Once Upon A Time ... *Restoration*

As promised last time, I'm here today to share the mini album I just completed over the weekend ... Once Upon A Time ~ ~

I put my heart and soul in making this album as it is a home for something dear to my heart - pictures of my parents taken in early 70's when they just got married.  Most of the pictures were taken during their honeymoon trip in 1973.

I've been "playing" this tiny black and white pictures that my parents have tons of since I don't even remember when.  My dad told me that they were the ORIGINAL size developed from films, and they developed them by themselves!!!  No wonder there are so many of them.

I love old pictures, not only the ones of myself but also the ones of my parents and even grandparents.  I have three pictures of my grandma when she was a little girl!  My mom used to tease me that I was like an old woman who enjoyed living in the memories by holding old pictures all the time.  Although I do enjoy my life now, old pictures give me something that I can't find in my daily life - the love from my mom and my grandparents, my love to my cat ...

Crate Paper's Restoration line is perfect for this project.  I love its colour scheme and the vintage look.  I also used the rub-ons (the black embellies) from DCWV's Street Lace and the ribbons from Graphic 45 Staples.  OK, I shut up now and show you what I've got here ~ ~

  

This "27" chipboard is perfect for this page as my mom was 27 when she married my dad. :)

I'm glad I made this, and I enjoy every minute, no, every second, of making it.  Hope you like what you see.  I did another LO yesterday ... it's the Restoration again.  It seems like I'm addictive to it.  Here is a peek ~ ~

The frame is by Kaisercraft.  By the way, they have more amazing Wood Flourishes released at CHA 2011 Winter, and you'll definitely see them at my little Shoppe soon!

I need to get things ready for tomorrow's BIG news announcement.  For now, you may think it this way - Yolanda took way too much antibiotics last month, and she's gone a bit crazy now. :) :) :)

Talk to you tomorrow then.
hugs,
Yolanda

**Restoration** craziness

I'd like to share a LO I did over the weekend using Crate Paper's Restoration.  When this line was released last summer, I went crazy with it, just like many other scrappers.  Love its colour scheme, chipboard elements, borders and phrases ... you just want to layer everything within this line.  Finally, I got a chance to play with it ... so lovely ~ ~

Yesterday Once More
This picture was taken with my mom in January 2000 when we were visiting Macao.

Here are some close-up shots ~ ~

I also made a mini album ~ ~

I picked up this flower-shaped chipboard album at Michael's checkout section at only $1.5, sweet deal!  Here are some peeks ~ ~

I'll tell the story behind it and share more next time!  So, talk to you next time.

hugs,
Yolanda

My First Christmas Mini Album ... finally finished it!!!

Wow, here it is ... I finally managed to finish my first Christmas min album!!!  I actually completed 98% of it by the end of last year, and it took me almost 2 weeks to complete the last three pages with lots of things going on at the same time.  I always wish there would be more than 24 hours a day so that I could do a lot more and enjoy a lot more.

I posted some of the pages before, including the look of the original album.  Since I've got better shots of it now, I'll share them again today.  When I look at the picture of the original one, I can't help laughing at myself ... what have I done?  The final product is so ridiculously THICK that it can't fit into the original binding ring!!  Luckily, I've got some big rings ... here it is ... my big fat 2010 Christmas mini album ~ ~

this is the original album ~ ~

So you can guess how satisfied I am by just looking at the mini. :)  Hope you enjoy what I'm going to share, and thanks for looking in advance. :)

Sub-Title: First 25 days in December

This background of this page is actually the transparent cover of the Tradition jounaling notebook.  It turns out to be one of my favourite pages of the whole album.

The picture is a picture of the LO I did for my mom in early December.

Dec 10 was the first time Abigail saw a dentist with her brother.  The picture was taken at the clinic.

First picture of Abigail drawing :)

The pictures on the right were actually taken at a big party on January 1, 2011 ... we postponed our gift exchange party this year where the kids got the chance to open all the gifts together.

The back cover.

If you have the patience to get to this point, I THANK YOU and BIG {{{{hugs}}} to YOU!  Hope you enjoy looking at them.  I of course had lots of fun making it although it seemed to take me forever to finish it.

I mainly used the Tradition collection (Fancy Pants Designs) for the album, including patterned paper, transparencies, ribbon, rub-ons ( I used lots of rub-ons), title tags, journaling notes, stickers and glittered cuts.  There is the Noel collection (Bo Bunny) as well, and you may have noticed its paper, journaling notes, rub-ons and stickers.  I used lots of rub-ons in this album.  Love them!

And you may have also noticed some other embellies from Snow Day (Crate Paper), Holly Jolly (MME) and I Believe (MME).

Father Christmas (Pink Paislee) is also there, but not much, mainly the trading card cut-outs.

My two kids are the most enthusiastic fans in the house of this album ... and this is the purpose of making it ... precious moments to be treasured, to be remembered and to be passed to the next generations.

hugs,
Yolanda