Baby Card and Gift

With the loss of all the traditional Creative Memories products, I have to be a little more innovative with my gift giving... I used to love using Paper Albums for group cards, as the multiple pages affords enough space for everyone to write a note.  So when I wanted to make a baby card for my co-worker and his wife, I remembered a booklet/journal that my friend created from several pieces of 12x12 paper. All I needed to do was cut the 12x12 papers in half to make my own version of a 6x6 book.  Since I used some of the old CM "shimmer paper," I added cardstock inside to make it easier for writing messages with any type of pen. Love this simple project!

Gifts for the co-workers

I'm always a little nervous when I plan to make something for my co-workers for Christmas.  The pace inevitably picks up during the holidays, so I worry that I won't be able to follow through on my idea.  This year, I planned a very doable craft - a mini clipboard with a personalized post it pad.  I did my shopping early for the supplies and even spent Thanksgiving cutting and decorating the "clipboards." After unsuccessfully trying to design a post it from scratch, I selected one of the templates from Vistaprint... When all the components came together, I was quite pleased with the end result!

I snapped this shot of the clipboard on my co-worker's desk, ready to be used. Yay!

Because packaging always matters...
I also included a mechanical pencil as part of the gift.

 Yup, this is how many I made...

This is a custom order for my mom.  She'll be using it as a favor
when she has a Christmas brunch with her friends.

A Unique Gift

For my Aunty and Uncle's 25th wedding anniversary, my mom wanted to purchase them a bottle of wine and personalize the label around it.  This was another good challenge for Storybook Creator 4.0! We measured the dimensions of the old label on the bottle and set up a customized page in SBC.  After searching around online for some inspiration, we designed this unique "vintage" label, incorporating their name and the year they were married...

We printed it on some cream colored paper and taped it over the old wine label.  Everything blended together so well - it was meant to be! We presented the gift to them last weekend and they loved it.  May this inspire you to create unique gifts for your loved ones!

Personalized Whiteboards

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I had a ton of fun creating personalized white boards on Storybook Creator a couple of weeks ago.  I was so excited when my order came in... Here's a sampling of the boards that I created for gifts. The smaller size is 5x7, while the larger size is 8x8.  I hope the whiteboards provide organization and inspiration for their recipients!

My "shopping list" and "verse of the day" boards.