I have had an envelope full of prayer cards and Holy medals
belonging to my late Mum, in my bedside drawer for 19 years.
The contents are probably much older than that for sure!
I also used one of my Mum's cross stitch pieces for the cover.
So I thought it was time to give them a nice home.
I didn't take time to work out any details I just went for it lol.
I did want to give it an old vintage feel though.
For the pages inside I used some white card to
which I stuck pages pulled from a thesaurus,
inked round the edges and then run through my sewing machine.
The cover is hardboard and when I had finished all the pages
I realised I had no other choice than to bind it together
using my Cinch machine and some ribbon.
I am happy enough with the finished book but learned
a lot to NOT do next time lol.
You can watch a more detailed look here
For this project I have used
A Thesaurus, cinnamon cider ink pad,
vellum, lace, machine sewing and stickers.
I have used various SU stamp sets throughout
along with some Hunkydory word strips and embossing folders.
I would like to enter this into
Frosty morning but nice and sunny.
Had a good walk in the fresh air which we both enjoyed.
Now decisions decisions, will we light the fire??
It's at the other end of the house from my craft room though!!
7 comments:
What a lovely way to retain those special items and memories Pinky and beautifully done.
B x
How lovely to incorporate your Mum's cross stitch piece into the cover of this wonderful album filled with all those precious memories, such a beautiful project Pinky.
xx
A beautiful keepsake for your Mums memories, love the beautiful cross stich on the cover and all the ribbons. We have had snow all morning and absolutely freezing but at least we have heating today thankfully.
Carol x
A keepsake project Pinky,lovely to include one of mum's cross stitch pieces on the cover
This is beautiful, and a wonderful keepsake full of memories. Hugs!
This is a beautiful treasure to keep your mum's things safe for generations to come, a beautiful book.
Light up that fire girl, I wish I still had a real fire, can't beat them at all, stay warm. xx
Gorgeous!!! Thanks so much for participating in our ANYTHING GOES in a CARD FREE ZONE challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper
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