Author Archives: Leah

The Things You Say

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Robyn is almost two and, at this age, she says some funny words!  In a few years I know we will never remember the way she mispronounces most of her words and this is one of the things I don’t want to forget.  So I always try to include a page in my family album about all the words they are learning when they go through this word explosion phase.

“Small Talk” from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs

It is also interesting to look back at the way Casey pronounced his words and the funny expressions he had because they are very different from Robyn.

I know I will be glad I wrote this all down in a few years!!

Leah

More samples from Two Thousand and Twelve album here.

My Gallery

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I just started posting my latest scrapbook pages at My Scrapbook Art if you are interested in checking out any of my work.  How often I put layouts in the gallery depends on how many photobooks I am working on, and how well the kids are sleeping!!  Here is the latest one that I added of my beautiful girl:

Elements from “Worn” by One Little Bird Designs and Sahlin Studios.

My previous gallery is with Stampin’ Up at mydigitalstudio.net where I have almost 100 pages that I made over the last year and a half.

Thanks for stopping by,   Leah

It is not too late!

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It is not too late right now, and it won’t be too late tomorrow… to start your 2012 Family Album!

Elements from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs (Small Talk), One Little Bird and Sahlin Studio (grid, lay flat to dry tag), Stampin Up (tape)

It doesn’t matter if you only took three photos last month or a hundred (I think I am at 300!) because I can change any page in this book to suit your photos.  Here are a few more samples from the February pages:

Elements from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs (Small Talk), Stampin Up (eyelet)

Elements from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs (Small Talk), Stampin Up (buttons, stitching)

So if you are still thinking about doing a family photobook and just haven’t decided yet, get your photos together and go for it!!  Next year when you receive your finished book, you will be so happy you did!

Leah

 

Old, “Worn” Family Photos

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All elements from One Little Bird and Sahlin Studio

I have several friends right now that are coping with sick parents and I can’t help but think of my mom who passed away almost ten years ago.  It is very difficult to watch your mom or dad be sick and my heart goes out to those friends who have to go through that now.

I don’t know if it was coincidence with these thoughts of my mom, but I discovered an old CD of photos this week that had so many pictures of my mom and her family when she was young.  Then this new digital kit was released by One Little Bird and Sahlin Studio called “Worn” that I thought would be perfect to showcase some of these photos.  I loved it so much that I even changed up my blog a bit using these elements (checkout the “About” and “Contact” tabs).  I think this kit would make a great heritage album!  Here is a peak at the full kit:

A few years ago I went through the thousands of photos of my mom, my dad, their families plus all the photos of us kids growing up.  I made an album for each of my parents with as much history as I could dig up from my Dad and my cousin, Neath.  It took me six weeks to complete the albums as they were done by traditional paper scrapbooking.  I wish I had waited for digital scrapbooking because it would have taken me a lot less time!  Maybe I will end up making a photobook with my mom’s pictures or maybe you feel as inspired by this beautiful kit as I do and would like to make a heritage album for your parents.

Leah

It’s Time to Catch up on Baby Books!

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I think 2012 should be the year everyone stops procrastinating and finally finishes those baby books!  How many times have you thought about getting your baby photos organized and put into books? And how many times have you started only to give up after a few pages?  To make matters worse, now you probably have two or three kids and and there is no way you have the time or energy to make keepsake books for all of them! Lucky for you, you know someone who loves making baby books. One of my main motivating factors for starting Birdwing Paper Designs is that I don’t want any child to grow up and not have a beautiful baby book.  Both of my kids have their own First Year scrapbook as well as a little story book that I created using all those baby photos.  My son is almost four and he already loves looking at pictures of himself as a baby and reading the story made just for him. My latest project that I have started for all you moms is a First Year Baby Book.  Here is a look at the kit I will be using to make it from Kitty Designs at oscraps.com:

Kitty Designs

Kitty Designs

Here is a sample of the Baby Boy book:

Cover

Page 1

And this is how it is changed up for a Baby Girl book:

Cover

Page 1

With this photobook I am doing a similar process as with the 2012 Family photobook in that you can send me your photos every month so you don’t get overwhelmed by the thousands of photos of your baby(ies).  This is a 12 month project that will cover the first year of your baby’s life and you can start this any time you are ready. If you would like more information about this project, please email me: lfedynak@gmail.com or leave a comment.  Let’s stop procrastinating and just get it done!! Leah

New 2012 Family Photobook

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I am so happy to finally announce the new 2012 Family Photobook.  I have been searching all the great kits created by some of my favorite designers and finally chose one to use for this photobook.  It is called “Small Talk” by Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs.

I love the colours in this digital kit and the element are so versatile which makes it a great choice for a full year album.  I will also be using this fantastic word art kit from TaylorMade Designs:

This is the cover page for the 2012 Family Album:

The photo for the cover page can be whatever you want it to be, but I am waiting for a great shot of our family to put on my cover!

If you are interested in having a family album for 2012, I am trying something a little different and hopefully easier for you.  We (you and I) will be working on this album every month.  At the end of each month all you have to do is email me 10-12 photos that you want in your album for that month and a short note about those photos and memories.  Here is an example:

And here are the pages that I created using the information provided and the photos:

Inside Title Page

January Page 1

January Page 2

Extra Page 1

This book will be a 38 page 10″ x 10″ photobook with custom front and back covers.  Each month will be a 2-page layout except December which will be 4 pages.  That leaves 4 extra 2-page layouts that can be used at any time you choose if you have a special event that you want to include (birthdays, anniversary, date night, vacation, etc). The book will then be printed at the beginning of January 2013.

The price will be $250.00 for the photobook.  If you would like, you can pay in full by the end of February 2012 or do two payments of $125.00 due Feb 29, 2012 and July 31, 2012.

I hope this will be a project that we can work on together and help you get your family memories organized and printed.  It is easier to go through a hundred photos every month than a thousand at the end of the year!

If you are interested in starting this photobook project or would like more information, please leave a comment or email me: lfedynak@gmail.com.

Leah Fedynak

More samples from Two Thousand and Twelve album here.

Winter Drink Recipe

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I started this blog to help promote my photobook business and to share some of my scrapbooking layouts.  But sometimes I have unrelated topics to share and I couldn’t figure out if I should post them here or not.  Then it occurred to me, do a scrapbook layout incorporating what I want to share.  That will make it relevant to the purpose of this blog and I won’t be making this “Leah’s Favorite Crafts and Other Things” blog.  So here is my layout sharing a recipe that my father-in-law gave me.  He is a big believer in natural remedies and this drink helps fight off cold bugs when they first start.  I thought this would be the perfect thing to share on a cold (-27 C) Alberta winter day!

elements from Biograffiti and Stampin' Up

Tomorrow I will be announcing the new 2012 Family Photobook project, so please check back for details.

Leah

My New Toy

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The one thing I have complained about all year is the terrible pictures my camera takes!  Do you know how hard it is to make a nice layout with crummy photos?  Well, let’s just say it is not any fun!!  So my wonderful husband searched all the Boxing Day deals and bought me a new camera.  We now have the Canon Rebel T3i and I am in love with it.  I barely know how to use it but the pictures it takes are amazing!!  I am excited to scrapbook one again now that I have some great photos to work with.  Here is a layout of a photo I took with Robyn and her Grandpa Kennedy:

Layout from One Little Bird, elements from Stampin' Up

Also, I am still giving away the free Wall Art from my previous post.  All you have to do is “Follow” my blog at the end of this post.