Showing posts with label Oregon coast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon coast. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Crafty Design Ideas: Wedding Scrapbook









Album: K & Company
In honor of our anniversary, I put the finishing touches on our wedding scrapbook album this past weekend! Jeff and I were married two yrs ago on the Oregon coast and it was a magical day.  ♥


My vision for our album was to combine elements in nature with a touch of elegance and romance. Since we were married at the ocean, I used a combination of sheer and embossed wedding papers, shell and sand papers, hand-cut flourishes, stamps and embellishments.


I chose ocean blue as our wedding color along with a spiral motif to symbolize eternity...


I arranged the book chronologically, and created a unique border for the page spread in each section.
Thanks to the lovely Sarah McAllister Photography, we have so many gorgeous photos from our special day. On each page, I combined three to four photos in collage style.


Of course, I had to make my dress! I based the design on Simplicity 1909...



To create scalloped edges on many of the page elements, I used a variety of Fiskars paper edgers. Love these scissors. I've had them a long time and I use them for everything!


For the ceremony pages, I used the ocean paper with rhinestone spirals and hearts. I printed a verse from our ceremony for each page in this section which we wrote together...



I chose Jolee's Boutique sticker embellishments (bells, birds and flowers) as accents throughout the album.


And the trim around the photos are hand-stamped flourish motifs accented with Holbein silver glitter paint at the points. The bottle has a super-fine tip, and their paint is saturated with glitter which is nice for fine detail.




Leave it to Iko cat to help me too.... :)



Photo corners and flourishes were made with a stamp set using Brilliance Dew Drops silver ink pad to create an old-fashioned look.


Added sheer ribbon edging on a few photos for a romantic effect...





 


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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Summer Travels/Inspiration


birthday bouquet - berry patch table runner
Now that the summer is winding to a close, it's fun to look back at everywhere we went. I love August. It's my birthday month, and nature is so abundant. Our garden is blooming everywhere. The days sure went by fast! Mostly local adventures for me this summer, but I took in many beautiful scenes :) We traveled to the Oregon Coast, and up the Columbia River Gorge near Mt. Rainier. Then, we came back to town for the Pickathon music festival at a local farm.

Our garden- August




Adorable beach cottage on the coast. We come here every year with my parents. It's one block from the beach. This place is so sweet! The dogs got happily worn out from playing frisbee on the beach :)



I'm always in awe of the big July and August full moons....

Columbia River Gorge... isn't it stunning?



 Views of Mt. Rainier.....






Portland Japanese Garden...




Pickathon music festival...