Hello Fall!

Hello friends! I hope you are having a great Fall season. I am enjoying it and looking forward to spending time with family for Thanksgiving next week. I'm especially excited about making a pumpkin pie from scratch. Ever since Josie learned a new song at school, "The Pumpkin On The Vine", she's been asking me to make a pumpkin pie from an actual pumpkin. So, I'm going to honor her request. It should be fun having her help me. I look forward to the memories we'll have from that experience.

This is such a great time of the year for making memories. It's also a wonderful time of year to stop and take note of all the things with which we are blessed. In order to help my family make giving thanks a priority, I created this Family Gratitude Album. I am honored to have been asked to be a part of Little Yellow Bicycle's Cycling Team, and this is one of the projects I created using their Hello Fall collection. (You can see my projects on their blog today).

I tied a bit of ribbon to the binder rings on this album, as a way to display it. It hangs at our front entryway, welcoming guests who visit our home. I absolutely love the rich autumnal colors in this line, and aren't those felt flowers yummy?

Each spread includes envelopes I created using a printable envelope template I got from Mel Stampz (I used the 4.75" square template and scaled it down slightly to a 4.5" size). I used Tombow's Fastener Tabs on the inside of the envelope flaps. These self-adhesive hook and loop fasteners are great for keeping the flaps closed.

Inside the little envelopes, is each family member's list of things for which they are grateful. I used some pre-printed journal cards from Little Yellow Bicycle (Say What? Journal Tablet: Gratitude), but you could print your own, or have family members write a personal note on coordinating patterned paper.

This project really helped me remember all the ways God has blessed me and my family. Over the past several years we've been through a lot of changes, moving around, and up and downs. And, through it all I've learned to be thankful for those basic things that many times I take for granted.

So, what are you thankful for? I challenge you to take time to put it in writing.