I was looking through photos a few nights ago, and this layout sort of fell together... :)
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Two posts in one day - truly a miracle! :)
I wanted to give Mike a more personalized box of candy this year, so I decided to cover my own! First, I found a box of good chocolates - harder than you might think! I actually looked through to find one with a lid that wasn't quite perfect, since I planned to cover it up anyway! (Rite Aid - you can thank me later!)
Only the bottom/inside were shrink-wrapped, so I was able to remove the lid without opening the interior wrapping. (Too bad really, I might have taste-tested the candy.)
I traced the lid on some Harley Davidson scrapbook paper, trimmed to fit, and adhered. I found the logo in my box of Harley paraphenalia - it is cardboard, I think cut from a shoe box! I trimmed along the outline, and painted with Glimmer Glaze to give it some shine. I cut a piece of orange cardstock to back it so it would stand out a little more.
I added the ribbons and cards (all hearts), used pop-dots under the logo for depth, and adhered to the box. Done! I think Mike got a kick out of receiving a very unique box of chocolate for Valentine's Day! :)
It's a miracle - I made a scrapbook page outside of our Project Life album! :) Ali Edwards reminded us last week of how important it is to capture "a day in the life", so I captured my Sunday! :)
(Check out Ali's day at www.aliedwards.com)
Template by Ali Edwards; alpha (T) by Foxy Designs; red stitching and pierced holes by Katie Pertiet; Joyful Juliana font.
The photo of Asher and my foot is a story in itself that I really need to capture sometime! :)
Had to capture the kids- of the two and four-legged variety - that we love!
Template by Katie Pertiet; alphabet from the Hoppy Halloween collab kit (O'Scraps and The Lilypad); papers and elements from Hocus Pocus by Valerie Wibbens; word art by Paislee Press; and word art by Creativity by Crystal.
The rest of our Minnesota album... :) (see previous post)
For the final page, I used a bunch of iPhone photos that Nevaeh and I snapped at the wedding reception... :)
We had such a great time with our family in Minnesota that I wanted to make an album to showcase all of the photos! I used a template album and "itty bitty date tags" by BioGraffitti, the Vagabond kit by One Little Bird, and family wordart by Paislee Press. I am printing the pages in 8x8 and using a red leather Pioneer album.
Here are my pages! (The borders of the pages are white, about an inch or more beyond the borders.)
I repeated the elements from the Vagabond kit throughout, noting highlights of each day, and adding some "Trip Trivia" - just silly things I didn't want us to forget.
This idea was "cooler" in my head, but I still like how it turned out... as Mike and I were out and about on his birthday, I snapped pictures of signs around us. I used the letters in the signs to spell happy birthday on his card...
Photo frames by Katie Pertiet; other elements/papers from Pulp Fiction kit by Beth Rimmer.
Carla and Adam's wedding was lovely... :)
Template by Alice Koh Designs; felt alpha by Patti Knox; all papers and elements from the Artemia charity kit (collab).
I have not been able to post photos on my blog for the last few weeks, thanks to Microsoft's DEP (Data Execution Prevention), which no longer allows me to insert images into my blog posts via Internet Explorer! After trying many different "fixes", I finally downloaded Firefox, and it seems to work just fine - fingers crossed! ;)
Anyway - since I have so many weeks to catch up, I will only post the double spreads - feel free to email me if you'd like to see something closer, or have a question!
Week 25--
(Part of a Starbucks cup, fortunes from forune cookies, tags from new towels, and a download from the TV show, Wilbur.)
Week 26--
(Photos on the bottom are from work events. I included a hotel room key card and a receipt from Shelton's Fireworks - and a poker chip from Riders HD in Birmingham.)
Week 27--
(July 4th weekend - on the right, a 6x12 page protector with some paraphanelia from the week.)
Underneath the 6x12 page, I used a mixed page protector (6x8 and 4x6) to hold the invitation to our cookout along with several pages (4x6 and 4x4) of photos from the cookout.
Week 28--
(Score cards from Friends trivia, a layout about Asher, backed with a newspaper article that I wanted to save.)
(Cough drop and tea bag wrappers) :)
This is also where I placed the Harry Potter layout that I posted previously.
Week 29--
(On the right, a cover from Locke & Key, a graphic novel series that I love!)
On the lower right, I used these "flip up" 4x6 page protectors - loving these when I only want to add 1-2 more photos for the week. I found them at Joann.com.
Week 30--
Another type of page protector on the right - holds 10 4x6 photos, 4 vertical, which is nice when you have a mix! I used this one for photos from the Beth Israel Cemetery in Meridian, MS.
Behind the cemetery page, a 6x12 page protector, with full-bleed 6x12 photos of the Statue of Liberty replica near Birmingham, and the right side of the week.
Week 31--
(Sticker from my new receiver, umbrella and sword from Shogun)
Week 32--
Week 33--
Week 34--
Hard to tell here, but there is a 6x12 divided page protector on the right, so I could add 6 more photos from our Minnesota trip.
Week 35--
Another extra page protector, so I could add 10 photos from our trip.
And on the back/right, photos from the first USC game of the season, and a visit with friends!
Phew - that was a lot of weeks! Will catch up the last 2-3 this week!
I felt the need to document the last Harry Potter movie - funny, since I also did a page about the last book. :) You can see the layout I did about the final book here...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/invincible_summer/980773335/in/set-72157600826859070
And my layout about "the end"...
I created the title using a free "Harry Potter" font from dafont.com and the Edged Plastic action by Atomic Cupcake.
Journaling: I have been living with Harry Potter since 1999, when I bought the first three books in the series and read them in two days. I knew even before I finished the first book that this was something special. I looked forward to the new releases, listened to the audio books, and when the movies started, I couldn’t wait to see Harry on the big screen. It felt like “the end” when I read the last book, and today, we went to see the final movie. I don’t mind admitting that I had tears in my eyes more than once, as we saw characters come and go for the last time. Thanks Harry (and J.K.
Rowling) - the last 12 years have been... magical! July 16, 2011
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