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My brother’s wedding is coming up in May and my future SIL’s bridal shower is this weekend.  Her MOH asked everyone to do a scrapbook page of her, my brother, or both of them together.  I thought she would like to have some pictures of my brother when he was little, so I did a little page of him up in a tree.  He sure was cute when he was young!  And now he’s a very handsome guy and I’m lucky to have him as a brother! 

*I used Stampin’ Up! Stamps and different papers.  I also did a little embossing (the white leaves) but it’s hard to tell.

Okay, so more wedding stuff.  Here are a couple of sample invitations that I made for my future SIL’s bridal shower.  And you guessed - she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES pink.  We were also thinking about a possible cooking theme.  These are just concepts - they definitley need some tweaking. 

The “Think Pink” one’s font will be a bit bigger and the words will be spaced out a bit to hig around the little dress in the corner.  This invite is handmade (except for the letters - that’s printed.)  The papers are layers and glued and the little dress in the corner is stamped (Stampin’ Up! baby) and embossed and then cut out.

The second invite with the plate is all done in photoshop (new to photoshop - I know it’s no great shakes, but I was pretty proud!).  In fact, the colors are much different on here than they should be (much more purpley and bright.)  I used a nice bright pink and crisp white, but it’s hard to tell.  You also can’t tell that there is a white border around the stipes. I plan on including a real black ribbon bow right about where it says “Lauren’s Shower” and then making this the front of a big envelope, which has 3 blank recipe cards inside (all custom made to match of course) that people fill out and bring with them to the shower, with little instructions.  I’m hoping to do a custom cookbook if we use this theme.

I’ve blocked out the personal information in case any of you are nut jobs (hehe.)

So, I posted Day One and Day Two in one day - no biggie.  I’m back on track.

My future sister-in-law knows that I make jewelry on occasion, so she asked me to replicate a necklace she had for the bridesmaids to wear in the wedding.  I’m sure the original is something like swarovski crystals, but since we’re on a budget, I found some really nice glass beads at AC Moore.  They don’t have quite the same sparkle - but they’re DARN close.

They’re tough to photograph so as you can see, I’ve used a model - my adorable little guy, Finnegan.  :)  I know he totally upstages the necklace, but try to not focus on his cuteness…. hehe.

  

UH!  I’ve been counting down the days, making lists of projects, buying supplies and then I miss posting on the FIRST day!  I wish I didn’t have a job and could dedicate myself fully to this project alone (hehe.) but I’ll just have to be more diligent in getting my posts up.

 Here it is - DAY 1 (delayed).  I found this project on MarthaStewart.com and thought it would be a good and easy way to get started, with the end result being something usable and fun.  I’ll post when complete, but I know for the next one, I’ll add more strands - this is a little thinner than I had hoped for.  It will be a good gift.

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.0e0eb51a2e6b5ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e21c0b266e35110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=no%20knit%20scarf&rsc=header_6

      

to get going on this!  I’m just so stuck in a rut and this will force me to get going.  I’m more excited to see what everyone else does - I’m sure it will inspire me to try new things!  I guess I should start a list of things…  Really looking forward to it.