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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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So beautiful Ali, what a wonderful gift!
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Beautiful work, Ali. This little book will be a treasured family heirloom! So glad to hear everything's ok with little Henry and your family!
Tina J.
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hi ali!
I don't often post on your blog because there are usually---like 100!--posts on every entry--but I just LOVE the book (of course!) and glad to hear baby Henry is here and doing well...and just wanted to send some *love* your way!
Mary Ellen
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Hi Ali,
Without being able to read all the stories in this album it is just gorgeous! I love how all these patterned papers come together and still look like a unit. What a great gift to give to somebody!!!
Hope everybody is doing fine!
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Such a beautiful gift to give a new mommy and daddy! Thanks for sharing!
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To date I think this is the best thing you've ever done. Love the everything about it, especially the transparent pages. Just fabulous. My prayers are with Henry and his mommy and daddy and the rest of his loving family.
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I love the book... so incredibly beautiful and full of meaning and memories.
I prayed for Liz and Henry and the rest of your family last night and this morning. My cousin's daughter, Bethany, was in ICU for a week just a few months ago, so I know the struggle.
My family is praying for yours!
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i'm sure Henry is one precious little bundle of babylove!! congratulations to your family on the new little dude!!
beth
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Hi Ali - The book is beautiful...what a wonderful present for your brother and his new family! So glad to hear Henry arrived safely, too.
If you don't mind my asking, how in the heck do you get such good pictures of your projects?! Do you use your flash? My camera just does not seem to like taking clear, color-rich photos of my pages.
Anyways - continued good wishes and happy prayers for the new family!!
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Love love LOVE the album. Wanna be MY kids' auntie ali??? Congrats to you all. We're all looking forward to seeing photos of Henry.
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Gorgeous album Ali! Congratulations on Henry's arrival and so happy to hear that he and your sister-in-law are doing well!
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Congratulations Auntie! The album is just beautiful...You are ridiculously talented. Funny I just came from my LSS and purchasd your new book. Couldn't wait any longer. I just can not get enough of your work! Am LOVING studio A and seeing your work in different places...So fun. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the little man...
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mmmmmmmmm.........absolutely beautiful album. Love that red stamp!
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What an amazing gift!!! Lots of love and prayers going out to your family right now!!!
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What a lovely book. I am sure they will cherish it. I know I would. Congratulations to you and your family and Henry's safe arrival.
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So sweet, I love this idea.
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beautiful job - will be keeping them in my thoughts and prayers
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Oh what a treasure of a gift...thank you, as always,for sharing so generously. (I too strain my eyes to read all the journaling--just like in the mags!) This is definitely one for the SCRAPLIFTING binder!
Congrats on baby Henry--all the best to the new family : )
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Many hugs to Henry and your family! My daughter was born at 25 weeks and we spent a LONG time in the NICU. God Bless.
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Hope Henry and his parents are doing well and wish them the best of luck. This album is gorgeous. Also, I wanted to say I really love your new book. I got it the other day and felt like a kid at Christmas looking at all the layouts. :) It made me actually want to scrap a few pages.
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