My First Book

I have had a relaxing breaking from work. We had Wednesday off! It was so nice even though it rained, I had a little ray of sunshine come over to visit! My nephew Brody came over for his first visit to Auntie's House. He was, of course, an angel. I had not seen him for two weeks and was suffering! The good thing was I definitely noticed he had gained some weight, he was a bit more solid in my arms. My cat, Snookie, also met Brody that day. He had never really seen such a tiny little human. I did keep an eye on the Snookster since he has a reputation, not a good one. I know but here at Casa de Jasper, Snookie reigns supreme. He was up on the back of my chair with his paws on my shoulder, just looking at the little one. He behaved, I was relieved, I could my niece's insecurity and lack of trust. I knew my little one would behave with her little one. They no sooner left and my good friend, Organized One, arrived with her daughter, Little Tart, with a fresh from the oven Cranberry Bread. It was still warm! I love Cranberry Bread! And my friends are great!

So... then I decided to work on my book, Brody's ABC's. I wanted to make a book for my nephew, Brody, using the letters in his name. I had some chipboard, that I cut into 6 inch by 12 inch pieces. I then left two that size, the others I cut to make one of the following- 4 inch, 6 inch, 8 inch, and 10 inch, all were still 6 inches tall. I then chose some basic blue colored cardstock to cover them. Next I decided I like blue with yellow so that it how I did the cover. I used my Cricut Expression  with Nate's ABC's to cut the letters for Brody's and then Plantin Schoolbook for ABC's. I used Nate's ABC's for the pictures. After I finished gluing the pictures onto their respective pages, I decided to laminate the pages. Next time, I will remember that the laminating sheets for my YourStory, are only 11.5 inches long and 8 inches wide. So I used my laminator to laminate the shorter pages and they are great! For the front and back covers I used some clear contact paper and it looks ok. Brody won't mind, this book was made with love! After laminating I then used my Cinch book binder to punch the holes and bind it together. I think it looks awesome! I know my Brody will love his ABC book.  
     
Thanks for stopping by for a visit, don't forget to take some time to do what makes you happy.
Until next time,
Jasper

I really like blue and yellow together. Such a nice combination for a boy.

I used my computer to print out the words in Comic Sans to name the pictures.