It’s hard to believe how fast time flies. When I was pregnant with Sis, I was having a hard time choosing colors for her nursery (our daughter was our second child, after my son so I was switching things up a bit).  I was decidedly against pink. There are so many beautiful colors in the world, why settle for plain ‘ol pastel pink? 

When The Boy was born, I found an adorable album for him. It had some pre-printed pages and spaces to record memories, firsts and other things. The search to find a cute non-pink feminine album with ready-made pages proved rather difficult. After searching for weeks and coming up empty handed, I decided to make my own! I chose bright, happy colors and it definitely works with her bright, happy disposition. 

The empty D-ring album I found to use is made by Kaisercraft.  You can find their albums on Amazon or on Blitsy. They are beautiful, durable albums  and I definitely recommend them for your baby album project. 

EASY BABY ALBUM PRINTABLE- FREE PRINTABLE

What you need: 
– Large D-ring album (Amazon or Blitsy)
– Coordinating Scrapbook Paper (Amazon or Blitsy)
– Scissors
– Glue

The PDF printable includes 6 pages, with space for firsts, footprints, height and weight, and favorites. I also included a 7th page with a bunch of cute color-coordinating embellishments. 

Get the PDF here:Baby Album Printables

This baby album was also incredibly easy to put together once the pages are printed. I usually take my print jobs to an office supply store. You can get yours printed on standard paper, but I recommend getting them printed larger for the 12 x 12 album. The store I went to didn’t have a 12×12 option, but they had a 11 x 11 (11 x 17, but you just cut it down), and it turned out great. I used white cardstock and everything was easy to cut out and glue together. 

After your pieces are cut out, you simply glue them on top of any pretty paper than you choose! Then you can place them in the plastic sleeves that come with your album. 
Super easy! 

Now I have the beginning of a baby album! Of course I will need to actually print off photos to add to it…

Thanks for reading, and happy crafting! 

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Last year I totally failed Valentine’s Day. The Boy was going to a tiny preschool taught out of the teacher’s basement. I didn’t know what to expect and I didn’t receive a note about bringing Valentines. I should have been proactive because The Boy came home with a bag full of candy and I didn’t give him anything to give away [face palm].  This year I will be on top of it. These cute little bunny-shaped crackers are an exciting treat in my house, due to my sugar dictatorship, and they make a very cute Valentine!  They are also nice because of the easy and free Valentine’s Day printable to do go with it. 

BUNNY FREE VALENTINE’S  DAY PRINTABLE 

What you need: 
– FREE Printable
– Snack Bags
– Bunny-shaped crackers
– Stapler

STEP ONE: 

Print this printable. I prefer using a thinner card stock, instead of regular printer paper.  

STEP TWO: 

Cut them out, taking care to not cut along the dotted line. A paper cutter is very useful here.

STEP THREE: 

Fold the paper down the dotted lined. 

STEP FOUR: 

Fill baggies with bunny crackers.

STEP FIVE:

Staple the printable to the baggies, taking care you staple all the way through and it goes through the baggie. 

(Be sure to fill out the TO and FROM on the printables.)

Super easy right? I LOVE easy and these are super easy. 

Now…what to get Dallas? 

Happy crafting, 

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So that’s what I did.

To begin, download this feather bundle. I used the large and medium-sized feathers. Since I wanted the two feathers to be different colors, I had to cut the large ones first and then the medium ones second on a different color of paper.

Add the feather bundle to a new project,  group it’s pieces together (when you ungroup, for some reason the feathers are in pieces, too) and delete the rest the medium and small ones. Make it as large as you want, my entire feather was about 5”, which ended up being about  3 1/2 inches long when I trimmed off the stem. I also grabbed the side and made the feather a bit wider.

Next, you want to add a hole so you can add your feather to a chain later. Click the circle tool and add a small circle at the bottom of the feather.

Next, click and drag a box around the feather and group the circle and feather together.

Now, you need to copy and paste three times so you have four feathers. Since you will be gluing the feathers back-to-back, you need to flip two of your feathers horizontally so they will match up.

Now you are ready to cut! I cut on the Patterned Paper setting, but turned the speed way down to 3. Because these feather are small and delicate, they come out much better if you slow your machine down.

After your large feathers are cut, bring up your feather file again and add it to your existing project.  Delete all of them except the medium one. Position it over your first large one and adjust it until it is the size you would like.

Then, delete the large ones, and repeat the circle and copy/paste instructions. Remember to flip two feathers horizontally so they will match up when you glue them.

Once you have your feathers cut, you can glue them back to back. Match up the ones that go together and glue them with a glue stick.

After mine were glued, I trimmed off the stem and a couple of the more fragile, wispy pieces near the end.

Once everything is dry, you can put your earrings together. Start with a chain. Mine was 11 links long. No matter what length you choose, make sure your chain has an odd number of links.

Take a jump ring and attach it on the middle ring. The two sides of the chain will hang down.

Attach your jump rings to the ends of the chain (3 jump rings total). Attach the earring to the middle jump ring, and attach the large feather to one end of the chain, and the medium feather to the other end.

Just like that!

These earrings are so fun for summer!

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