A Recent Order

This was an order for a friend who had me send the books straight to the birthday girls: Sharlie and Kaylinn. The book for Sharlie was a large journal with blank pages.


The book for Kaylinn was similar to the one for Wren--full of fun, colorful pages, sticker, stripes, and swirls.They were both fun projects, and I almost had just as much fun wrapping them up in birthday tissue paper to send out!

SALE!

Part II: Large Journals
Here's the list of large journals that are for sale. The first few contain blank pages, while the rest have print and journal prompts.
(See the prior post for Part I:Photo Explosion Books)

Ideas for blank journals: (Great for the upcoming Family Gatherings!)
*Distant Relative--Not through blood, but in miles. Have each family member write a message to the family (member) who can't make it to the celebrations, then send it to them for Christmas.
*Favorite Family Memories--Have family members record their favorite memories spent together with family, then give the journal to parents or grandparents for Christmas.
* Guestbook--Assign a few pages for the party guests to sign, then use it for future party celebrations too.
*Messages of Celebration--Have the children and grandchildren sign it with loving messages for the grandparents who are celebrating an anniversary.
*Thankful Journal--Use it during the month of November to record all the things you and your family are thankful for. Then read it together on Thanksgiving Day.
*Love Letters--Write love letters back and forth with your spouse.

SALE!

With the holidays approaching, all of my current items are going on sale. Today, I'm posting the explosion books. Tomorrow I'll be posting all the large journals on sale--so be sure to check back!

Part I: Photo Explosion Books
Here is a list of all the photo explosion books available:
(Sneak Peek of photo explosion books--look here to see the original post for this picture)








--Fill them with themed photos (wedding, Halloween, first Christmas etc.) or any random photos you love and want on display!

--Each book comes with hints and tips on how to insert photos for maximum success! :)

--Don't forget to check back tomorrow for more great deals!

26 Haikus for You

This year for Rhett's birthday, I wanted to do another book for him from family and friends, but different than last year's book. So I put together a book of haikus for him. He turned 26, and I wanted to get 26 haikus written by family and friends. I started collecting haikus about a month and a half ago--and what fun it was! Each time I got a new haiku, I'd burst with excitement to share it with Rhett. It was so hard to keep it a secret! They were so great! Everyone's was so creative and unique--some listed off qualities they admired in Rhett, others wrote about memories they had with him. One friend even wrote a line in Portuguese! It turned out to be a great collection. And Rhett loved it. He was impressed with everyone's talent at haiku-writing (as was I!), and he was excited to see what everyone had to write.

Here are some pictures of the book. I was going to make it in the usual style of books I do, but since I had given one to him for our recent anniversary (found here), I thought I'd try something different.

The body of the book was made from one sheet of paper, just folded and cut in certain places to create all the pages. I then stitched in the red pages. Here are some sample pages:

It was a fun size and such a fun project. Thanks to everyone who helped make it such a success! He loves it!

And . . . check back soon for the upcoming holiday sale!