"Here Comes the Bride" - Two Page Wedding Layout

And...Here comes the beautiful bride! She's a beauty inside and out!

 I can't even tell you how hard it was to choose the pictures for this album. They must be super photogenic, because they were all beautiful. The beautiful flower girl is my granddaughter  from my oldest son and daughter-in-love. She is a delight. That dress, though! She is so precious! The boys are nephews of the bride.

 I am pleased with how this layout came together. I've had the journalling cards in my stash forever, and they seem to tie this entire layout together. I love the light taupe matting on the pics to help the photos take front and center on the white card stock.  I mixed black and white photos with color all the way through this album. It was a bit of a challenge, but after awhile it came easier to me. In addition to spreading the black and white photos across the pages for balance, I'm kind of anal about making sure the people in the photos are looking towards the center of the page, rather than looking off the edge of the page. Combine those design standards, and I can drive myself a bit crazy with my photo placement. 😜

 I took some close ups so you could see more of the details. Aren't they a lovely pair?? I hope I did these photographs justice.

 I adore this black and white of the bride. She looks so deep in thought, confident, and ready to tie the knot!! The photo of my son below as she walks down the aisle! He was getting a bit emotional. I love that moment of all weddings, and love to watch the groom's expressions.

So happy to share these layouts with you all. I hope you are enjoying them. Thanks for stopping by.

Three Double Scrapbook Layouts - "Extravaganza", "Fun in the Sun", and "Extreme"

Blogging is great fun for me; however, photographing all of my layouts, is not my favorite part. Recently I had a 3" stack of layouts waiting to be photographed. I got through them this weekend, so I now have plenty to post and can hopefully get my layouts into albums.

Our 25th anniversary cruise is my latest FINISHED album! Yay! Our 25th was December, of 2010. Flipping through the album brought back so many great memories of our time away together!! It spurs me on to get the rest of my layouts into their appropriate albums where they are protected and easy to enjoy.

Here are a few more cruise layouts. The first one is titled "Extravaganza" featuring the infamous midnight extravaganza buffet. Great fun and food! (left)

With all of the color in these pics, there weren't a lot of embellishments needed.

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Next is "Fun in the Sun" from our stop at the Tortuga Rum Company where we sampled and purchased some rum cakes. They have a beautiful location right on the beach.

I love the fun Fancy Pants "Beach Babe" paper.

 

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 And last but not least, "Extreme". This is certainly not my favorite layout. I'd much rather be looking at the sand and surf, than these parched and desolate scenes, but I felt the need to scrap it all. =)
I had fun making the layered road sign with my Cricut "Dude" cartridge.

I used Coredinations (black with green) cardstock and sanded it just enough so the green shows through. The flames and title work are also from "Dude". The post office frame is from "Art Philosophy".

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Thanks for stopping by my blog. I will be posting more cruise layouts over the next few weeks. You can type "cruise" into the search box if you'd like to check out the other layouts from our cruise.