For Laura

This is a project I have been working on for a few weeks now, and finally just finished today. Back when I had my "Pay it Forward" challenge, I only had two takers. One was Lea from Oh My #6, and the other was Laura from "Journey to Amanda". I was so glad that Laura decided to take part, because I had been planning on making her something special as a Thank you for taking over both our October Yahoo group, and our secret buddy project. You see, myself and one other person used to be in charge of the Secret Buddy Exchange. After awhile it became too much for me to handle, even though I was sharing the job with another person! Laura graciously stepped up to take over the daunting task all by herself. Did I mention she is a single Mom to two beautiful daughters, and is LID for another one? I am in awe of her. I'm going to have my hands full with one child, and I will have a companion to share in the parenting duties! I don't know how she(or any other of you single moms) do it. Kudos to you guys. Seriously. I am not worthy.


So anyway, Laura, I made this for you, both as a thank you and as the pay it forward gift that I owe you. I totally had to stalk your blog to download all of those pictures. I hope you don't have a site meter! Hee!

The project itself is a standing tabletop triptych collage with pictures of Laura and her family and quotes printed on vellum.
It is meant to be interactive, in that each panel has a pocket with removable tags that you take out to look at the pictures and quotes.
The middle panel has a very cool shelf that has a mini fold out book on it, with tiny little pictures and quotes. I tried to put as many pictures on it as I could. I hope it doesn't look too crowded.
I even left several small tags and one large tag empty so she can add pictures of Amanda to it(some day). I truly enjoyed making this and am quite happy with the way it turned out. Here are some pics:
The whole project


The left side panel closeup:


The middle panel, with "shelf" and mini book:
The right side panel closeup:
Mini book closeup:
The empty tags for pictures of Amanda:

Pull out tags w/pictures and quotes:




I take no credit for the actual design of this projectt. It was offered as a class at the Scrapbook Expo that I took with my sister a couple months ago. All I did was put it together. You can even buy the kit here: Quick Quotes website