I then covered the cardstock with bright colored paper on each side. When the cover was ready, I stapled it to the stack of paper. Ta Da! A simple blank album to use for my “week in the life” mini album.
Next, I’ll add some embellishments and a title to the front cover and then begin filling up the inside pages. I’ll share more once the rest of the album is completed.
