the twinery and little yellow bicycle | a winning combination

Hello Fall! And isn't that a great name for the newest paper collection from Little Yellow Bicycle? Fall is my favorite time of year, you know that, so I was most pleased to create quite a few projects featuring Little Yellow Bicycle's Hello Fall! line AND bakers' twine from The Twinery.

I challenged myself to create a mini album that can be interactive and have ephemera and photos added to it after I've created it. You see, I want to use this awesome 10-piece chipboard mini album from Little Yellow Bicycle to chronicle our Thanksgiving Week when Zach will be home and will be able to be part of our celebration of thankfulness and gratitude.

The front of the mini has a clear acrylic cover and that's what I embellished with the chipboard frame, tree and Family banner. See the canvas Gratitude pennant and felt flower embellishment? It's actually adhered to the page underneath.

And that's where I tied a yellow ribbon 'round the old oak tree with some Lemondrop baker's twine...

...and will add a family photo on this gorgeous yellow damask pattern so that it will peek through the acrylic cover perfectly. The canvas banner has been embellished with just a touch of Caribbean baker's twine as well.

I sewed this canvas border strip to the page with my sewing machine and embellished that line of stitching with two strands of baker's twine in Honeydew and Mandarin and the corrugated leaf shape is outlined in Marschino baker's twine as well. The journaling spot is just tucked into the little pocket the stitching created and I'll add in photos here as well, probably adhering them securely once I decide what is actually going to be displayed on this page.

With five family members, these little pockets, that have journaling cards inside, we'll each document one of our many blessings.

As much as I adore Fall, I could probably fill up this sweet little envelope by myself, but I'll be a good girl and ask the rest of the family to chime in with what they love about Fall, too. The frame was too large for my mini album page, so I cut it and pieced it back together, layering a piece of patterned paper where a photograph would probably go. On top of the chipboard flower, I layered a journaling spot and  outlined the die cut frame shape with Maraschino baker's twine.

I adore all the fun journaling spots in this collection, and here I've layered it with a chipboard scroll, some clear cut shapes and the part of the Paper Flower Kit that's been embellished with Maraschino and Caribbean baker's twine.

This tweetie, from the Chipboard Shapes pack, will help me tell my story as I tuck photos and perhaps some favorite family recipes from our Thanksgiving feast behind this canvas strip that's been adorned with more Maraschino twine. I didn't remove the adhesive back from the Canvas Sticker Border so that I could use it as a holding place for my ephemera.

The leaf stick pin has been inserted into the foam pop dot that adheres the Oh Happy Day canvas banner to my mini layout and tied off with two strands of Lemondrop baker's twine.

I can't wait to share the finished mini book with you once our Thanksgiving has been celebrated, it's going to be fun and colorful and full of memories.

Would you ever imagine that this raw pine shadowbox was from a dollar store? I began this project by embellishing the frame with the Canvas Tape Roll, cut in half lengthwise to make it go even further. A variety of Cardstock Die Cuts were used as fillers as well as Corrugated and Chipboard Shapes and the shadowbox hangs from a collection of baker's twine embellished with some Fabric Favorites.

Here's a close up of the twine, canvas tape and canvas button...cute, cute, cute!

I trimmed the pumpkin shape to fit into the 2"x2" space and added another pumpkin to the front of the shadowbox. More Felt and Paper Flowers make an appearance here with a Clear Cut leaf shape.

Ready for Project #3? Sure, it's a jar candle, but did you ever imagine that you could kick it up a notch like this? Maraschino twine highlights the banner from the Family Tree Page Kit to which I've added the Clear Cuts Shape Grateful sentiment.

That gorgeous aqua Crepe Paper Lace Ribbon was added to this lovely paper {it's already sticky} and then I fussy cut around the scalloped edge to add just a bit of whimsy.

Didn't forget the top, either! Using my 3" scallop punch, I embellished a round journaling spot with Caribbean baker's twine, a chipboard shape and three stick pins that I pushed into the foam pop dots I used to adhere the chipboard shape.

I had fun and hope you did, too!