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Wedding dress shopping! This is why I’m so happy to be including pre-wedding stuff in my wedding scrapbook.
Challenge 1: I had a ton of pictures from trying on wedding and bridesmaid dresses. I wanted to create a sense that I tried on a lot of dresses without overwhelming the page.
Challenge 2: Some of the pictures were just okay. I wasn’t that great at taking pictures back then. Plus, I have some pictures of my bridesmaids in pretty random dresses and I know they would appreciate it if I didn’t blow them up to 5×7″.
Solution? Lots of little rectangles. This is very similar to the discussion I posted about using lots of little squares in a layout.
I created a long vertical grid and cut the pictures to 1.8 x 1.25 inches. To keep it interesting, I mixed in a few black and white ones. The large color picture near the top is me trying on the dress that I ended up getting.
Fitting in Keepsakes: This included the business card from the salon where I bought my dress, a swatch of my bridesmaids dresses, and paint chips that I picked up that day to match my wedding colors.
I trimmed the keepsakes the same size as the pictures. They neatly fit into the layout without being too distracting.
Wondering what the best way is to include swatches of fabric in your scrapbook? Never fear, I’ll be covering that in a different post in the future.
Finishing it off, I added a blue border around the grid and cut a headline out with the Silhouette.
To see my entire wedding scrapbook (so far), please visit my wedding scrapbook page.
How are you adhering the delicate cut-outs? Are you worried about them coming unglued over time?
I’m very jealous of this page– never did dress-shopping! Found mine online, ordered, done. A good thing, but yet, a sad thing.
I’m using this glue pen that allows me to make very precise little dots of glue on the back. I’ve been using it for a couple of years with great success – it’s stronger than it looks.
Dress shopping isn’t really all it’s cracked up to be – don’t worry. It was actually a pretty stressful time when you’re trying to figure out what you want and everyone waits with baited breath staring at you.
I love your photo block. Tons of photos but it’s not over crowded or overwhelming the page. Looks awesome! And what fun – exhausting I’m sure, but fun!
I should have made the layout more overwhelming to accurately depict the day!
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This is genius! I am having the same problem with my page- not overwhelming it with all the pictures of me trying on dresses (my wedding album/book is 11×8.5.) Thought I’d try and find some inspiration online
Awesome! Let me know how it turns out. I know 8.5×11 is smaller, but I think you can do something similar as long as it doesn’t take up the whole page. Or, if you do take up the whole page, putting a bunch in black and white will soften it a bit and not make it as overwhelming.