"Heather and Tom"

The Story:
I have known Heather for 13 years. Her mother, the fabulous Delani Bair, and I taught next door to each other for eight years. Delani went through three pregnancies, tons of laughter, and a few tears in that time with me. I am one of her greatest admirers. All these years later, her daughter, Heather and I found ourselves teaching at the same school. She in fifth and I in first. I have prayed for Heather that God would direct her to a mate that would appreciate her flamboyant and colorful personality and sweet and sensitive nature. . . Finally, the desire of her heart is realized. His name is Tom. On July 18th our Heather will be marrying and moving 2500 miles away. She will be missed more than you can possibly imagine, but knowing she will be with her true love makes it a tiny bit easier.

The Layout:
I made an 8X8 album for Heather to put candids from the wedding in. I used the Making Memories Wedding Line. The colors are black, white, and silver.

I added pictures of two of my favorite elements. The silver bird is an embossed bird from Ashley's NSBW Mini Album. (No, I did not get my book completed! Shame on me!) It went perfectly with this album. I used a couple of Ashley's Mini Album ideas in this book. (Thanks, Ashley!)

The other element is some hanging baubles. I used thread, metal tags (Making Memories,) and beads to hang these embellishments from the crocheted lace.

The album is an old SEI album that I covered with paper. It was a creme colored album with an odd argyle design down one side. I have had it forever and had always hoped I'd have an occassion to cover it and use it as a gift for a friend.



I am hoping to be a little more faithful to my blog this summer. I have had a fast a furious end to the school year and start to my time off. Things have settled down now and I am ready to swim, sun, and scrap.

"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~Henry James

P.S. I won't be posting this to Facebook because I don't want Heather to see it before the shower on Wednesday. Shhhh!