Valentine's Day Mini Album

For Valentine's Day this year, I decided to write little love notes to my 15 month old daughter and put them in a little mini album.  Just a few sentiments that she can look back on and know what mommy and daddy wanted to say to her at that age.

I was so mad at myself that I didn't get this done in time for V-day.  And my husband made me realize…she's 15 months old.  She'll never know!  Ha.  It's true.  But still, I had my expectations.

I used primarily Crate Paper's "Little Bo Peep" line, along with a few other embellishments from my stash from Crate Paper and Studio Calico.  I bought this paper so long ago with the intention of using it to scrap Lexie's newborn photos. Well that didn't happen. So I finally pulled it out and put it to good use.  I used this sheet of 12x12 pattern paper to cut out all the tag shapes and simply added a few embellishments and journaling cards onto each one, leaving space for both my husband and I to write a few little "love letters" to our daughter.

I am new to adding sewing to my scrapbooking (I have a super old one handed down from my mom - this thing is a beast and I barely know how to work it!).  So I only did a little bit to add some texture.

Above shows the front of a small tag with the year on it.  And below you see the backside of that cute little tag embellished with a wood veneer butterfly.

Here I made a little pocked filled with a wood veneer "Love You" from Studio Calico and some sequins and buttons.  I sealed it with washi tape and sewed it shut to make it more secure.

I wanted to add a little something about my "patience is a virtue" sentiment and wanted to keep it hidden.  So I wrote a little extra note on a manila tag and stuck it inside this envelope.

Please excuse my photography.  It is definitely a work in progress!  Doesn't help that our house doesn't get a lot of good indirect light.  So I have to do a lot of tweaking on the computer.  Even after all the tweaking I still see that a lot of them are a little grey or have a strange tint too them.  But there comes a point where I have to say "be done with it!" and move on.  Am I right?  I'm right.  Right?  :)