i was fortunate enough to be able to create a guestbook/wedding album for my cousin/best friend.  you know, i posted all those pictures a few weeks ago from her wedding and our mini-vacay. the rest of the pages for the album all pretty much look like these… she needs to give me themes and pictures so i can finish putting them together for her.  i’m working on a 2nd sample WITH pictures and will share that when it’s done.

her colors were a demin/navy-ish blue and cream and silver.  beautiful stuff.  my florescent lighting doesn’t do it justice.  one more thing i need to retake pictures of when i have some natural light.

the title page is 6×12, and looks beautiful with a collage on the backside.

included their invitation – i actually used the invitation to come up with the color scheme for the guest book.  i wanted the emphasis to be on the pictures + words versus decorations and accents and anything else that would draw away your eye.

title page for the guestbook part.

cards fit into individual 4×6 pockets.  can be horizontal or vertical.  or both.  haha.  you can also switch out cards and pictures.

one card.  the idea is to have people write a little note, sign their name, draw a picture… do something more fun than write their name and address.

close-up of the decorative part of the card.  each one is hand punched and glued and glittered.

and i do custom-make these, just let me know what you need!!  thanks for looking!!

lovies, =o) kel

just wanted to give a quick update… i will be back tomorrow to post a card i made for the crafty critter’s challenge #4 – flowers but in the mean time, asking for prayers, well wishes, happy thoughts… whatever you can (and want to!) spare for one of my BFF’s… she was admitted to the ICU this past friday with an unknown blood infection.  turns out it’s meningitis.  now, i don’t know much about it even though my mom’s in healthcare (she’s not much of a help lol) but what i do know is that she will remain in the ICU until 1) her blood pressure stablizes (it’s dangerously low right now) and 2) she can breathe on her own.  and i know she has blood clots in her hands and arms, and she might end up losing her right leg due to the low blood pressure.  we’re all keeping our hopes up and expecting her to get better and back to normal  but it’s still a bit of a trying time.  

but other than that, i just wanted to say hi.  lots going on… we’re back to working on the website.  in spite of everything j and i decided (and when i say “j and i” i mean “i decided and j has no choice but to go along with it”) that we gotta keep plugging away.  grieve and get over it.   so we’ll have new things added to the site and re-open up shop in a couple weeks!!  also working on a new (to us) order for some yummy American Crafts goodies!!   had a nice chat with Josh, my AC rep and he gave us lots of good pointers and got me excited all over again for everything!!

ttyl!!

lovies, =o) kel