As promised last week, I am sharing another photobook that I made earlier this year. This one was for my sister-in-law’s best friend who was married on the beach in Mexico. It was a wedding gift for the bride and groom and incorporated … Continue reading
Just when I had decided to take some time to work on improving my creative skills, orders for custom photobooks came flying in. Isn’t that how it always happens?! Over the next few weeks I will be sharing these books … Continue reading
Now that the kids are no longer babies there haven’t been as many milestones to document, just the everyday moments. But last Friday Casey met a huge milestone – he lost his first tooth! We would have been more excited for him, … Continue reading
Last December I made a December Daily photobook for my kids where each page represented a Christmas tradition, decoration, or favorite moment every day between December 1-25. I loved the idea of having them remember what Christmas was like when they were too young to remember for themselves.
This summer I am creating the same kind of photobook for all of our summer adventures, but instead of daily it documents the summer by week. I am making this one more for me than for Casey and Robyn because I want to remember all the great places I have been with them, the people we have visited, and the fun that we had together. Our favorite places to go are the spray park, Fort Edmonton Park, The Valley Zoo, Grandpa’s to raid the raspberries and peas, the backyard kiddie pool, and anywhere that has ice cream! What are your favorite places to go with the kids in the summer?
Here is a peak at a few pages from the album that will document summer life from May 1 to the end of September 2012. I hope you are enjoying your summer and are taking lots of pictures to document your summer fun!
Leah
Elements from Retrospective by One Little Bird Designs and Stampin’ Up.
On this day last year I never imagined I would be celebrating my one year anniversary of Birdwing Paper Designs and still moving forward strongly. To be honest, I thought I would have given up long ago! I think it is my love of creating photobooks and knowing that there is a need to help people document the important events and everyday moments in their lives. The photos and stories that go with them need to be shown off, not just for ourselves but for other generations to see. This is what keeps me going.
In celebration of this big day, I thought I would give my faithful followers and friends a free 5″ x 7″ print that I created. This print was inspired by the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster that has become quite popular. If don’t know the story behind the poster, here is a really interesting video about it:
There are so many parodied versions of this poster all over Pinterest and I thought, “What would my version be?” It came to me almost instantly: Be Calm You’re a Good Mom. You have no idea how many times a day I say this!!! I have been wanting to print this out and I thought today would be the perfect day to share it with everyone. I made two versions so if you would like me to send you one just leave a comment saying which one you would like. Pleases share this offer with anyone you know who needs a little inspiration to get through the day. Offer expires August 2, 2012.
Traditional Card One:
or Modern Card Two:
Elements from Stampin’ Up and Katie Pertiet.
This print can be framed or add a magnet to the back and stick it on the fridge. I have the traditional card in my office to remind me that I am a good mom even though life with kids can be crazy and stressful!
In the above picture I would just like you to note my new Swarovski pen and USB stick that my awesome husband gave me for my one year business anniversary. Now I am really ready to head into year two!! I am very excited to see what direction my business takes this year and I am certain that it will be challenging, scary, and so rewarding.
Leah
Elements from “Small Talk” by TaylorMade Designs and Fei Fei’s Stuff, ribbon and staple from Stampin’ Up.
I didn’t plan on having a “vintage” birthday for Robyn, it just happened. And it wasn’t the party that was vintage, but most of her presents. As talked about in my previous post, she got a refurbished 30 year old doll house that we found in Jason’s Dad’s basement. Well, that basement is filled with toys from the seventies and eighties, and we found a few other gems down there. We found lots of colourful My Little Ponies that just needed a good cleaning and hair combing, and we also found the cutest wooden Snoopy dog!
Robyn loves that Snoopy dog and pulls him all over the house. There was only one vintage item from my side of the family and that was a beautiful dress that my Mom had made for my niece, Pam, when she was two. Pam is now fourteen and we are so lucky that Auntie Liz saved all the clothes my Mom made for Pam.
Robyn looked so sweet in this dress (as seen in the photos above), like a little princess!
I am so glad that our birthday season is over and that I don’t have to worry about planning any more parties for a little while. Now I can just relax and enjoy our summer!
Leah
More samples from Two Thousand and Twelve album here.
I call everything we find at my father-in-law’s house “vintage”. He has kept everything that Jason and his sisters have ever owned, so when we go over there looking for old toys we are rarely disappointed. I had been on the … Continue reading
I have been playing around with Photoshop for years and, prior to my interest in digital scrapbooking, used it mostly for basic editing of our photos. I didn’t really understand how to use the Toolbox and learned from trial and error. I knew how to crop a photo, add text, make a photo black and white, and remove blemishes, but that was about it!
For my birthday last September, my husband gave me a two year subscription to Adobe Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine. He thought I should learn how to use the software and then be able to use it for digital scrapbooking. (I currently use the My Digital Studio program from Stampin’ Up and will continue to use it for my photobooks because it is much easier and quicker for me to use.) I have been trying to learn it and the more I learn, the more I realize how complex it is with endless possibilities for your photos and scrapbook page!
In the May/June 2012 issue, there was a tutorial for adding vintage colour to a photo and had the perfect photo for it.
BEFORE
AFTER
I loved the “After” picture and it worked perfectly with this new kit from One Little Bird called “Little Sprout”. I am using this kit for a baby book and thought the colours were just right for the picture of Robyn.
“Little Sprout” from One Little Bird Designs, pearls from Stampin’ Up
I hope you all had a great May long weekend!
Leah
Birdwing Paper Designs 