Monday, April 12, 2010

Move Over, Martha!

A couple of years ago, I decided to make a scrapbook for my parents’ anniversary. Having never delved into the uber crafty world of scrapbooking, I immediately took lessons from my good friend Tara…a master of the art. She taught me the tricks of the trade, let me borrow her supplies and even took many trips with me to Michael’s to get fun material.

The book seriously took me months and it was a great hit. Since then I haven’t scrapbooked but I have used scrapbooking materials to personalize gifts and cards. All thanks to Tara, I am an even more amazing gift giver!

For one of my gifts to my sister, I decided I wanted to make her a personalized guestbook for her wedding. Since her colors were blue, black and white, I made sure that was the only theme I went with…the hardest part about making the book was having my sister take pictures of her and Jimmy. It is amazing how different we are…

Anyway, here are some shots from the finished product!

Cover (FYI – The bridesmaids held bouquets of hydrangea)…
From Guestbook


First page. Her and Jimmy met on an online game…here are their avatars sitting by the fire…
From Guestbook


First time using fun stamps!
From Guestbook


I love the flowers that they have come out with…
From Guestbook


Heart Cut Outs…these sucked to glue…
From Guestbook


More game pics…
From Guestbook


Fun paisley thingies… yes, that is the technical term for the blue things
From Guestbook


To see all the pages, feel free to click on a picture.

It was so much fun to make…and I finished it all in two nights! Yay me. :D

3 comments:

Tara said...

Shoot girl... Thanks for all the shout outs! I haven't scrapbooked in such a long time. It's all just sitting in my bedroom gathering dust... Love your project--very cute! Can't wait to hear more about the weeding.

Jessica said...

Hey! I'm impressed by your scrapbooking! It's super cute!

Veronica Maria said...

Awesome job!!!!