Victoria Secret Inspired Lingerie Guest Book Album

This week's new design, you may have seen in the shop, but I don't think I've shared it with you all yet. This comes from a Victoria Secret inspired Bridal Shower request.

It's hard to see by the photo, the cover is using some new metallic cover stock I've recently added to my cover supplies. This one is plum purple. I've used some glitter embossed designer paper to accent the name card and the top of the lingerie.

With the evenings getting darker here in the fall I have to rely more on the ceiling lightening in my basement studio rather than the sunlight from the windows. My photo box was packed away a few months ago in anticipation of selling our home-- of which still hasn't happened and we've seen some great houses with wonderful spaces for my new studio slip away because our house hasn't sold yet.

So I hope you'll bear with me through some of my dark photos right now as we hope and pray for someone to come buy our house and are able to transition to a new space.

Hopefully, this close up is a better photo. Can you see the shimmer of the metallic?

This guest book is made to order, so you get choice of cover color, and your inside page design.

You can order it here.

Next week is Thanksgiving. We're staying home and enjoying some good ole family time together for the day and some good food. My husband cooks a mean turkey dinner, if I do say myself. I, of course, am in charge of the dessert this year. It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a pumpkin pie in our house.

Are you staying in this year or going out?

Either way, have a warm and happy gathering.

NEW Butterfly Elegance Guest Book Design

Today's new design is inspired from a husband throwing his wife a 40th birthday party. The colors were inspired by green, teal, grey, and white party items and M&Ms. 

This is a new made to order design that is now available in the shop this month. 

I love getting custom orders and I love having so many new designs inspired by all of your requests that can be shared! 

I'm not sure if you can tell by the photos, but the butterfly wings pull up from the cover to give it that 3D effect. Down the center of these lovely butterflies are clear rhinestones. 

When you order this book, the butterflies are going to be flat against the cover, but you just have to pull up the wings to give them life since the packing and shipping make them go flat. 

The beauty of this design is in the elegance of those butterflies. 

This is a made to order guest book, so you get choice of your cover color and inside signature pages. 

Because Etsy only allows me two drop down options on the listing when you order, just remember to place your personalization request for the front cover of the book with the name(s) and dates in the Notes To Seller Section during check out. 

You can also drop me a note there, too if you'd like to specify your color scheme or request the butterfly colors. 

You can order the Butterfly Elegance Guest Book Design Here. 

I know it's getting close to Thanksgiving now, I'm working on a custom coupon book, and I can't wait to share the design with you next. 

The Baby Whale Guest Book has arrived.

I've got a new design for you all today.

Recently, I had a custom design request for a whale baby shower book. Since I can recreate this book and customize the colors of the design to match your baby shower, I'm happy to say I've added this book option to the shop this month.

It's inspired by the sail boat guest book that's currently available here. And like the sail boat book, I've designed some custom signature pages inside as well as a first page that can be personalized with name(s) and date or special saying.

This book is made using mint green cover stock and light blue.

The whale design may vary when I run out of the blue star burst paper and depending on the colors requested. As always I'll keep updating the photos on the listings in the shop to keep them current.

Right now my turn around time is about 3-5 days on orders.  With the holiday season approaching it may start to take longer during those months, so be sure to keep that in mind when needing to order. As always you can contact me and let me know your event date to be sure it will arrive in time.

You can find the whale book in the shop here!

Thanks for sharing and supporting my shop.

Vintage Grey and White Baby Book

This past weekend I treated myself to some creative time. If you saw Friday's post on the gray and white vintage then you know I've had ideas spinning in my brain that I needed to work on.

I had started these book covers a while ago and with the yellow on the frame against the gray and white from Friday's post I came up with this baby album.

But I didn't think this is what my customer wanted, so it's now available in my etsy shop.

So I went to work again, and thinking of vintage and lace and the classic look of gray and white, I put together this:

Mr Chad says it looks more like a wedding book than a vintage baby shower. He may be right. What do you think?

I added these blank "baby" stamped pages inside.

Should I go back to the drawing board? I'd love to hear your ideas.


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Race Car Guest Book Designs

If you haven't noticed them yet in the shop. I've recently added two new guest book designs for all my race car fans out there.

These books were inspired by a stamp set that I got last year from CTMH. I believe it's retired now, but I couldn't be happier with out these cover designs came out!

You can now choose between the red cover or the blue cover.

Inside I've stamped the pages.

or of course you can also choose from my page options or request a custom page design.  I've placed black card stock pages in the back for photos.

I was a farm last weekend that reminded me of home. Thinking this week I'll be adding a new farm themed book to the shop. I'll show you when it's done!
 

Fuji Photo Guest Book Album

 

New Cover Designs

You may have noticed that recently I've added some new things to the shop. Mom's made some cards out of my scraps so I've added them for her. It keeps her occupied staying at home most of the time and some of them are pretty neat.

I've also added some new cover designs. Check these out!

I'll be adding some neutral and boy ones too in the following weeks.
I've decided to make a few changes in the shop that I hope everyone will like. I want to make my books more customizable for you all, so I have been listing the book covers with choice of inside pages. This way you create your own guest book and I just get the privilage of putting it all together for you to make the book that best suits you.

I'll still be listing some pre-mades in the shop and hopefully after the holidays I'll be able to get some new hardbounds in the shop as well.

I really appreciate all your patience these past few months as we've had to make adjustments here in the Lower household with Mr Chad being at home more and me having to go to work more outside the studio.

 

Golden Floral Wedding Guest Book Album

This traditional japanese stab stitch wedding guest book album is so pretty with the gold floral design. It's one of the few golden themed books I've done in a long time.

What do you think, is this book golden or what?

Happy Ever After Wedding Guest Book

So sweet in pink!

Perfect for the budget conscious bride. And it sparkles!

Love those sparkles.

Bar Mitzvah Guest Book

I love the teal and eggplant colors of this cover pattern. You can't see it in the photo, but it's sparkly with glitter. This guest book was created for a young girl's Bar Mitzvah today.

 Inside pages for this Bar Mitzvah book are double lined column with the word "Guest" at the top. In the back behind the eggplant photo pages are more double lined column pages for recording gifts.

Getting Back to Books

I'm sorry for the silence here this past week as I've been battling the flu, ran off to a book conference, and returned with a horrible cold that blocked my sinuses and made it difficult to breathe let alone think most days.

But not even that could stop me from making some really awesome books this week for all of you. I've had a lot of custom orders requests over at the shop, please keep them coming. I love custom orders!!

I've also been busy making re-visions to a novel and finishing up the first draft of another, which you can find out about more over on my author site.

I've been even playing with the idea of illustrating my own children's book using my paper craft skills. I've been creating some cute pictures with paper and die cuts lately, and one night at 3 am the story flowed through my mind. I guess that is what happens at 3 am when you can't sleep becuase your sinuses are so stuffed up you can't breath. :)

Anyway, these week we're getting back to book. That's what I love and what I do best. I'm still a Close To My Heart Consultant and you can find the link on the sidebar of my blog, it will no longer be at the bottom of my posts. I'm also happy to announce that I've signed on with 3 Bugs In A Rug and will carry their cute papers in my studio for book cover options as well. I've been using a lot of their striped papers lately for baby shower and birthday book designs and am happy to say that I can make a book design more than once now that I can buy wholesale from them. :)

This week I have a lot of great new designed books to share with you. Most of them are custom orders from the shop, and I'm currently working out some matching invitation designs to add in with the thank you cards I've been making too.

If you missed my open house on February 3rd, and didn't have  a chance to visit my new studio, then stayed tuned and I'll be posting photos next week. In the mean time, I'd love to hear what you all have been up to while I was gone. Did it snow? We sure got some!

Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt - Wedding

A simple, but elegant guest book, don't you think?

The card entries have been flittering in all month, and I'm so impressed and apprecative of all of your support, as well as I'm sure the Heller Family is too.

If you didn't send in your card yet, today is the last day to put it in the mail! So don't delay have your postal personal pick it up today!!

I'm taking off until next Tuesday in order to photograph and start hanging all of yoru beautiful cards up for display at next week's first friday event!!

Have an awesom weekend!!

Glorious Gloss Damask Guest Book Album

Simple, tasteful, and elegant
everything a guest book should be for one your wedding day.

Inside this book has stamped pages with the floral swag stamp and black card stock pages for photo.

This particular soft cover guest book album has black gloss embossing that really makes it stand out!

Gray and Gold Geo Wedding Guest Book Album

This gold and gray geo pattern soft covered guest book has gray signature pages and golden rod photo pages.

5.5" x 8.5"

A little antiquing on the edges of the cover to give it an aged feel.

Bird Is The Word

8" x 8" soft cover

Tweet Guest Book in Blue

Inside pages say "Tweet...Tweet.."

Blue photo card stock pages in the back

tied with lime green cotton thread in traditional stab stitch four hold design.

Oriental Orange Wedding Guest Book Album

Congrats, Kristin and Christopher on your marriage today!

This beautiful soft cover guest book will become a keepsake that will be treasured for a lifetime.

Custom Gray and Gold Wedding Guest Book

Today I'd like to share with you a custom 8" x 10" hardbound guest book album.  This is the last of the gray and gold leaf patterned cover design I had available.

I added yellow ribbon four hole stab stitch binding to make the yellow stand out.

This book, we went with the standard name card on the lower right hand corner of the book.

 The inside pages are stamped with the floral swap stamp. on the top and bottom alternating pages.

I beautiful and elegant wedding guest book to be cherished in years to come, don't you think?

Sunflower Guest Book Album

Today, I'm featuring the Sunflower Guest Book Album that was customized for a special couple who are being married this very day.

This couple will be gathering tons of great advice from friends and family today inside the pages of their guest book.

Congradulations Robbie & Devon!!

60th Birthday Celebration

This asian inspired floral patterned guest book was recently created for a 60th birthday celebration this month.

Inside are blank pages with the floral swag stamp in the corner.

Cherry Blossom Owl Wedding Guest Book Album

This is a custom cover 8" x 10" wedding guest book.

This unique couple choose cherry blossoms and owls.

As you can see we incorporated the two together with this lovely name card.

Inside signature pages titled: "Hoot...Hoot..."

I brought the cherry blossoms over onto the back cover.

stitch with the tortoise shell stab stitch binding.

I created these special owl thank you cards for the couple as a gift. They're 3" x 3" and perfect for writing little notes inside to bridesmaids or groomsmen.