Our Koloist friend Steve Light and his wife Christine worked together to make this beautiful baby album. They used a mango Kolo Newport photo album:

For a baby gift my wife asked me to draw a kid-friendly scene on a Kolo album. I drew the scene and Christine hand-painted it. I think it looks great. Our friend is sure to love it to put new baby pics in.

I drew it in pencil and Christine painted it in acrylic. We use FolkArt brand craft paint because it dries matte, not plastic-like or shiny like regular acrylics. The Kolo fabric is nice to paint on. A little porous but takes the paint well. We will be doing another in a few days for my cousin's baby.

How cool for the friends' kid to have a children's book author/illustrator/toy maker for a buddy. To see books Steve has published, check out www.stevelightart.com . His new book, Trucks Go is due out in early 2009 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.

- Ugo