Get Krafty Wednesday: Book Frame

Book Frames

This was one of the funnest and easiest projects that I have done. When my daughter turned one we had pictures taken and I wanted to give them to the grandparents, but in a creative way. The only things I bought were some old sturdy children's books at a thrift store. I gathered together some paper, ribbon, buttons, decoupage and ink. The ink is to make the paper and pictures look worn. First I cleaned the books a little. Decoupaged the paper on the front only, let dry, added the pictures and more paper. I printed out my little girls name on the computer and inked every piece of paper that I put on it. You can get ink, paper, ribbon and buttons at a craft store. I threaded the buttons and hot glued the ribbon and buttons on. Make sure to tie the cute bow too. I made it for the grandparents, but you could make it for anyone. For Father's Day, Mother's Day, any Holiday or just because.

Lovin' It Thursday: BLURB

Make your BLOG into a BOOK with BLURB!

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When my daughter was about 2 weeks old, I decided to make a book out of what I was posting on my blog about her. I started at the very beginning...the day I found out I was pregnant!

As you can see, I chose to do a small soft cover book! You can arrange different layouts, colors, fonts, etc. Basically, what you do is download their software program (or you can do it online) and upload the posts you want from your blog. It uploads all the pictures and all the words. Then you go through and edit it the way you want it.  I was amazed at how great it came out.

My next project is to do from when she was an infant to when she turns one. I'm so excited! I wish I had pictures of that book to show you, but she's not one just yet. hehe I'll be doing one every year, so instead of a bunch of huge scrapbooks, she will have actual books of her life to look at!