Working Mom Magazine May 2011

Now I can share this with you ...

... a summer mini album I made for Working Mom Magazine and Lasting Impression. I'm so proud of this project because it was a family bonding activity for us! Jeff contributed in the article and was the also official photographer while Ethan got to be featured because he did most of the journaling notes using his own words in his handwriting!

Pardon the over exposed photos though ...

cover page

 pages 1 and 2

 

  pages 3 and 4

hidden journaling

  pages 5 and 6

pages 7 and 8

pages 9 and 10

pages 11 and 12

Some of the layouts were not included in the issue so I thought of sharing all the pages here. I hope I was able to inspire you to create a simple and easy summer mini album.

Album Size: 6"x6"
Photo Size: 3" x 4" (half of 4R or you can use wallet size prints)
all materials are from Lasting Impression (except for the ribbons, paint, office supplies and ring binders): album chipboard; Cosmo Cricket Snorkel and Joy Ride Collection; Fancy Pants buttons

Thanks to Vivian of Lasting Impression and Ms. Dedet Panabi, EIC of Working Mom for another wonderful opportunity!

Memory Makers The Big Book of Scrapbook Pages

Here's another surprise I found somewhere out there in the world wide web : ) After a year of waiting, the book is already out. Hope you'll get a copy of it.

I found this photo, here. I'm also happy to find the layouts of my friends, Ria, Iris and Janis!

Kris Aquino's Halloween Holiday 2008

This post is long overdue. This was my first project for a celebrity and how lucky I am that I did  it for Ms. Kris Aquino! 

My friend, Dedet who is the editor in chief of Working Mom Magazine (ABS CBN Publishing) recommended me to Sheila Quieta, who is the managing editor of K Mag. Since then we've  already made 4 projects for the magazine and we are very thankful for this wonderful opportunity. Unfortunately, my second traditional scrapbook project for Kris was never published at the mag. This was during former President Cory Aquino's illness and Kris had to take a break from the magazine. I did Bimby's 2nd birthday album. My only regret was I never took pictures of my layouts before I gave it to Sheila because I was hoping to see my layouts published in the mag. Anyway, God is really good because before the year ends, another project of ours will be published in the said mag!

Here are the layouts I made for the Nov/Dec 2008 issue of K Mag. The layouts are originally 8" x 8" in size or 8" x 16" (spread). When I got a call from Sheila, I only had less than a week to do this project and to top it all the pictures are still not with them since Kris just recently came from Hongkong. I was just told that the vacation took place in HK Disneyland during the sembreak/Halloween.  I assumed that the photos are Halloween themed. I looked through HK Disneyland's website to have an idea of how the park looks when it's dressed up for Halloween. I already made few layouts when I get to see the photos.

I went to ABS CBN Publishing office  to choose the pictures for the scrapbook. I spent more than 3 hours going through the photos! I also brought my stuff so I can make some layouts.

My layouts were then photographed and the pictures were added digitally by their graphic artist thus I have no hand on the cropping of the photos. I never even get to see the finished layouts till I bought the magazine : ) But it was all worth the wait!

I believe that these aren't my best layouts. I was really pressured while I was creating these. I knew I had to let go when I'm working under pressure. Hopefully there would be lots of next time to do better ; )

{Countdown: 72 days before Christmas}

-Pia
10.14.10 

Creating Keepsakes, October 2010 issue

... just sharing another layout that made it to CK! Woohoo!!!

You can check my layout at page 34 ...

And here's a layout from my friend, Ria.

Ria used our photos that Jeff took during Nadya's party. It's like having two layouts for this issue hehehe!

I will be sharing my Halloween layouts from Kris' Magazine way back in 2008 (finally I was able to take pictures hehehe!) this week!

Thanks for sharing my excitement!

{Countdown: 77 days before Christmas}

-Pia
10.09.10 

page 32 of Creating Keepsakes

I'm so thrilled to share with you that my layout, "1st Dentist Visit" is published at the September 2010 issue of CK!!!

I'm just so thankful for this newbie moment. I'm hoping this could be the start of more published layouts for me. Thanks for sharing my joy!

-Pia