Maya's Little Book and more presents I made

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My pride and joy this holiday season are these little books. There are 6 books in all. Each page has a photo of Maya and a description of what she was doing at that age. To personallize them a bit each one has a dedication on the inside cover and a thank you note at the end from Maya, my baby. Each page was cut out (I broke down and bought a paper cutter at the end) and laminated with clear contact paper. I used stickers to decorate the text pages a bit. It took me about 2 weeks to finish these puppies. The only thing I would do differently next time is explore different types of bindings. I didn't want them to be really tightly bound so that my grandmas couldn't easily open them to read. The rings were a little too big, but they were the smallest I could find. I didn't look very hard though, just at Walmart.


the book cover




sample page, month 1


sample page, month 4


on the back I wrote the copyright info and "Mama Bear Publishing Co." Heehee.


to package them all up I decoupaged AOL tins. Then I used googley eyes to make the froggy costume a little more interesting.

I also made these...


a little blurry, but these are buttons for friends and family


and finally, a big mass o' marble magnets. You can't tell, but the pictures on the magnets are family members' heads.