valentine follow-up & aquarium

it was a nice valentine's day around here. i managed to make valentines for the kids' daycare friends. there's nothing like a home-made valentine, no matter how simple.


i also made some home-made valentines for my children, inspired by a post from ali: the minibooks were fun to make and i also found these little mailboxes from target, in the dollar bins, which were the perfect size for holding a finger puppet, a little car and some m&ms's. i think my son really enjoyed opening it up to find some treats inside. i'm thinking about leaving them up in their rooms all year long.

we had a special movie night, complete with pj's, a big bowl of popcorn and the original animated cat in the hat dvd. it was a goooood night.

today was a fun trip to an aquarium...my daughter is one! it was so nice that it coincided with a holiday so that we were all free from work to spend the day together. i think this was my favorite shot from the day (although my timing was off and i missed the sea lion floating by the window).


more birthdays and celebrations just around the corner....good times ahead.

minibook

so i've been thinking about minis a lot lately and while my kids were taking a nap today, i cranked out a little book for fun. i'm not sure what i'm going to do with it but it's all ready to be filled. here's what i did:

cut some cardboard down to 6x6 - i used 3 pieces
cut one 12x12 piece of white cardstock into two strips of 6x12
scored and folded the paper to 6x6
adhered the cardstock to the cardboard interior pages (not cover and back) so that the pieces are joined and held together by the paper

attached a piece of gaffer tape from the cover to the back across the binding lengthwise (just two little pieces)

attached a piece of 6x6 paper to the front and back cover, hiding the
tape

added some other bits and inked the edges

the cover is missing a little something but i haven't decided just what exactly....it's a pretty small book - only 4 interior white pages, but i like it! i haven't done a lot lately and it made me happy to make this in really no time at all... :) not to mention that i finally got my hands on some of that awesome 7gypsies paper and was itching to use it!

happy creating!