Thursday, January 14, 2010

Rosie

I just finished my first accordion book layout. The accordion book was a gift from one of my former students. She had decorated the book with a cat stamp on the cover. I've been holding on to this book a couple of years, waiting for the right time to use it. Rosie, my husband's cat of 17 years passed away last year (she'd been with him a lot longer than I have). It hit him pretty hard. When I recently ran across photos of her, I remembered the accordion book and, well, the rest is history!

I purchased a little package of cat embellishments (stickers and ribbon) by Miss Elizabeth's Scrapbook Accessories at the Dollar Tree , used some coordinating scrap paper and finished it off with a little silver crown sticker atop Rosie's head. I think the book turned out cute, and my husband loves his little memory book.



4 comments:

  1. That is a cool album and a great gift for your DH! WTG!

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  2. That is so cool! It is so hard to say goodbye to a cat that has been part of your family so long. I need to do the same for myself. My cat died when I was 19-he was 19. Sad! I have never wanted another pet since. Maybe a book like that would help me heal my broken heart? Thanks for sharing it!

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  3. Love this memorial to your beloved cat! It's beautiful!! We lost our cat who was only 12yo and it hit my dh very hard as well. My dd did a tribute book and it does help in the grieving.

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