A few little pages

I was a bit frustrated last night about the yellow dress. My daughter is so thin, that this tiny size 6 is just too big for her up top. The skirt area looks pretty good, but the top and waist area are too "poofy" she says. I need a meatier kid! I decided to move on to the scrapbook pages I needed to finish for the baby. This is really a fun idea. Making a useable scrapbook at the baby shower. It was only lacking 3 pages and I finished 2 last night. I have included some of the pages the other ladies made as well.

On another note, I think I will have to start pinning the tissue patterns to my daughter before I ever start sewing garments for her. Then I can adjust areas that are too big.

Scrapbook baby shower

Don't get me wrong- I do like traditional baby showers, but I just feel better leaving one that has accomplished some greater purpose. I know many of you like the games, but I love having the guests make a scrapbook for the new baby. Tonight the ladies of our church are meeting-which we do monthly in order to learn a new craft, skill, etc.-and we are making 2 scrapbooks for new moms. Each woman/girl will make several pages for each book. Now the ultimate way to do this is to have the mom there in order to pick papers she would like included in her book. Neither one of the moms will be there tonight, so we are freebirds-WooHoo! You don't want the book to look haphazard, so you do need to try and coordinate papers and try not to repeat themes (all bath pages for instance). I have a wealth of scrapbook supplies and many of the other ladies have little stashes that they are bringing too. I gathered 8X8 papers and ribbons, clear acrylic stamps & inks, brads, staples, and many other baby embellsihments. I found 2 cute 8X8 albums at Tuesday morning for only $5 each. It will be a lot of fun watching people come up with ideas. It makes for good conversation for an entire group too. Have you ever been to a scrapbook wedding or baby shower? If so, give me some details....

I will post some pics tomorrow of our finished products!

Baby Scrapbook

A very sweet girl who works at the chiropractic office is pregnant and she just found out she is having a boy. She is also moving soon, so I wanted to give her a little something. I have been very busy over the last few weeks, so I didn't have a lot of time to get something made. I wanted to give her something quilted, but I am just not that good (or fast). I opted for a scrapbook. I went very simple and made layouts that she could easily add her photos of the new baby to. Hopefully when baby comes along, the layouts will work for all his sweet pics. Here are a few of the layouts. I started on this book after lunch and finished 11 8X8 pages by 3:30. I left the other 9 blank for her to do herself. It is a nice jumpstart for new mamas. So if you are looking for a simple yet thoughtful gift for a baby or wedding shower, this could be it!