Grandma Alba

A favorite delight: commissioned work.  Particularly when it's commissioned by a dear friend!  We have a variety of adopted grandparents in our apartment building, but Grandma Alba is special to us.  She seems to get such a kick out of the little ones.  She's been there to watch them grow and change the three years we've been here, marveling along the way.  William can do no wrong and Baby M is in danger of being scooped up and eaten entirely!  So, when Alba came down to request a silhouette of herself for her children, I was thrilled!  She wanted the silhouettes to be petite and able to be set up on a flat surface.  She let me be creative.  I covered these little books with beautiful Japanese paper, printed the silhouettes on cream card stock and attached them with black photo corners.  Each book opens easily and is able to stand like a picture frame.  I drew a periwinkle feather for her note and tied them up with moss green ribbon.  M and I delivered them to her on her birthday (93) this past Saturday!  She loved them!

As I was creating Alba's silhouette books, I created another one for my friend Jess of her two little boys.  Let me just say, trying to get little boys to stay still, and in profile, is tricky.  Very tricky!

PS Just out of curiosity, do you do anything to get the creative juices flowing each week?  A little project or task or mental-workout?

Mini Albums

And the Mini Albums are here!  I just listed them in the shop!

We have White Damask, Magenta Chevron, Cream Collage, Red and Pink Plum Blossom, and Pink Cherry Blossom!

XOXO,
Jewels

Mini Cards

A few weeks ago, I saw a post on Facebook showcasing the delights of mini cards printed from your Instagram photos.  I'm not on Instagram, yet.  I'm easing into the social media world.  At a snails pace.  I'm on Twitter now.  But, I forgot my username and password already.  Gotta write those down.  Anyways, mini cards.  I fell in love with the mini cards.  They were so cute, so perfect.  And I decided to make my own.  They're all blog photos, printed on heavy water color paper, with a slight pink frame to each.  I'm not sure if one inspired the other, but, I'm also creating a series of mini books right now, with card stock pages, ideal for placing my mini photos into.  I'm going to be using my Japanese paper collection and a few others that I love.

In other news: it's snowing.  Twirling, swirling, flakes of beautiful fluffiness.  I love snow.  Even in the middle of March.  Time to deck the kiddos out in their winter gear and go enjoy!

Have a wonderful weekend!

XOXO,
Jewels