This week I took a position as a manager of an establishment what hosts weddings on a pretty regular basis. The past week has been a whirlwind of BEAUTIFUL fall wedding planning. I am in LOVE with weddings right now! I decided this week to feature some of my favorite fall wedding research.
I think I have said about a million times how much I love fall. It's my favorite season, I think because I live in a region where fall is breathtakingly beautiful. Like, pull your car over to marvel at the beauty of mother nature beautiful. I highly recommend adding the Northeast Kingdom to your bucket list if you haven't already (we are officially in the book of 100 places to visit before you die book).
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I wish I had found this when I was planning my wedding.
NaturallyAspen's toadstool ring bearer pillow would have been perfect for my woodland themed wedding! In fact almost everything in their shop could easily be added to my "Things I want in my dream home" Pinterest board (especially
these,
this and
this).
This is where I wanted to show you a picture of my wedding bouquet. I heart it
big time, but alas, while searching through the facebook wedding album I could not find one, sooooo, here is a bouquet I heart a
little less, but it is still lovely. I also love the snippit of this dress, kinda wish I could see the whole thing though I bet it is divine.
Style Me Pretty is one of my go to wedding fix sites. I don't think I have ever shared with y'all my infatuations with all things wedding.... or maybe I have? Either way, sometimes I spend some time (more than what the Hubbs deems normal for someone who is already married) scouring wedding sites "Ohhhhing and Ahhhhing" over pretty photos like this. Then there is always the inevitable "Honey, when we re-do our vows..." conversation and that is right about the time he tunes me out.
Speaking of "next time", he will totally be wearing this boutonniere (from
Tellable Design), and the flower girl will have a crown of leaves and flowers, and... yeah, I will just stop there before I decide to get planning my whole 20th anniversary re-vowing ceremony (as if I haven't already).
and the bonus footage, me looking like a freak waiting for a million people to take my picture when all I really want to do is take of the 4 inch heels I am wearing... (accompanied by 1 sister, 3 good friends, 1 distracted, yet adorable daughter)
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So there were SOOOOO many pictures of this project I am trying something new, making collage sections to explain my process. I will also be offering custom albums on my Etsy shop.
From top left: I drew my template on scrap paper and then used tracing paper to get the image onto the chipboard. For this project I used Creative Imaginations medium weight chipboard for this project because I had to cut it by hand and I didn't want to hurt myself :) Next I used my awesome scissors to cut out the shapes from the cardstock and enough paper birds to cover both sides of the chipboard and create 4 inner pages that are double sided too. Using spray adhesive I added the paper to the cardstock, then I sanded all the edges.
I find that when making mini albums they are more likely to stand the test of time when the holes are protected by eyelets, so I dug out the Crop-a-Dile. I LOVE THIS TOOL. 
Once the basic bird was finished it was time to grab my journaling and photos. For this album I knew ahead of time that I would be using tweets and twitpics (I did have to fill in some photos from Facebook). The whole point was to add some of my virtual life into my real life. I copy and pasted some January Tweets and photos into a blank document and printed them out, being VERY careful to get the date and timestamp copied too! I wanted to track when the tweets were sent too.
Here are the inside pages, I added the tweets, and the pics (after inking them with the same pretty green as the album). I started to add embellishments and some hand journaling too. These photos are about 3/4 done, I was losing light so I wanted to get the photos done, I will update tomorrow with photos of the final embellishments (feathers!!!!!).
Autumn has been working pretty hard to get ready for her Winter Market this weekend, making bookmarks and other things. I will post some of her things in the shop and here after the weekend (whatever doesn't sell). If anyone is interested in supporting an 11 YO's dream to be an entrepreneur (how'd you like that guilt trip, lol!) In all seriousness, she is getting better every time she sits down to the craft table. She is developing a very good eye for color pallets and designing. I am so proud of her :)
