Family wishes.
Tags:Everybody seems to be doing well at the hospital tonight. Thank you so much for all your prayers and positive thoughts. Amazing support.
I also wanted to share the book I created and gave to John and Liz. My cousin's wife, Cristina, came up with the idea for each of us to write letters/notes/stories down about parenting/life experience, etc and gave me the assignment to put it all together.
I loved this project. So many cool stories and words and photos came to me. Family members sharing their hearts with John and Liz and their baby (who we now know is Henry). Such a cool gift to give.
Here is a link to the rest of the pages in the album: Family Baby Album
Edited: Here is a bit of info about the supplies used in this album (had to leave to go to dinner with Chris' parents):
ALBUM: 7gypsies (about 5x7) sprial bound - the album got too thick with all the patterned paper, photos, etc. that I ended up using rings instead of the spirals - rings ended up in all of the wholes
PATTERNED PAPERS: the pattern on the front is a thick, velvet sort of paper from SEI - interior papers were from American Crafts, Wild Asparagus (My Mind's Eye), KI Memories, new Basic Grey, 7gypsies, Foofala (Autumn Leaves)
STAMP: red stamp on the journaling pages is Rhonna (Autumn Leaves) and the green-looking stamp is a digital brush from Rhonna (Two Peas)
TRANSPARENT WORDS: Heidi Swapp
BIG CIRCLES on transparencies: My Mind's Eye
WHITE WORD STICKERS: Rebecca Sower Bookworks for EK Success
REMEMBER STAMP: Catslife Press
OTHER STICKERS: 7gypsies
FAMILY TRANSPARENCY: Narratives by Karen Russell (Creative Imaginations)




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Just gorgeous as always Ali! Our thoughts are with you and your family.
Sarah
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absolutely beautiful . . .strained my eyes a bit trying to read the journaling . . .lol . . do the same things with the magazine. such an awesome gift. congratulations on becoming an aunt - it is so much fun! love em' and give em' back!
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Gorgeous book Ali - it will be treasured I am sure. Hope Henry keeps plugging along and getting stronger for you all!
Cheers,
Lee :)
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Sending Henry and his parents and you, his auntie, congratulations and also wishes for Henry's and his mom's good health. Your journal looks beautiful -- what a touch you have with your albums and pages! Kind regards, Diane
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Oh my Lord that book is great. Best gift ever.
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wow--what a gorgeous and amazing book! you are such an inspiration!!!!! and such a wonderfully giving person!! congratulations again on your new 'auntie' title :)
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Ali.
you Rock.
seriously.
WOW.
awesome gift.
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Ali
That book is just lovely! as usual! It will be treasured for generations! Congrats again!
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Ali.
Gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
Gorgeous.
Wow.
And again, I am SO HAPPY to hear everyone is doing well.
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you are so freakin' talented it's scary... BEAUTIFUL book -- what treasure for them to have!
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First, congratulations!! On becoming an aunt, and to your entire family on the newest branch.
Now, I just have to say this album is amazing! I am certain that you sister-in-law will cherish this for a long, long time to come. I love how you layered in ephemera, and transparencies throughout the album.
Thanks so much for sharing this.
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!!! o_O !!!
What a fantastic idea ~ I love collaboration projects, especially those fueled by emotion. As always, you've done a beautiful job.
SO good to hear everyone is doing alright!
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Wow Ali what a truly beautiful idea!
Send my congratulations to your family all the way from Perth Australia!
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Beautiful Album, my thought are with Henry...
Could you share a few specifics about the album... what size is it? Was it an album you had that you took apart?
thanks. I love this idea...
chantel
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Ali..this is truly a beautiful album! Love the concept and sharing of stories. Thanks for sharing it with us. Congrats on being an aunt! Enjoy...
Erin
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this is so beautiful ali!! sending prayers up to your family - i'm so glad they all seem to be doing alright now! what a blessing, and what a joy that little Henry is here and doing well. (i love that name too!)
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amazing album ali
i know they will treasure it
life is such a gift
to be treasured
and this album seems to convey that sincerely
love it!
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Oh Ali, I'm so glad every one is all right (we were hoping/praying for you all). Also, thanks for sharing your BEAUTIFUL family baby album. AWESOME idea! I have all of these heritage photos and I'd love to break the project down into manageable pieces. You've given me so great ideas! Thanks again and best wishes to you all!
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Ali its absolutely AMAZING!!!
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This is beautiful, Ali. What a precious gift.
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