2012 - the year of weddings

Well, we are 2 weeks into 2012 and I've already been to 2 weddings and have 1 yet to come. That's right, LOVE is in the air.
First off, we had Michael (or Borgy to his friends) & Tamasin's big day, which was a beautiful and elegant affair, with one of the most emotional bridal entrances I've ever seen. I think this was the biggest wedding I've been to - 250 guests! Tamasin's mum and sisters also sang opera arias during the ceremony - wow! Just WOW!

blessed be

Aww!!!

gotta love cake that looks beautiful & tastes delicious!

close up of the Bird toppers - delightful!

Then a few days later we had Jonathan (or Jash to his friends - yep Matt's friends all have nicknames) and Caroline's lovely day. Beautiful weather, great food and friends plus the scrabble theme made this such a fun day.

bridal party

the happy couple

the scrabble cake!

sharing their love of scrabble

I made cards for both weddings but forgot to grab a pic of the first one. Here is the second one, made from some leftover KaiserCraft paper.

It was lovely to share both days with the happy couples, and I'm curious to see if we attend any more weddings this year before we head off on Nikki & Bob's wedding cruise/our belated honeymoon. Enjoy the pics!

Trace* xox

Scrapbooking Memories Masters

Yes, its been a while. Lets not talk about it. Let's focus on the positives and look towards all of the New Years Resolutions that I made and am desperately trying to keep up with.

Resolution 1: Blog more (or at all).

A lot of you know that I entered the Scrapbooking Masters Competition that is run by Scrapbooking Memories Magazine back in August 2011. It was a really long wait till the results came out, and even though I didn't win (sadface) I was lucky enough to get an honorable mention!

This was the first time that I had ever submitted to any magazines, I've always been too scared of rejection to submit. I must admit, the 4 entry tasks were challenging. I'm not much of a journaller, and the colour challenge was definitely a combination WAY out of my comfort zone.

So here are are my layouts, and also a shot of my first ever published layout. Enjoy!

Hidden Journalling: 'HeartBeat'

The journalling was under the left section on hinges.
I mirrored the title on both layers

I hand stamped and inked the letters, then cut them out

5x7 Photo: My Sunshine

the devil is in the details: a little stamping and fussy cutting

Colour Challenge - Brown/Orange/Blue: 'Still Working'

the cogs actually turn!

Sketch Challenge: 'Photo Booth'

I LOVE making paper pinwheels!

Honourable Mention! Woot!!!