A Celebration of Life

Happy 90th Birthday to our dear friend,

Betty.

I apologize for the lighting on my pictures. They were taken in my mom's

room at the nursing home. I am thankful I had a project to finish while

we sat next to my mom in her last days with Alzheimer's.

We had a family friend turning 90. She is such a precious friend to all of

us and she lives at the same retirement center my dad does. I get to see

her all the time and I told her I wouldn't miss her big party for anything.

I had seen a tutorial by Marion Smith on Prima that showed how to make

this "pocket mini album." It looked so springy and had lots of places for

pictures and memorabilia.

I chose floral pastel papers and went to town. I love all

the different flowers and colors that went into making

the cover.

Each page was punched with a trellis like punch and

decorated with different trims and accents.

Each page had an "uploading pocket" which allows

for more pictures or keepsakes.

I wanted a shabby chic look, so I streaked each page

with a picket fence wash.

Prima has the most beautiful flowers to play with. I loved

this purple one with all the beads.

Little journaling cards were tucked in to tell about the pictures.

The trim doubles as a pocket to tuck things in.

Here's another page to journal. I love the way the pink

pearls cascade from the peacock.

Can you tell I love pearls?

I used a chain closure and added 2 clips and added

dangly pearls and bling.

It was a bittersweet day. My mother died on the same day as

the party. Mom would have wanted all of us to attend. My

dad, sister and I , hours after my mom died, we went to a

wonderful

celebration of 90 years of our friend.

My dad wrote Betty a poem and I put it in her album.

I know my mom was at the party too.