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| Week 21 Spread |
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| Week 21 // Right side |
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| Week 21 // Left side |
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| Week 21 // Progress |
Showing posts with label scrapbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scrapbook. Show all posts
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Project Life // Week 21
For week 21 I used the latest Studio Calico kit: Hello, Hello. This past month I also got their scrapbook add-on Hola, and their special stamp set Aloha. Also supplemented with the latest Freckled Fawn Ohdeerme kit and cards/embellishments from my stash.
This spread was really fun, bright, and colorful. I didn't have as many pictures as I hoped, so I broke down my journaling into a couple of 3x4's and had a filler card. I tried to balance out all the color with more black and white photos, which I ended up liking.
My favorite card is probably the 4x6 card with me and Bren making silly faces. It is a really simple card, with very little embellishments, but for some reason I love it so much.
As you can see from my progress picture, it can get quite cluttered on my desk. I usually try to keep all the embellishments and stamps sets I want to use out, because if I don't see it, I don't use it. And of course I have a bunch of different adhesives for different things. How does your work space look when you're working on your project life?
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Project Life // Week 22
I was able to do 3 weeks worth of spreads in 4 days, so you'll be able to see more up here soon! I was also running out of ink, so my project life was on hold until I could go pick some ink up from Costco for my printer. For those of you wondering, I print at home on my HP Officejet printer. To see more on my project life process you can see my past post here.
For this spread, I used Studio Calico's Camelot kit and supplemented with my stash of PL cards and embellishments. Also used some some embellishments from Studio Calico's South of Market and Essentials line.
The 4x6 journal card had colors I wasn't really into so I changed it up a bit and covered it with washi tape and some word stickers. I find myself having to change up a lot of PL cards because they are either too "girly" or I just don't care for the colors. I'll write a tutorial on that soon.
My favorite card (aside from the 4x6 family photo) is actually the week card! I had an idea in mind to layer on the sequins on the bottom and it actually worked out pretty well. By the way, look at Freckled Fawn's label washi tape! I mean, how genius is that. It came in the #ohdeerme kit I won (and it was a huge roll!).
As you can see from my last post, I've been making a lot of cork embellishments lately. I got so many new, fun stamp sets that I thought it might be a great way to make embellishments (and also a fun thing to give to pen pals).
Have you made any special embellishments lately? What's your favorite kind?
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| Week 22 Spread |
For this spread, I used Studio Calico's Camelot kit and supplemented with my stash of PL cards and embellishments. Also used some some embellishments from Studio Calico's South of Market and Essentials line.
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| Week 22 // Right side |
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| Week 22 // Left side |
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| Week 22 // Detail |
My favorite card (aside from the 4x6 family photo) is actually the week card! I had an idea in mind to layer on the sequins on the bottom and it actually worked out pretty well. By the way, look at Freckled Fawn's label washi tape! I mean, how genius is that. It came in the #ohdeerme kit I won (and it was a huge roll!).
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| Studio Calico Stamp sets |
Have you made any special embellishments lately? What's your favorite kind?
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Project Life // Week 23
Oh my, is it the middle of June already? I can't believe it, the year is halfway over! For some reason May was so crazy busy and I was exhausted half the time so I became super behind on crafting and pen pals. I'm still waiting for my big break where I can just get paid to craft and travel and eat (or win the lotto. Whichever comes first, I'm not picky ;) )
Anyways, I caught up on all my pen pals first, then started to catch up on my Project Life which I am a little (ok, a LOTTLE) behind. To make it easier for me, I started catching up with the most recent week first, Week 23!
For this kit, I used a combination of things, but mostly had PL cards + embellishments from Studio Calico's Camelot kit, then supplemented with cards from my stash. I also used some embellishments from Freckled Fawn's ohdeerme kit, which I won a free kit from one of their instagram giveaways.
In order to make it easier for me to catch up, I tried to keep things fairly simple. I changed up my weekly card and decided that from week 21 and forward I'll be using something other than the printable I've been using for the first 20 weeks.
I also used Studio Calico's Celebrate stamp set for the cork banner, cork stars, and some of the stamped sentiments. I was happy that my mini star punch from Michaels worked perfectly with the star stamps in the set.
My favorite card in this spread is the 4x6 card of my husband and Bren with all the ampersands. I was inspired by @paintpaperstudio's instagram post of her ampersand project life sheet, and I think it was a great way to use those ampersands which sometimes I have trouble using.
Anyways, I caught up on all my pen pals first, then started to catch up on my Project Life which I am a little (ok, a LOTTLE) behind. To make it easier for me, I started catching up with the most recent week first, Week 23!
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| Week 23 Spread |
For this kit, I used a combination of things, but mostly had PL cards + embellishments from Studio Calico's Camelot kit, then supplemented with cards from my stash. I also used some embellishments from Freckled Fawn's ohdeerme kit, which I won a free kit from one of their instagram giveaways.
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| Week 23 // Right side |
In order to make it easier for me to catch up, I tried to keep things fairly simple. I changed up my weekly card and decided that from week 21 and forward I'll be using something other than the printable I've been using for the first 20 weeks.
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| Week 23 // Left side |
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| Week 23 // Details |
I also used Studio Calico's Celebrate stamp set for the cork banner, cork stars, and some of the stamped sentiments. I was happy that my mini star punch from Michaels worked perfectly with the star stamps in the set.
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| Studio Calico: Celebrate stamp set |
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Project Life // Week 17
Still trying to catch up, so I kept week 17 pretty simple. This week I used project life cards from the exclusive Kiwi Core kit that was only found at Joann's. Lucky for me, I was able to swap some of my Jade core kit for some of a Kiwi core kit through Instagram - which, btw, is a great way to get a variety of kits without breaking a budget ;). Plus, each core kit comes with so many multiples that you can easily split the kit into 1/3rds to swap while still having a good amount of the kit for yourself.
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| Week 17 Spread |
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| Week 17 // Right side |
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| Week 17 // Left side |
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| Week 17 // Details |
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| DIY sleeve |
A new thing I did in this spread was to include some small bits and pieces from our mini-trip, but in a DIY sleeve using project life cards and washi tape. I also made it kind of hidden by layering an instax photo on top of it. A tutorial will be coming up soon, so keep an eye out for that! :)
Monday, May 5, 2014
Project Life // Week 16
For week 16 I used my newly purchased Jade core kit, which I love almost as much as my Midnight core kit. In attempt to clean out my stash again, I used a variety of embellishments from past kits as well as my usual sequins + chipboard + wood veneers.
I think I still have trouble incorporating washi tape, which is a shame because I feel like my washi tape collection grew by x3 since the beginning of this year, LOL. This spread actually came together pretty quickly, kept a good amount of cards pretty simple and even used a filler card for this week from the Jade core kit since I loved it so much.
My absolute favorite card is the one of my friend's baby Livy, shes just so cute. I used the cork letters to spell out "XO" and gold sequins in a diagonal to lead up to the chipboard heart. "XO", by the way, is a great way to use up the letter X when you have all these left over alphas that you can't make words from.
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| Week 16 Spread |
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| Week 16 // Right side |
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| Week 16 // Left side |
I think I still have trouble incorporating washi tape, which is a shame because I feel like my washi tape collection grew by x3 since the beginning of this year, LOL. This spread actually came together pretty quickly, kept a good amount of cards pretty simple and even used a filler card for this week from the Jade core kit since I loved it so much.
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| Week 16 // Details |
My absolute favorite card is the one of my friend's baby Livy, shes just so cute. I used the cork letters to spell out "XO" and gold sequins in a diagonal to lead up to the chipboard heart. "XO", by the way, is a great way to use up the letter X when you have all these left over alphas that you can't make words from.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Project Life // Week 15
For Week 15's project life cards I mostly used the latest Studio Calico kit which was Blue Grass Farm, then I supplemented with 4x6 cards from my stash. With each kit I try to use it for at least 2 straight spreads and then I add the left over cards to my stash. With this kit, I was also trying to use up some of the embellishments I had leftover from other kits. For example, I had a asterisk sticker sheet with just a couple of stickers left. I also played around with making my own cork embellishments with older studio calico stamps and just cutting them out.
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| Week 15 Spread |
One new favorite embellishment of mine are these gold alphas I got from Michaels. I used them to create the word "Lovelies" on the 4x6 card.
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| Week 15 // Right side |
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| Week 15 // Left side |
I kept week 15 fairly simple and stuck to my usual embellishment style with sequins, wood veneers, and chipboard pieces so I could catch up since I am a bit behind. I think sometimes when I'm trying to catch up, it can be a bit challenging to be creative.
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| Week 15 // favorites |
My favorite part is probably the Bath Time 4x6 card. I did some journaling on washi tape to make it stand out and I used a camera paperclip I got from one of my pen friends, @sarazorel.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
National Scrapbook Day 2014
Happy National Scrapbook Day!
In honor of NSD, I actually put a 12x12 layout together! I don't remember the last time I scrapbooked in this format, so this was a great reason for me to play around with something a little different.
I used a photo I loved from our most recent family trip of me and Brennan walking on the beach at Pismo. As some of you may know, I took a 2 week leave from work to spend time with my family and my baby before he turns the big 1 in the end of May.
I used a mix of papers, gold sequins, and washi tape to create this layout. I kept it simple and finished this LO in under an hour! I used Studio Calico's prompts from NSD from their blog including their NSD Challenge 01 (to use blue, pink, aqua, with a touch of gold), and their NSD Challenge 05 using one of their sketches.
This was a fun challenge! Makes me feel like I might do more 12x12 layouts in the future. ;)
In honor of NSD, I actually put a 12x12 layout together! I don't remember the last time I scrapbooked in this format, so this was a great reason for me to play around with something a little different.
I used a photo I loved from our most recent family trip of me and Brennan walking on the beach at Pismo. As some of you may know, I took a 2 week leave from work to spend time with my family and my baby before he turns the big 1 in the end of May.
I used a mix of papers, gold sequins, and washi tape to create this layout. I kept it simple and finished this LO in under an hour! I used Studio Calico's prompts from NSD from their blog including their NSD Challenge 01 (to use blue, pink, aqua, with a touch of gold), and their NSD Challenge 05 using one of their sketches.
This was a fun challenge! Makes me feel like I might do more 12x12 layouts in the future. ;)
Monday, April 14, 2014
Project Life // Embellishments
As I was introduced to project life, my eyes were also opened to all the new things that were out there. There were classic embellishments that were re-imagined, and there were embellishments that I never even heard of before until now. Here are a list of things I use and things I've seen on many project life spreads.
Enamel Dots // These little dots come in all sizes and basic shapes (but you will mostly see them as dots) and adds that pop of color and 3D element easily since they already have adhesive on the back.
Sequins // Before, the only way I would ever think of sequins is with clothes. Now, they are used to add that little sumthin sumthin, or pop of color, similar to enamel dots. You can see me use a lot of sequins in my spread to also make it more cohesive. Another reason why I love sequins is that you can get a lot for less money.
Wood Veneers // These come in all shapes, sizes, and also in alphas. I love the look of these on layouts, it adds a fun detail without taking too much attention away from other elements, like photos. For the most part I like to keep them "naked", but I have seen them painted, inked, or even embossed. The one thing about these though, is that most of the time I have to bust out the tacky glue to adhere these to my PL cards, otherwise I would just use glue dots or my mini attacher.
Chipboard // Most of the time, you will see chipboard shapes as stickers which makes it really easy to add another 3D design element to your spreads. They come in all sorts of designs and
Cork // This is newer type of embellishment that I would like to play around with more. I have seen many people buy cork sheets and make shapes using die cuts or even with their silhouette. I have also seen others stamp on cork pieces and they look so cute. Most of the time cork shapes come without an adhesive backing, but I use glue dots or my tiny attacher and it works just fine.
Cut Files/Die Cuts // I also want to play around with cut files more. I love how I've seen many others use them, but I haven't really had the chance to get to experiment with these. I don't have a die cut machine, but I do have a Silhouette Cameo. Aside from shapes and letters you can cut out, I've seen many people create their own PL cards with cut files. Also with the Silhouette, you have the design studio where you can basically cut anything you create in the program. It's another part of project life I need to explore more of.
Stamping // Stamping has been around forever in the paper craft industry, but now they have so much more than traditional wood block stamps. Cling stamps and roller stamps for example are becoming more popular in the scrap booking/project life world. They add some nice dimension or little phrase/date that your card might need.
Paper Clips // This again, is not something new, but something old; re-imagined. There are so many colors and shapes that have come out that can add that extra 3D element you're looking for.
Stitching // Hand-stitching is now easier with stencil kits and embroidery tools. Some also use their sewing machine to help attach other elements or just to give it that little something extra and that shabby chic feel.
Flair // This is another embellishment I haven't had much of a chance to play around with, but I do like the way it looks when I use it on a card. These are fun because they add that 3D element and they can have fun sayings or designs on them.
Do you embellish your pages or do you keep it simple? Which are your new favorites? There's so much more to explore, so many options to choose from, I love it.
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| Embellishments! |
Enamel Dots // These little dots come in all sizes and basic shapes (but you will mostly see them as dots) and adds that pop of color and 3D element easily since they already have adhesive on the back.
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| Enamel Dots |
Sequins // Before, the only way I would ever think of sequins is with clothes. Now, they are used to add that little sumthin sumthin, or pop of color, similar to enamel dots. You can see me use a lot of sequins in my spread to also make it more cohesive. Another reason why I love sequins is that you can get a lot for less money.
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| Sequins |
Wood Veneers // These come in all shapes, sizes, and also in alphas. I love the look of these on layouts, it adds a fun detail without taking too much attention away from other elements, like photos. For the most part I like to keep them "naked", but I have seen them painted, inked, or even embossed. The one thing about these though, is that most of the time I have to bust out the tacky glue to adhere these to my PL cards, otherwise I would just use glue dots or my mini attacher.
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| Wood Veneer |
Chipboard // Most of the time, you will see chipboard shapes as stickers which makes it really easy to add another 3D design element to your spreads. They come in all sorts of designs and
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| Chipboard |
Cork // This is newer type of embellishment that I would like to play around with more. I have seen many people buy cork sheets and make shapes using die cuts or even with their silhouette. I have also seen others stamp on cork pieces and they look so cute. Most of the time cork shapes come without an adhesive backing, but I use glue dots or my tiny attacher and it works just fine.
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| Cork |
Cut Files/Die Cuts // I also want to play around with cut files more. I love how I've seen many others use them, but I haven't really had the chance to get to experiment with these. I don't have a die cut machine, but I do have a Silhouette Cameo. Aside from shapes and letters you can cut out, I've seen many people create their own PL cards with cut files. Also with the Silhouette, you have the design studio where you can basically cut anything you create in the program. It's another part of project life I need to explore more of.
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| Cut Files |
Stamping // Stamping has been around forever in the paper craft industry, but now they have so much more than traditional wood block stamps. Cling stamps and roller stamps for example are becoming more popular in the scrap booking/project life world. They add some nice dimension or little phrase/date that your card might need.
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| Stamping |
Paper Clips // This again, is not something new, but something old; re-imagined. There are so many colors and shapes that have come out that can add that extra 3D element you're looking for.
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| Paper Clips |
Stitching // Hand-stitching is now easier with stencil kits and embroidery tools. Some also use their sewing machine to help attach other elements or just to give it that little something extra and that shabby chic feel.
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| Hand Stitching on a photo |
Flair // This is another embellishment I haven't had much of a chance to play around with, but I do like the way it looks when I use it on a card. These are fun because they add that 3D element and they can have fun sayings or designs on them.
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| Flair |
Do you embellish your pages or do you keep it simple? Which are your new favorites? There's so much more to explore, so many options to choose from, I love it.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Project Life // Week 14
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| Week 14 Spread |
Most of the cards from week 14 are from Studio Calico's Bluegrass Farm kit, then I supplemented with some 4x6 cards and paper from my stash. I was actually playing catch up on my project life and this was the 2nd spread I did this week and it came together pretty quickly since I got my process down now.
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| Week 14 // Right side |
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| Week 14 // Left side |
My favorite card in this spread is the one of me and Bren at the beach. My husband took the picture and I just loved it so much. It went perfect with the cork alphas.
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| Week 14 // Detail |
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| Week 14 // Detail |
Friday, April 11, 2014
Project Life // Week 13
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| Week 13 Spread |
Week 13 was fun because of all the bright colors. The PL cards came from Studio Calico's Office Hours Report Add-On kit and Amy Tangerine's Plus One mini kit. Another slower week with pictures, but that was easily remedied with filler quote cards that I loved.
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| Week 13 // Left side |
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| Week 13 // Right side |
I took a bit of inspiration from Ali Edward's project life and started underlining my journaling. I kind of fell in love with how it turned out so I might just keep doing that.
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| Week 13 // Detail |
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| Week 13 // Detail |
My favorite card I think is the simple black and white one of Bren pointing at the two dogs outside. He loves those dogs. I'm so glad he's not afraid of them, because they're quite bigger than him, lol.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Project Life // Week 12
Holy Cannoli, it's been awhile my readers! I am sorry for the lack of posts lately, but for some reason I have just been so busy (or tired) lately.
Speaking of lack of things, I am behind on my project life! I just finished Week 12, but I still have Week 13 and Week 14 to do! Eep! I was doing so good, but then I got sidetracked by other crafty hobbies (yup, still working on that first quilt!) and of course every day life and events. This is the most behind I've been, so hopefully this weekend I can catch up and write a couple posts while I'm at it.
For Week 12 I decided to try using all monochrome colored PL cards: white/black/grey from the Amy Tangerine Plus One mini kit and my Midnight Edition core kit. Then I used embellishments to add pops of color here and there.
This week was a busy week, but for some reason I didn't have that many pictures, so I had to be creative and use some filler cards. I also went a little more simple than I usually do this week because I was on a time constraint and also because I am trying to catch up on my Project Life.
Speaking of lack of things, I am behind on my project life! I just finished Week 12, but I still have Week 13 and Week 14 to do! Eep! I was doing so good, but then I got sidetracked by other crafty hobbies (yup, still working on that first quilt!) and of course every day life and events. This is the most behind I've been, so hopefully this weekend I can catch up and write a couple posts while I'm at it.
For Week 12 I decided to try using all monochrome colored PL cards: white/black/grey from the Amy Tangerine Plus One mini kit and my Midnight Edition core kit. Then I used embellishments to add pops of color here and there.
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| Week 12 Spread |
This week was a busy week, but for some reason I didn't have that many pictures, so I had to be creative and use some filler cards. I also went a little more simple than I usually do this week because I was on a time constraint and also because I am trying to catch up on my Project Life.
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| Week 12 // Left side |
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| Week 12 // Right side |
My favorite card is the one that is titled "My Girls". I love the striped background with the pops of mustard yellow through the use of alphas and enamel dots.
To be completely honest, this isn't my favorite spread. I wish I had more time to work on it, or more pictures from the week, but I'm not really one to linger, so I just finished it so I can move on. I have plenty more weeks to do, so plenty of more opportunities to be creative! As I always say, this is supposed to be fun, not stressful. Thank goodness for my bullet journal too, because I was able to refer to it to remember what happened that week (because, lets be honest, I can't even remember what I did 3 days ago!).
I have a 2 week break from work coming up to bond with my baby before he turns the big O-N-E, so hopefully during that time I can squeeze a bit of crafting! :)
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| Week 12 // Details |
To be completely honest, this isn't my favorite spread. I wish I had more time to work on it, or more pictures from the week, but I'm not really one to linger, so I just finished it so I can move on. I have plenty more weeks to do, so plenty of more opportunities to be creative! As I always say, this is supposed to be fun, not stressful. Thank goodness for my bullet journal too, because I was able to refer to it to remember what happened that week (because, lets be honest, I can't even remember what I did 3 days ago!).
I have a 2 week break from work coming up to bond with my baby before he turns the big O-N-E, so hopefully during that time I can squeeze a bit of crafting! :)
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