With Sam due to arrive in the world in February, I have been making a photo album for her parents. Because it is a specific album for a specific person, it took me ages to decide what to do, but I am so happy with how it has turned out.
The covers are stamped with Trade Aid wooden animal stamps, and then overlaid with a bubble pattern made by laying paper over bubbles blown in a container of dye, water and dishwashing liquid.
The spine has small animal buttons sewn on it.
You are so talented, honestly I am in awe, I can barely draw recognisaable stick figures. Your mokopuna will tell stories of the fabulous things their grandmother created for them to their own grandchildren, I can tell xoxoxo
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ReplyDeleteit's me, the blonde one that ya see every easter jazz festival down on the strand lol.
so glad deb put in The Secret Link to your blog...
this is exquisite, what a beautiful gift, what a poignant memory, what a fabulous start to sam's life.
love X
How incredible Cally...woah! What a fabulous treasure for baby Sam- you are sooo the coolest Grandma ever :0) I never found out the sex of my babies either, but always kinda knew. Now we are waiting for "our brown-eyed girl" Aimee is convinced the family is not even (lol).
ReplyDeleteThank you all so much for the comments - I was pleased with how it turned out, I have to admit!
ReplyDeleteProbably won't make it to the jazz festival this year - I'm going to Womad with two of the sons, and a few other teens / 20's - Mac's staying home, won't come, but i'm sure I'll have fun anyway. But too weekends in a row might be pushing my energy levels too far!
oh sad we won't see yas, but hope you have a blast at womad.
ReplyDeleteyou happy hippie you X