My first Shutterfly album came today!  It turned out even better than I had hoped.  The photo quality is amazing... even better than the prints I have ordered from them.  I think I am going to go back and make one for each year.  It would be 100% perfect if I wasn't such a dork.  I put "Our Life 2008" 0n the spine.  Not 2007.  So when I make one at the end of this year it is going to get confusing.

The scrapbook bug has bit again.  I have had this Amy Butler mini album kit forever and bought it intending to  assemble it and give as a gift.  This afternoon I felt like scrapping and thought I could whip this up in 20 minutes.  Because of the design, you actually have to add your photos before you can assemble it.  Weird.  Oh well, now I can keep it for myself.  It took way longer than I ever thought (tiny projects always seem to do that somehow) but I love it!  Off to Michael's to see if they have any more.  I think they would make gorgeous Mother's day treats for the grandmas.

Looking for a great idea for a baby shower?  A brilliant gift that blesses the mom and baby for their entire lives?  Give you guests something to do besides chit-chat and throw the mommy to be a scrapbook shower.  Yesterday was sweet Becky's baby shower and each guest was assigned a theme to make a page with.  We brought all of our supplies and ate while we scrapped.  My theme was Dedication Day.  By the time the shower was over, Becky had an entire album full of pages to take her through her baby's first year.  Besides not having to worry about making an album in the next year, she can remember all of the people who love her and enjoy everyone's unique style.

After all of the second guessing, I think this will be fine for a boy or a girl.  I wrapped it up my new favorite way:  in a tulle bag.  I tried it once out of desperation, I had no wrapping supplies on hand and my present was too weird to tie tulle around.  I thought sewing tulle would be hard, but if you can push a pedal you can sew tulle.  Now I keep all colors on hand and whip up a custom sized matching gift bag in a matter of minutes.  I took it to one of the best baby showers I have ever been to.  It involved chocolate, cupcakes and scrapbooking.  Need I say more?  I will post about it's awesomeness tomorrow and probably the few days after too, it was that great. 

There was a time (long, long ago) that I was so caught up on my scrapbooks that I was actually planning events just so I could make pages.  Now, not so much.  It has been looming over my head and I have gone back and forth over what to do about it.  Even getting to the scrapbook store for a reason other than my Etsy shop is a luxury.  Creating pages... a dream I can't seem to get together right now.  I rarely even print pictures any more.  Yesterday I committed to park it at the computer and collect all of my faves from 2007.  During the girl's nap time I finished the whole year into one album and actually love how it turned out.  Look at the cover cuties!  I can finally check that off of the to do list.  Thanks Shutterfly!