Baby album

I made an album for my niece and her parents to put pictures in. It was supposed to be a christening/name giving gift but they got it a bit earlier since I didn’t want them to forget to take pictures and write down memories each month. It’s my first big album, with 20 12×12 pages. I mostly used the collection Let’s polka, mon amie by Lawnfawn and some other pieces that matched the colors in the collection.

Page 1 – Alicia
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Page 2 – Mom and dad

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Page 3 – Waiting for you

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Page 4 – Your faces

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Page 5 – Peekaboo

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Page 6 – The prettiest girl

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Page 7 – Look! I can make this on my own

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Page 8 – 1 month

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Page 9 – 2 months

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Page 10 – 3 months

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Page 11 – 4 months

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Page 12 – 5 months

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Page 13 – 6 months

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Page 14 – 7 months

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Page 15 – 8 months

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Page 16 – 9 months

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Page 17 – The first Christmas

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Page 18 – 10 months

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Page 19 – 11 months

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Page 20 – 1 year

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Mini album gift

My youngest brother recently moved out of my mom’s place so I thought I’d give him a housewarming gift, similar to the one I made for a cousin a few years ago. She still talks about that gift so I figured it’s not a bad one! I made a mini album from a 12×12 paper following this guide, the album is really very small and super cute and of course, very easy to make! I wrote very small notes and instructions for cleaning, added some space for personal notes and put it in a bucket of cleaning things. I’m not sure how happy he was for the gift but one day I’m sure he will appreciate it ;)

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Christmas gifts craft

This year we continued with our Christmas calendar tradition and I had to make some of the gifts myself, I do love crafting after all!

These are the things I made:

Olive oil flavored with rosemary, garlic and chili.

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Heart shaped frames from IKEA pimped with some red glitter.

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Large wine glasses with measures for a good day, bad day and a don’t even ask kind of day.

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Frosted candle holders with stars and snow flakes

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Easter celebrations and a birthday

So yesterday we went to our aunt to celebrate Easter with the family and to celebrate her youngest daughter who turns 14 on Tuesday.
My two youngest cousins were there too and I made them Easter bags with some chocolate and soft bubble bottles, I’m trying not to give them too much candy as their parents try to keep them away from sugar. I gave them handmade bags last year too with a small treasure hunting quest for the older boy. This year I made a trail with chocolate eggs for them to follow. They were super happy!

The bags are something I got from some kits and they’ve been lying around for a while now.. happy to get to use them and some other stuff in my stash!
I found some fun challenges to enter with these bags too!

The Ladybug crafts challenge: Anything goes
Alota rubber stamps #103: Springtime
Crafty creations #215: Easter
Magnolialicious challenge: All about spring
I love promarkers: Spring is in the air

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A few of the items from my stash: the shaped buttons (helicopter and police car), bubble stickers and a butterfly sticker I found in Berlin at Karstadt I believe.
The buttons were a part of the Christmas calendar I got from my mother last Christmas, they have this ring on the backside which I cut off and that caused the button to fall apart! Glued it all together again and adhered it with some glue dots.

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A closeup on the bunny, colored with pro- and flexmarkers. I colored the bow with a darker blue first and added a brighter shade on top, gives a nice touch!

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And here is the birthday card for my other cousin who turns 14. Inspired by the Sweet stop sketch #204
So happy I got to use both some alphabet stickers and a few brads from my stash.

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Least but not last I also finished off some cards to go with a few angels my other aunt ordered.

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A diaper cake

A colleague of mine got a baby a few months ago so I made her a little present for the new born baby boy from us at work. It is a diaper cake made from diapers and a few other useful items such as baby wipes and a toy. I’m a bit late with posting this, it’s been a busy autumn.

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One package of diapers!

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Some cellophane, ribbon and a card.

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Not much more needed for this awesome gift! Come on peeps, make me more babies so I get to give more of these away!