Hello Baby: Project Life

16. July 2015 · Comments Off · Categories: Cards

My name is Laura Thomas and I work in Stampin’ Up!’s Special Events department. Some of you might know me from previous incentive trips, and know that I LOVE to plan a good party!

My younger sister and sister-in-law are both expecting the first babies in our family, so I decided to go all-out on a joint baby shower celebration. I wanted to host the party in my backyard so we could really enjoy the great spring weather and wouldn’t be limited on space. I also planned for the event to be an open house to accommodate guests’ busy schedules. I don’t know about you, but my summer schedule is already filled up!

Since the event was an open house and entire families were invited (not just the girls), I decided to forego the traditional baby shower games. I still wanted the shower to be special and interactive, so my plans naturally included the Stampin’ Up! Project Life product line. I had just received my very own printed catalog the week before I started planning the shower, and I remembered the darling boy and girl Project Life album collections—Hello Baby Boy Card Collection and Hello Baby Girl Card Collection.

These two collections were absolutely perfect for the shower because my sister, Armyn, is having a girl and my sister-in-law, Wendy, is having a boy! My thought was to create an album for each baby and ask guests to share their favorite baby tip or memory with the new moms.

So . . . I ordered everything needed to create two wonderful memory-keeping albums:

Hello Baby Boy Card Collection (item # 138457)
Hello Baby Girl Card Collection (item # 138504)
(2) Hello Baby Project Life Accessory Pack (item # 138458)
(2) Espresso 6” x 8” Project Life Albums (item # 135293)
(2) Variety Pack 6” x 8” Project Life Photo Pocket Pages (item # 135297)
(2) 6” x 8” Project Life Envelope Pages (item # 135874)
Project Life Journaling Pens (item # 135304)

Most of my family is still new to the Project Life by Stampin’ Up! product line, so I wanted to design the outside of the albums and a few inner pages to give them good ideas for using the products. Here are a few photos of the creative process here at the home office. I just LOVE crafting here! The creative environment is so fun and my co-workers are always excited to see my creations!

Once I checked “Project Life by Stampin’ Up! Albums” off my event task list, it was time to move on to my other “to do’s.” I asked my step-sister, Allison, to work the Project Life table, made the refreshments for the next day, charged up the camera so my honey, Matt, could be our photographer, and set up the tables and chairs and the baby clothes lines. We were ready!

Here is a photo of Allison learning how to use the Project Life products. This was her first experience with this type of memory-keeping and she was thrilled! She said that she loves scrapbooking in theory, but she doesn’t have time for it on top of her full-time high school teaching job and her many family and community commitments. “Now this is easy! And so cute!” she said about halfway through the shower. (I think a demonstrator in Idaho Falls just made a new customer!)

We laid out the food table and the guests started arriving! It was a very fun shower. I made sure the dads-to-be were there to hang the adorable baby clothes and blankets on the clothesline as Armyn and Wendy opened the gifts. I just love seeing a husband involved in pampering and celebrating their wife! No sports games or “man-time” allowed on this Saturday afternoon!