DCWV Nana's Nusery - Baby Boy

Here is a baby book I made using DCWV's Nana's Nusery - Baby Boy collection.  This collection has a lot of glitter to it which I could not really capture in the scans.  The glitter gives the album a fun texture that makes you want to touch it through the sheet protectors.

I used all of the same products as the other albums I have made.  This album I used a Pioneer album again to store it in.

Adjacent to "My Arrival"

Adjacent to "Me and Mommy"

Adjacent to "My Teeth"

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Anna's Baby Book

My sister is having a baby next month, so I made her baby book using the Green paper pad from DCWV.  I also used cardstock mats from DCWV.  I love their heavyweight paper and cardstock because they have an awesome texture that gives the pages greater depth.  As I do with all of my baby books, I used photo canvas to print out the detail pages.  I used brown thread to stitch the edges.  With this book, I put all of the pages into an AMM 8x8 album.  I don't normally use these because they are not cheap, but since it's for my baby sister, I spent a little more money on hers!  I can use higher quality books for the price difference.

Here are some sample pages from this book:

Adjacent page is "My Daddy"

Adjacent to "Before I Arrived"

Adjacent to "Watch Me Grow"

Adjacent is a place for a picture of her first birthday

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Basic Grey Baby Book

I have made a couple of baby books over the years for friends and family, but this past summer I have taken that to a new level. I have made a very thorough template that covers as much as possible of baby’s first year. I use designer papers and add lots of detail by sewing the edges of the info pages and photo mats. I have used papers that are both baby specific and “artsy.” I will post the books as I get them scanned in.
DISCLAIMER: My scanner SUCKS so these scans are not the best. I tried cleaning them up some, but they are still very grainy. I apologize!

For this book, I used the Eva line from Basic Grey and a variety of Magnolia papers from My Mind's Eye. I used a Pioneer Album. I printed all of the info pages onto Photo Canvas giving it a great texture. I stitched all of the edges with brown thread.

Comments are always welcome!

Religious Detail Page is optional

Plenty of room for pictures

Detail Pages to record baby's first year

A beautiful title page

(Note: Each title page is different so as to match the paper line used)

If you or anyone you know are having a baby and would like to have a beautiful, custom baby book, contact me and I will make a book that is specifically for you and your style!  There are a variety of paper company and lines within those companies that would make beautiful books.

Books start out at $35 for a basic design. 

Extra accessories can be added for the cost of the supplies.

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Bartlett Family

The same weekend I did the engagement pictures, I did some family pictures of a good friend of mine and my son's old preschool teacher.  I didn't do much editing because I wanted the beautiful fall colors to shine.  Such a gorgeous family!

I love this one!  It is so cute!

He was hard to get a clear shot of!  I feel lucky that I got this one!

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Scott and Ashley's Engagements

Last month I took some engagement pictures for some friends of mine.  I really liked the way they turned out!  They are such a photogenic couple!  All of the black and white and anitqued images were edited using Nichole Van's Retro Tintype action.

I used Nichole Van's Color Pop with a background texture from her Urban Actions collection

The background texture here is also from Nichole's Urban Actions collection

This is my personal favorite

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