3, count ’em, three pages for my wedding invitations.
Seem like overkill? I don’t think so. I was determined to find a place for each piece of our invitation. That’s the entire point of having a wedding scrapbook as opposed to an album.
Yes, I could have tucked all the inserts inside the envelope on the first page. But I worked hard on them and want people to look at them. Plus, I don’t want them falling out years down the road and getting lost.
On the first page, I have the invitation itself with the inner envelope. This is where I ran into the issue of needing pink shimmer stock: the title simply didn’t look right without it.
On the second page, I included the outer envelope showing the return address along with maps I made. I used two copies of the map so I could show both sides. I wrote up a little blurb about making our invitations and the fun we had getting response cards in the mail.
The third page takes a bit of explaining. I kept all the response cards we received (I’m nerdy like that). I wanted to include some of them, but who to choose? I decided it would be nice to honor our grandparents.
I included their three response cards and backed them on patterned paper. I took pictures of each of them walking down the aisle at our wedding and put them opposite their cards.
And just like that, I’m three layouts into the new section!
To find out about the papers I’m using for my wedding scrapbook, visit my post on the Wedding Scrapbook Paper Scheme.
To view all of my wedding scrapbook layouts, visit my wedding scrapbook page.
I absolutely LOVE how you paired the response cards and photos. What a fabulous idea!!
thanks! It took me a while to figure it out but I was pretty pleased with myself when I finally arrived at this idea.
I agree – what a great way to include and honor your grandparents in your book!
Thanks!!
Your blog has *totally* inspired me to tackle my wedding album. We got married in 2005 and I’m setting a goal to have it done by our 10th anniversary. Love what you did with the response cards!
Good luck! I’m glad you are inspired! Let me know if you need any help or get stuck and be sure to share your project!