Cathy and Peter's Gate Fold wedding program

Cathy and Peter loved our gate fold wedding program! Printed on champagne paper, the program showcases their monogram initial as a watermark on all sides of the program. The front includes event information such as their names, wedding date and location. When the cover is opened, a beautiful quote and cute short "story" is placed on the right flap. Once the program is fully opened, their wedding party and wedding ceremony itinerary fills the page with the beautiful romantic fonts ( the script font matches their wedding invite!) The back of the program includes an "in memory" section as well as a heartfelt thank you note to thier guests.  A wrap closure/belly band made of "old gold" metallic paper, is also included with a peel and stick adhesive- their names and initial is also printed on the front.

congrats to the bride and groom!

Jen and Mike's Booklet wedding program

Jen and Mike loved the look of our booklet programs. They ended up choosing a standard size (4.25x5.5") booklet with an outer tag, and then added an additional insert page for 8 pages of writing. The extra pages were needed to include their ceremony order, a thank you note,in memory section,  and a brief (Very fun!) paragraph about each bridesmaid and groomsmen.  The first page, which provided the standard  names/wedding date/location information was combined with a drawing created and given to the couple by one of their young attendants. So sweet!

the cover of the booklet is a deep metallic navy blue. the champagne colored insert pages were ties together using a silver colored ribbon. The outer tag was also created with the champagne paper.

All in all ...a beautiful wedding program with lots of personality. :) love it!

Congrats to the happy couple!

Jennifer & John's mini scroll program

Jennifer and John loved our mini scroll programs! we used an ivory paper and printed in gold and a deep plum.

We included the wedding ceremony, their wedding party, and at the top of the program: a thank you to their guests. I love the way the layout turned out!

Mocha and Dark Brown ribbon was also included in their order to hold the shape of the rolled program!

congrats to the bride and groom! :)

Sophie and Scott's Scroll Program

Sophie and Scott were referred to us by their wedding musician :) I was asked to recreate a similar scroll program from the sample they were shown!  ( have i mentioned how touched i am for all the referrals?? :) )

we used a charcoal gray font for most of the invitation, with a light pink monogram behind the ceremony information.  The program was printed on white matte paper- an ivory ribbon was provided to roll/tie the programs into shape.

congrats to the bride and groom!

Kiwi Lane, DT doodles week 20

Crazy to think we are 20 weeks into the year already!! Memorial day is here, school is almost out... and it's currently in the 60's in SE Michigan ( yes, it was 90 earlier this week!). Anyway, my scrappy girls and i got together yesterday to celebrate the un-boat-like weather and had almost 12 hours of kid free scrapping. let the choirs sing, b/c it really was that beautiful and we really did get a lot accomplished!  One such layout i completed just happens to be based on this week's sketch from Kiwi Lane's DT Doodles challenge.  i ( as always) had more pictures than their sketch, but i just used the "journaling" sections as more locations for photos.  the best part? i actually got to use REAL kiwi lane templates instead of my usual "winging it" curves. OMG- so much easier. i am in love :) <3 br="">
here is my oldest at her christmas concert... we took a ton of videos during the performance, so here are the "after"shots with family, friends, and her teacher.  

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HJWC Programs and wordle

Once again, i had the privilege of working on something for the HJWC, Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club. This time, it was programs for the group's end of the year meeting and celebration.

We used the Gate Fold program design, printed on white metallic papers.  The navy and pink logo was printed on the top of the cover and inside of the program, as well as matching borders along the edges.  Navy blue text was used throughout the program.  A light pink wrap with the Logo printed in the center was also included.

I was also presented with the challenge of creating my first "wordles".  I was provided some amazing quotes and had to turn them into art- i think they turned out ok for my first try ;)

best of luck, ladies!

DT Doodles, week 18

I have completed more scrap pages in the past 5 months than i think i have in the last 3 years!  It's amazing when you have "space" and organization how much you can get done. i have also learned to section my scrapping into different days: organize photos, pick out papers/embellishments, attach photos/backings to backdrop, design on the computer then cut later, etc. Yes, from start to finish it takes days to weeks to finish a layout, but if i have 20 minutes (think 'nap time' ) i can get one thing done and leave it out (key!!!) until the next time i have a spare moment. slowly, the pages get finished....amazing. :) why didn't i do this years ago! 

speaking of never catching up... here is my latest layout, thanks to Kiwi Lane's DT challenge. This is my daughter with one of her favorite meals- spaghetti ( have i mentioned she'll be 5 years old this week??? and yes, spaghetti is still one of her favorites!). I think my family is one of the only families-- note: we're Italian-- in the world that calls it "basta".. yes, with a "b".  So when i broke out the cricut this evening, of course, i found a "pasta" cut out; instead of redesigning something (again, think time-saver!), i used it to my advantage and just added a big 'ole "B" to draw attention to the fact that my family is a little different and it's ok ;)
Manga! :) and happy scrapping... :)

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