* * Learn Something New Everyday FINISHED * *

It's November but I figured the excuse of giving birth at the end of September is a good enough excuse for this project to be a little late!

But it's finished now! * yay * As it happened I was on maternity leave throughout September and used Shimelle's kit to create the album in advance and this made a huge difference to my ability to actually complete this album.  I used the Pink Paislee 6x12 album that Shimelle included in her kit but I wanted to use American Crafts 6x4 page protectors.  They were not quite the right size, This post describes how I prepared my album & adjusted the page protectors to make them the perfect size.

September was a month of real highs and lows.  We said sad goodbyes and joyeous hellos.  We laughed, we cried, we cuddled.  We lost one member of our family and welcomed a new one.

Documenting all this was sometimes difficult and I often used used one or two sentences each day to summarise my feelings.  In a way creating this albun was a helpful distraction and I'm pleased that I got it finished and that all the feelings and emotions of a rollercoaster month have been captured together.

There are not that many photos in album but I'm ok with that.  I added some tags and documentation where I could but mostly it's just embellishments and journalling,  I guess sometimes we forget that we scrapbook to remember and preserve memories and sometimes this can be done without having a kodak perfect photo to go with those memories.

Of course... the best bit about September was welcoming her into this world !