Homework, a little friend, and a mini-book.

One of the {many} perks of being me is that I have friends of all ages.

♥

This week's assignment theme for the photography class I'm taking is babies and/or kids. Fortunately for me, my 7-year old friend, Molly loves to have her picture taken.

Turns out that this past weekend Molly was practicing gymnastics so I met her and her parents at the gym. She's such a cute and sweet little thing. I talked to her before practice and told her to pretend I wasn't there...just ignore my camera and me. She did well with that, but there were definitely times when she couldn't help herself and looked my way with that cute dimpled face smile.

Sunday afternoon I spent a little time in my craft room creating a little something for Molly as a way to thank her for helping with my homework assignment. I made a little mini-book using name badge sleeves for protective covers for the 4"x3" photos I'd printed.

My journaling strips were done in Microsoft Word. {I created a one-cell-table, shaded it black and then added text making the font white. Printed, cut in strips...easy...}

I had to punch a few extra holes at the top of the name badge sleeves, then I held the little mini-book together with some ribbon strips. Here's the back cover/page:

Only little downside on using the name badge sleeves is the company logo printed on one side {you can see it in the photo above}. I went with it anyway because it made a sturdy little mini-book, just perfect for 7-year old hands to hold and look at for a while.

Dream big, my little friend.

Dream big.

♥