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  • Hi! It’s Sarah!

    Amber asked me to do a guest post or two while she’s away visiting her dear friend Ceara and snuggling Ceara’s sweet new baby boy. She also graciously sent me a package of two of my favorite Ribbon Jar products – RIC RAC and SILK! So, I thought I would show you a few things I’ve made with them!
    First, remember this photo that she showed in her last post?
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    She sent them to me and they are beautiful!
    I took a few of the plaid silk flowers, along with the orange ric-rac flower and added vintage buttons from my stash to their centers.
    I thought they would look really sweet on a card:
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    On the third card, I used both ric-rac flower and silk.
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    I love gathering the silk and stitching over it, but my sewing machine needed a new bobbin and I didn’t feel like winding one. So instead, I used glue dots! It worked great and I think I like the non-stitched look even better!
    Here’s a look at all three cards together:
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    I’m looking forward to playing with the new ric-rac soon. It’s a new brand that she just started carrying so I haven’t had a chance to use it yet. Check it out:
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    One thing I can tell you is it’s so soft and the colors are rich and beautiful! My photo does not do it justice, it’s really quite lovely. I can’t wait to create with it!
    Also, I’d love to see what people have made with ribbon from the ribbon jar or just ric-rac in general…link me in the comments if you have something to share! I’m always looking for craft inspiration!
    I’ll be back with more projects to share in a day or two!

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  • But I do know when I’ll be back again… Next week! That’s right Tuesday and I are headed to go see my lovely friend Ceara and her new baby! I am so excited and also a little scared. Which is probably why I spent a good portion of the day turning this Goodwill find:
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    Into a busy baby kit.
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    This wallet has 21 pockets. It ought to keep her busy:
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    I was going to have a nice post all made about about these:
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    and our awesome new ric-rac. But I ran out of time. So I sent a sampling to Sarah and she is going to do a guest post, or two!
    And thank you again for all the kind words about my album. Seriously I have the best readers, those comments made my day!
    Now wish me luck on this cross-country red eye with my teething toddler!

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  • Oh my goodness, I did it! I finished my album for the Week in the Life project (April 19th-25th) and I could not be happier. Bj has already spent time pouring over it and also deemed it a success, yeah! What a snapshot of our lives. Here are almost all the pages (a few have cute naked picture of Tuesday that I didn’t want to share). I added the products below the pages, but a lot are repeats, so if you don’t see something look back at the beginning.
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    Kolo album I had in my stash, using included page protectors and slide film page protectors (also in my stash from art school days).
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    Intro page has paper from my (now gone) spring fling kit, a doodlebug velvet brad, labels from Two Girlz Stuff, stamps are magnetic poetry, 7 gypsies, and PSX.
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    I have two types of pages. The white pages are general routine pages and the light blue/slide pages are the actual day pages. Kikkerland paperclip, Savvy Stamps heart target, medium folk heart punch and velvet flocked paper (I also used the small and large in this album, as well as some other heart punch from my friend Sarah, I think it was a Stampin Up?), Gothic Lower (lrg) stamps by Postmodern Design (used through out), Martha doily punch.

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    I have blurred some things out, only the quick and easy way in lightroom by over/under exposing. 🙂 Jenni Bowlin ticket.

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    Technique Tuesday and Hero Arts stamps, Making Memories staple.

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    The missing pages here are about getting clean (baths/showers) and the nap.

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    Missing pages are the other side of this slide page (talking about how in Oregon we don’t have to pump our own gas, among other things) and a routine page about the potty/diapers/elimination communication.

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    Piece of KI Memories paper.
    There you have it. Pretty minimal in terms of embellishment. But in my opinion it has to be with 294 photos! I just used a heart on each of the routine pages and the initial circles on the slide pages.
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    And I just can’t thank Ali enough for the inspiration!

    29 comments on Week in the Life—The Album is done!

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