A Mother's Day Album

I call this one "52Q:  Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow"

What is this, you ask?

It's an album with 52 questions.

Thought-provoking questions.

All the ones I created in the past were Christmas gifts.

The first question was to be answered

the first week of the new year ...

and a question each week for 52 weeks of the year,

hence 52Q.

Except for one, every album was created for a teenager.

(Which, I think is a great gift for a young one.

It's something I wish I would have had as a youngster.

Can you just imagine how much fun

it would be to pull it out many, many years later

just to read where your head was as a teenager?)

Several years ago, I was on a roll

and created quite a few albums, just like this.

The "except for one"

was created for Shannon (a gift from her mom)

EIGHT years ago!

Shannon was a few years away from her teen years.

But not too many.

Talk about making a gift last,

she is still answering questions.

As she was recently doing so,

she thought "wouldn't this be a great gift

for my mother-in-law?"

And the rest is history.

Shannon contacted me, I put together some questions,

she and her husband, Ruben, reviewed,

nixed some and added some.

And then I got to work.

What a wonderful idea, Shannon.

It's something she will leave behind.

Somewhat of a gift to her family some day.

Let's take a look ...

Here is the front cover, in all its glory.

You will see, the pages with the questions

are so plain.

I don't 'do plain' so I gussied up the cover

as much as I possibly could.
I pulled out all the stops and prettied it up.

Here is a view from the bottom looking up. 

The inside cover was so bland,

so of course, I had to give it some personality, too.

Rather than putting the title on the front cover,

I chose to tuck it in right here.

That little piece of seam binding?

All she needs to do is untie it and take a peek inside.

Once opened, it's a tri-fold.

Front and center, here is the woman of the hour.

Soledad.

Can you believe she is 81 years young?

Isn't she beautiful? 

On the left side is a little something I wrote.

Last night, when Shannon and Ruben stopped by

to take possession, as they read this,

I'm pretty sure I detected some misty eyes.

And on the right side is the 52Q: 

I am choosing not to post all of the questions,

but I do want to share a few of my favorites:

Now I can't wait to create another one!

And I also can't wait to hear Soledad's reaction.

Happy Mother's Day, Soledad.

I hope you enjoy your gift.