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Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Necessity is the mother of invention

As part of our Christmas gifts, the kids had got us a combined present from them both.  The main part of the present was a canvas print of a picture they had taken at our anniversary party.
Looks good on the wall of the study.  It is such a nice relaxed pose and none of us are blinking or pulling a funny face!  With this, they had also had a selection of other black and white photos printed off for us to put in an album.  But I had a bit of an idea that they would look good in the album that I had used for the pages I had scrapbooked of our trip to Bath and the party.  I remembered seeing some divided page protectors and set about trying to find them on the internet.  Seems they are easy to buy in the US, but all out of stock in the UK.  I wanted the ones that had a variety of landscape/portrait pouches. 
Then I remembered something from Shimelle's class that was all about making things out of stuff you already have and I set to work on some plain 12 x 12 page protectors and the sewing machine.  Ta Da!!! 


For some reason Blogger wants to keep turning this picture on it's side and I can't put it up the right way but you get the idea!
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16 comments:

  1. Denise4 January 2011 at 18:40

    What a lovely present- they are great photos- I love what you've done.Now I know who to come to when I need some bespoke page protectors!

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  2. This West London Life4 January 2011 at 18:57

    That's a lovely present ~ what great kids you have.

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  3. scrappyjacky4 January 2011 at 19:30

    Love the way you've done the photos....very inventive....and the canvas is a wonderful present.

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  4. Cheri4 January 2011 at 19:31

    That's a lovely gift - and what a great job you did making those 12x12 protectors work for the project!

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  5. Anonymous4 January 2011 at 22:22

    Love the canvas print and how you have made the page protectors into 4 x 6 pockets they look as good as, if not better than the ones you buy.

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  6. Liberty :)4 January 2011 at 23:47

    great page protectors - i can usually get them in Sarahs Cards online in the UK but when they are out of stock, they are out for a good while!!!

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  7. Maria Ontiveros5 January 2011 at 00:46

    The canvas print is fantastic. Makes me think I should take some of my 4 people 12 times photos and frame them up.
    Rinda

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  8. alexa5 January 2011 at 07:53

    Looks wonderful - admiring your inventiveness with page protectors and thread!

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  9. Jennifer Grace5 January 2011 at 12:01

    Love your bespoke page protectors, very clever of you! The canvas looks fab too, what a lovely pressie. xx

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  10. Sian5 January 2011 at 13:54

    Perfect!

    That is a really lovely photo - you and your daughter look so alike :)

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  11. Deb @ PaperTurtle5 January 2011 at 14:08

    I love the pages you created, Deb! Very nice! And the canvas is lovely too. :o)

    I've been having a hard time with Blogger turning photos sideways too...SO annoying!!!

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  12. Scrappi Sandi5 January 2011 at 21:31

    The canvas is gorgeous & well done you on the improvisation...the album looks amazing!! Love it!!

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  13. Rachel Brett5 January 2011 at 22:23

    The page protectors look great, I like the little personal touches. Also the canvas is lovely, it's such a nice picture of the four of you :)

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  14. Unknown5 January 2011 at 22:32

    Love the pictures and the page you created - great job! :)

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  15. humel7 January 2011 at 22:32

    Oh, clever you! And what a super gift, good on them :-)

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  16. wahab15 January 2011 at 13:00

    What a cool product we focus on Canvas print that allows users to put photos on canvas but a canvas business card is a great idea.
    Canvas print

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