I think that this book turned out the best -- or I guess it was my favorite of the 4. I would say that the reason why is I think I was finally in the grove of what I wanted. Not to say that the others weren't good, but I guess this one hit me more as the person who it was for is in much the same place in her life as me. On the birth page, you'll see a caterpillar that was used as a theme for Kadyn's announcement. He was nicknamed "toodlebug." On the yellow page you'll notice a cute little ducky that I added from the paper and made into one of those little pull toys. I was very glad to finally get these completed and given to my co-worker before we left for our vacation. I already have a few more ideas to make these better for the next ones. . . hopefully it'll be a science soon!
This was a book for one of the aunts of Kadyn. I tried to use pictures that were related specifically to that side of the family, which added a different dimension to the project. This is a shorter, wider book. As you can see, his family is big into sports. . . Alabama Crimson Tide & the Tennessee Titans.
One of my goals was to get a cool wintery, snowy picture. So, here we are!
Opening presents was fun, once she got a hang of it!
My version of the family picture didn't work out quite as well as Jeremy's. You have my parents in the back. Then, Barry & I, Andrew & Kate, Lindsey, Chelsea & Jeremy. Lots of funny looks on our faces!
Isn't this just the cutest family?!
The Pluggie is an essential accessory to any outfit. In fact, Chelsea had several different ribbons to attach to her clothing depending on the outfit. Today, she decided to be a bit more casual and wear her track outfit. She can stand by herself for a few seconds and if you hold her hands she'll walk a little. She would rather lean on you or something else right now. Pretty soon she'll be walking!
It was our day to take care of Chelsea because both Jeremy & Lindsey had to work. Isn't her outfit cute? I picked it out. 
This was a book made for the parents of Kadyn. You'll see some of the same pages in the other 3 books because the books were all about him! Specifically, the monkey page, Titans page, and Christmas page were about the same in each book. I tried to make the pages more appropriate for the person receiving them even though I had about the same pictures for each one. This book had 7 pages and was more of the tall/skinny type than the other 3 books. I think the cover of this one turned out pretty cool.
Last year, I found out that a very dear friend loved peppermint. It so happens that at the time I had a subscription to Southern Living and came across this peppermint cake recipe. This is a douzy to make -- two flavors swirled in three cake pans and peppermint/cream cheese icing! [Both my husband and I have pinky-red fingers from the red velvet portion :).] My friend loved the cake so much that she requested that I make it for her birthday & Christmas. So, here it is, Christmas again and we had ourselves a little celebration and some yummy cake. To top it off, we had Purity Peppermint ice cream! "Num, nu-um," as her daughter would say! I'll have to see if she can take a pic of what it looks like inside (I forgot to tonight). Everybody loved it!
Here's another project that I'm doing for a co-worker's Christmas gifts. I'm make 4 books for various people in her grandson's life. I have this one completed and began working on the next. She was able to get me a variety of sizes of pictures so I've been able to put in a bunch. It'll be a nice keepsake for his almost first year of life.
I had an order for six thank you cards for a gift that a co-worker is giving for a Christmas gift. She let me pick the paper and then I did six different designs. It was a pink/ivory flower pattern. I had a pink mesh bag that they fit in just perfectly.
I did one last set of Secret Sister cards and will have to call it quits for now. I have too many other projects that must be done before Christmas. I got one scrapbook done over the weekend and have 4 more to go. I'm waiting on pictures, so at least it isn't totally my fault for the delay. I have cards to make as well so chop, chop! 
With the success of the cards on Friday, I had a couple orders for more so I worked on making up some more. The black one has 4 squares with each one different - faith, hope, love, I'm praying for you. I made 3 of it. There's just one of the middle one. It has stickers that spells out FRIEND (sorry for the glare!) and then all around it says, "Praying for you, Thinking of you, Happy 4 U, May God richly bless you." The last one I made 2 of and it says, "Friend, Sister in Christ, Co-worker." I plan on making one more style since I have someone who ordered 5 -- then there will be 5 different designs.
The picture isn't the best, but this is an 8x10 mat I made for a baby girl picture. The bottom right corner has paper that says "baby girl", "special delivery" and other sentiments. In the bottom left corner there a purple hand print stickers. The top right corner has a flower. I used a variety of pink papers and then covered it with Mod Podge.
Here is another of the cards that I made up for the stash at work. I like how the paper has all sorts of greetings which kind of makes it appropriate at any time. I was amazed to find the ribbon - thinking of you - that matched perfectly, in my stock of items at home. 
