Something recently possessed me to ransack all the photos on my computer and in the photo albums around my house. I laughed because at some and cried at others. The first few years (00 -03), I didn’t have a digital camera. So I was forced to snap photos with those one time disposable cameras and Polaroids. Yikes! I can just see myself one day telling my kids, “back in the day, we had Polaroids!” The point is here are years 2000, 2001 and 2003 in the form of photo montages. These were my favorite photos of the bunch, the ones that brought back memories or made me laugh. There aren’t many and they aren’t very good but I enjoyed them. They show me how far I’ve come and how amazing everything is. Next few years coming soon!

2000 - Ah, the good ol' Polaroid.

2001 - Let's Go Colts?

2002

I made this diaper cake slightly different than my last few. I used to roll each of the diapers and I chose not to do that this time to save myself some time and effort. Not only was it easier but it looks better too. Total spent: $26.78 for 84 Huggies size 2 diapers, 3 receiving blankets, ribbon and paper fill. This one was super easy and I’ll definitely be making similar diaper cakes in the future.

No moar baby showers!

I took some new photos today. I lost my voice. Haven’t been able to sleep. Busy like crazy. But these pictures make me feel all better.

And lastly, my Megan Fox look.

I made my first diaper cake about two years ago. It was also four layers high and had a blank and pink color scheme. <3

This one, I made for my cousin who is having twins! I couldn’t really decide on a set color scheme so I used the basics: pink, blue, green, yellow. 4 layers, around 108 diapers, 3 bottles, 4 spoons, 2 bottles of shampoo, 2 bottles of baby lotion, 2 bottles of baby powder, 6 pairs of socks, 2 stuffed animals and a bouquet of flowers for the top cost me around $50 and about two hours to construct.

So my latest venture into arts and crafts is the rebinding of books. Specifically, rebinding old books into journals. This was my first one, I completed it a few weeks ago. I picked up the book at a used book store for $5 and the rest of the materials I already had on hand. The book was in okay shape but I did rip the spine a little while tearing the pages out. I used coffee stained drawing paper that was hand torn while wet to give the pages uneven edges. I also kept some of the original pages of the book. Mostly, the parts I actually liked or thought had special meaning about love or religion.

I’ve even begun writing in it and throwing a few pictures between the pages. I thank all those movies and TV shows where people keep these amazing journals for this idea. Now I’m always stopping by used book stores and the library looking for old books to do this to. By the way, used books are so cheap at the library $0.50 – $1.00. I’ll probably be giving these away as Christmas presents. I think I’ll make a tutorial for rebinding old books into journals in the future when I get a little better at it. I found so few tutorials on how to do this I kind of just made it up as I went along and learned quite a few lessons. I have a much larger book titled Australia that I plan on making into a travel journal for the day I finally visit the great continent of Australia.