Scrapbook

In all my years of crafting I have only made two scrapbooks.  My first was a mini scrapbook for my daughter-in-law and was filled with photos taken at her wedding.  I was pleased with the results and actually enjoyed the process - you see I suffer from a rare malady (I'm not sure it even has a name), but, well...I am intimidated by 12 x 12 pieces of card stock.  That is a lot of real estate to fill with pictures and pretty stuff!  Oh, and then, you put two of them side by side and now you have an expanse (24 x 12) to conquer.  Geesh!  It would make me break out in cold sweats just thinking about it....

ANYWAY.... a friend of mine is the owner / operator of Pearl's Pastries. She has brag books to show to potential clients of her previous work and figured her crafty little friend (little ol' me) could pull the wedding cake photographs together in a professional and visually pleasing manner.  At this point, I was having a little pep talk in my head about how nice a little 8 x 8 scrapbook could work out for us... no need to hyperventilate over the dreaded 12 x 12.

During our first meeting, we flipped page by page through her note book.  Peggy gave me all the details on each of her creations.  I quickly realized that the 8 x 8 was really not going to be enough room to showcase her yummy handiwork.  So my 12 x 12 phobia slowly melted away like an ice cream cone in the summer.

Below are just a few of my favorite pages from Pearl's Pastries Wedding Cakes Album:

I have since designed myself some business cards and intend to pursue "crafting for hire" as a means to make some cash while engaging in one of my favorite hobbies.  I ask you, what could be better than that?

Rubber Stamp and Scrap Book Expo

This weekend the Altamont Fair Grounds is the site of the first annual Rubber Stamp & Scrap Book Expo for the Albany area. While the choice of venue may not have been optimum on this chilly & rainy weekend, the exhibitors offered a wonderful variety of products as well as several offering make & take opportunities. Here is a list of the vendors along with links to their websites.

Heartfelt Creations ** SweetStamps.com ** Our Daily Bread Designs ** Stamp On It ** Luni Stamps ** Bo Nash International ** Scrap Dazzle ** Close to My Heart (Cinde Apuzzo) **Denami Designs ** We B Scrappin' ** Blockheads ** Starving Artistamps ** Carolina Crafting Concepts ** Mainley Memories ** Rubbernecker ** Creative Memories ** Stampin' Up! (Sharyn R. Bouck) ** WoodwareUSA.com ** Tessler Stencil Company

Tomorrow I will be taking my camera along, so I will be able to post photos.
Sunday April 18th show time = 11 am to 4 pm

Oh, as part of your admission, you can also get to visit The Woman's Expo where another 22 exhibitors have space. I didn't get a chance to check them all out today, but I'm looking forward to browsing through to visit them:

Scentsy ** Passion Parties ** American Laser Centers ** Lia Sophia ** Bathfitters ** Silpada ** Bottle Docker LLC ** Phenomenal Fudge ** Stella & Dot ** Silver Leaf Resorts **The Robyn Lynn Collection ** Arbonne International ** Beauti Control ** For the Love of Rocks ** Huff N' Puff ** Jude Craft Specialty Foods ** Yumi Chen Designs ** Premier Designs **Isagenix ** Get Personal Designer Jewelry ** Grandpa Pete's Gourmet Sauce ** The Comfort Station

More to come - stay tuned!

Dianna & Stephen's Mini Scrapbook

I had so much fun pulling this project together for my daughter-in-law (sorry Steve, but you could probably tell from the color choices, she was my target audience). Anyway, it took me weeks to get it just right, but I shipped it off last Saturday and got confirmation that it was delivered, so now I can post some of the pictures.

the binder & protective sleeve