Ella still brings up the old house. "I miss my old house." are her exact words. They love it here, but I think we are all missing our routine. Nathan will tell me about how he dreams of the house at night and remembers what we did there. So I decided to make a mini-album to record the stories behind our old house. Every room really does tell a story.
Since I had Word Weds. at the Pink Paislee blog and the focus in on the journaling and stories, I finally felt motivated to get it completed. Here is my 8 X 8 Artisan Element Canvas album!
Since the album is a bit bigger than some of the true minis, I decided to have the side by side pages be cohesive. I simply treated them as smaller double page layouts. It came together very quickly because of how complete the Pink Paislee collections are. I loved using the Flip Notes!
To see more, head over to the Pink Paislee blog! I used mostly elements from the 365 Degrees collection: Flip Notes, Die-cuts, Cork Buttons, Rub-ons, as well as the Red Weathered Wood Expressions Alphabet and Artisan Elements.
It was moving to me to write these stories down. It was as if I relived those beautiful moments again. And now, my kids can as well. We are making new memories and someday I will have a book about our new home. That is how life works. It goes by so quickly and I am afraid that stories will be lost if they don't get written down!
A gift made for my babies. Now if only I can get them to stop fighting over it...LOL!
Looks like Mama will be making a second one! LOL!! I love love love love this Stacey!! GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea - such a cute mini :D
ReplyDeleteI loooove this mini!!! You amaze me every time, Stace! There isn't a thing you do that I don't seriously LOVE.
ReplyDeleteDid I tell you how much I love this book???? Fantastic :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Stacey. Love the idea of making mini two pagers - it binds it together so well.
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