Special Delivery

I am not usually too anxious to bring in the mail. Truth is that the piles of papers and envelopes, on a daily basis, don't make it thru the front door until Ricky carries them in after work. But this week has been different. I have been checking the mail box to see if this special edition of Creating Keepsakes has arrived at my door. I was disappointed everyday until yesterday, when a brown box finally arrived. When I opened it up, Yippee!!! there was the magazine and a mini album of mine.

The mini was not only inside the box, but inside the publication as well! I am so excited!!

How this came about was that months ago I was asked to create a "budget friendly" mini album using a Bella Blvd line of my choice and instructed to use only stickers as embellishments. Easy-peasy with those great Bella Stickers and cut out shapes!

I decided just because I was only using stickers for embelishments the album did not have to be simple. I misted, painted, distressed, doodled, and layered piece after piece to load it up with all sorts of goodies.

I used the family dynamics line, and created a little book for Connor, giving him a bit of advice from mom...

If you ask him, I am sure he would say I have too much advice to give, but for this mini I had to keep it to 4 pages, so I could only include a few major points. I would have liked to include words of wisdom like pick up your socks instead of leaving them lay all over the house, but I decided to save that, and other similar tidbits for another time.

Instead, I offered the advice to be content and to embrace the affection and love of others. To create my journaling I used all those great little pieces the Bella stickers have to offer, plus some hand writing to fill in the gaps.

I also suggested he surround himself with good people and good friends. And to learn from those people how to be a better person.

I am honored to be included in this CK special issue with some other great projects and designers. If you would like to see more or purchase a copy of your own you can find it at Creating Keepsakes.

Thanks for looking!