Sharing a Very Special Project...

I think that it is okay to share this project since it is already online. One of the DT's that I have been working on stuff for has been Heart In Hands. This is a fantastic little site that offers classes on all kinds of altered projects...gorgeous stuff!!! For the DT app, we had to remix one of the classes and Tammy Tutterow had designed a class around love notes using a 7 gypsies envelope album. This was the perfect class for me to remix because this is a project that I have wanted to do ever since Kat was born.

First, a little bit of history so that you can understand the Why for this project. Kat was not a planned event in my life and as such, I am an older mom...I am 37 which on the surface isn't that bad until you start doing the math for the events that will be happening in her life...marriage, babies, etc. The odds are (esp. with my family medical history) that I am not going to be a part of her life when some of those things occur. There are certain things that a girl needs her mother for... I am making this book as a "just in case" I am not there. Hopefully, it will leave her some guidance and information and just a bit of comforting advice/history from mom.

The book is called from Me to You:

For the inside cover, I put a photo of the two of us that my mother took on Halloween night and an intro message, "~for Katherine~As an older mom, I worry about not being there for all the momentous occasions in your life. This book is a "just in case" substitute for me. I hope that it will help guide and advise you to not feel so alone when I am not around. I love you with my whole heart, Little One. ~Mom"

There are 10 envelopes inside and they are all labeled with specific themes:

1. you- this is where I will tell the story of how she came into our lives and a bit of what a blessing she is

2. our guys- info about Jacob and Ben

3. family- family history/stories

4. style- a bit of mom advice

5. art- a bit about the history art/crafts has played with the women in our family

6. love- relationship advice

7. wedding- mom advice

8. babies- mainly stories from me about having babies

9. misc
10. me- bits about me as a person

Supplies used:

*Fancy Pants papers

*7 gypsies ledger paper

*Inque Boutique stamps

*brown inkpad*buttons

*misc ribbons and laces

*Marvy Uchida oval punch

smiles,

Christi