Time for a Reality Check

A 10 minute drive from where I live is this.........

Imagine what this view looks like with no clouds.

It's a beautiful place to be but is almost always forgotten in the hustle and bustle of life in general.

In my quest to find inner peace I have vowed to stop and smell the roses (or in this case the sea air) and feel the sand between my toes.  So often in our lives we are so pre-occupied with what we think are the must-dos that we don't give ourselves the time to appreciate all the small (or in the above case, the large) treasures around us.  Whether it be the flight of a butterfly or the crash of a wave we need to remind ourselves that these things have the ability to provide us with a much needed moment of peace.  A chance to take a deep, calming breath and give thanks for what we have.

SIGH................

Let's Get This Party Started!!!!

It's been a while.  That's an understatement!!  I admit I've been a bit slack.  If there is one thing that I'm good at it's procrastinating.

NO MORE!!

I want to knit, I want to sew, I want to craft my little heart out and put lots of lovely goodies on this blog.  So it's time to get my finger out.

I will need your help to get my blog out there.  Please tell your friends, and your friends friends and your friends friends second cousin twice removed.

The album below is one I recently made for a close friend who just had a baby girl.  I know what you're thinking, "it's not a traditional baby album" but that is the way mummy wanted it.  No pink please.

I'm really happy with how the album came out and it is very versatile and can be made to suit any purpose.  The design is by the amazing Laura Denison and it has lots of space for photos and journalling (comments about the photos) for those non-scrapbookers.


Front Cover



Inside Front Cover

 The dimensions of the album are 6.5" tall and 4.25" wide (pages, the cover measures 7" x 6").  Each page has a pull out photo matte which slides out from the right side.  The inside covers also have 3 photo or journalling mattes which measure 3.25" x 5".


Inside Cover - Flap Open

 
Each page also has a flap which opens out to the right, providing more space for photos or journalling.


Diagonal Pocket Page

 Each page also has pockets for smaller photos or mementos and journalling.  This is the diagonal pocket style.  The pull out mattes measure 3.25" x 3.25".


Vertical Pocket Page

 This is the vertical pocket style, the pockets slide out from the left, the back one measure 2.75" x 5.25" and the front one 3.75" x 5.25".


Horizontal Pocket Page

 This is the horizontal pocket style, the pockets slide out from the top of the left page and measure 3.25" x 6" for the back one, 3.25" x 4.5 " for the centre one and 3.25" x 3" for the front one.


Inside Back Cover

 This is the inside back cover which has the same size mattes for photos or journalling as the inside front cover.

This album has five pages and I mixed the pocket styles around.  You are not limited to using all the pocket styles so the album can really have many different looks.

This album would make a lovely gift for mothers or nannies, as Mother's Day is just around the corner.  You could fill it with photos of the kids or grand kids.

If you'd like an album made for you leave me a post and we can discuss styles and colours.

Stay tuned for more crafty bits coming soon.

Thanks for reading.