Pieces of card and fabric, ready to be made into a photo album.
A customer, has asked me to make her a small photo album, to hold photos of her baby girl's first Christmas. She already has a small album for her first baby, but she couldn't find a ready-made one she liked this time. We have decided that the pages will be multi-coloured, like a rainbow. She saw the gorgeous cotton fabric, with doves and yew branches, on another book I'm making and asked for this to be on the album's covers.
We've been discussing ideas for decorating each page, with little stamped images. I have this great collection of small Christmassy stamps, so they will be ideal. The white tag is perhaps going to be a label, for the front of the book, with "Baby's First Christmas" (or the baby's name).
The book will be a concertina, which fastens with ribbons at each side, so it can be opened out, to display the photos.
I've made a number of concertina albums before - though this is the first with rainbow pages! These are the ones I made recently:
Covered with lovely cotton fabric (these are for sale in my online shop ;-) )
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I bet the album will be gorgeous! Happy WOYWW!
ReplyDeleteCarol N #36
Absolutely gorgeous! I make handmade books and albums as well, aren't they fun to make?! What a prefect color combination for a baby girl, over the rainbow! :D I really like that tag idea for the title of the book and it looks fabulous up against the red... of course I am quite taken with the color red so I might be a little biased! LOL! Looking forward to seeing what's on your desk next week, oh and great to meet you!
ReplyDeleteHugs from a sister in art from across the pond,
Beth P
#49
Aww... hugs back to you, Beth!
DeleteWhat a fun & colourful project - something they will treasure ! Ali #51
ReplyDeleteYour books are delightful, and the new album will be gorgeous, with that lovely fabric and bright pages. What a wonderful keepsake for that lucky little girl. Have a great week, Chris # 15
ReplyDeleteLovely little albums! Love the colors, and beautiful fabric. Thank you for the peek at what is going on in your craft space. Happy WOWW. I know it is almost over, but I am late. :) #55
ReplyDeleteGorgeous album, thanks for sharing!!
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Gabriele 12
These are beautiful, Lizzie :) The Tomboy received a lovely handmade notebook for Christmas and I immediately thought of you!
ReplyDeleteHello Lizzie! I'm so glad I've found you again, I've just come back from a years blogging break and for some reason your blog hasn't transferred to bloglovin. Hope you are well, I love what you have on your work desk! Rachel :)
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