My Baby Girls first Year Memory Box

Hi everyone, it's Teresa here today and I am sharing another fun box I created to store your photos but this time it is for the first 12 months's of my Baby Girls pictures that I have saved.  This is a fun and easy way to save all those pictures/memories you have and you can have fun using all those papers that you have saved in your stash to do create it with.  Mine is done with the "Trim Organizer Box" and it's the perfect size for photos and I love how all those tags have such a beautiful shape and make it that much cuter!

With this kit you get this simple box to make and 12 tags like you see above and below.  I used all my Echo Park Sweet Baby Girl papers and ephemera cards and tags to decorate the front and inside of the box and for each of the 12 months of the year tags.  Then inside I also added 5 1/2 inch squares of white cardstock to add pictures and record all the special memories of that first year.  

It's so fun to experience all the amazing things your kids learn and do the first year of their lives with you and it's so important to save them so when they grow up they can read about it and enjoy the memories that you cherished for them to read about.  So much is lost over the years and it's important that you write down how much you love them and care for them.  

I think I am going to go back and add more goodies to my tags but here is just a simple version for you to start making your set with.

Aren't the prints in this paper line so cute... I can't wait to fill it up with pictures.

And here is just a card I did with the papers to go with it.  I was going to give it as a gift but I think I will use it for my daughter and either give it to her for her first daughter or the pictures I saved of her.

These boxes are really easy and fun to make so I hope you get a chance to stop in the GSLCuts store and see what is new and pick up a few for projects you need to make.  

Thanks so much for stopping by......Teresa

Supply List:

GSLC: Trim Organizer Box

Paper: Echo Park Sweet Baby Girl Collection

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Chalk Paint in white, scissors, paper trimmer, twine, ribbons, flowers

Frame up your Gift Bags and Boxes

Hi and happy Sunday to all of you.  I hope that the cool fall weather is giving you lots of time to craft.  Just knowing the holidays will soon be on us makes me want to get a head start on gifty things.

Today I have a few projects that I did really quickly with some of my favorite frames in the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts store.  I love these for cards but I thought how fun to use them to decorate cute ready made boxes that you can buy and fill them with fun things to give for gifts.    

This box is in the cake decorating section and I just added this detailed round frame to the front and just added ribbon and flowers.  It's meant to be a cookie box so it would be ideal to bake up a batch of your favorite cookies to give inside or just for a gift card.

I made this bag with a frame called "Flourished Frame Elizabeth".  This bag I found at my local Hobby Lobby.  I just inked it with brown chalk ink and added pretty peach flowers on the side.

I really love the pretty details in this one.  It would make an amazing card too.

And finally my last card is made with this pretty circle laser chippie called Flourished Frame Marie.  This one I inked a couple of times and embossed between the applications so that  I would get a more glossy look for the frame.  And of course I added lots of rhinestones and flowers to go with the lace.

All of my projects were super easy to make and just done with layers so all you have to do is pick your colors and have fun.  Hope I inspired you to hop on over to the store and pick up a bunch of these neat frames for all your holiday projects coming in the months ahead.

Happy Sunday...Teresa

Supplies:

GSLC Flourished Frame Elizabeth

GSLC Flourished Frame Marie

GSLC Circle Frame

Other: Ready made boxes and bags, scissors, flowers, ribbons, rhinestones