Remembering the Day(s)

I made this Shadow Box for my husband for Christmas. I love the tiny proof pictures you get when you develop pictures. It's a shame to see those go to waste so I decided to turn them into a project. I took our wedding announcement and surrounded it by those tiny pictures. Then I cut out some of our favorite wedding pictures and stuck them in the shadow box at varying distances. This gave the shadow box a pop up book effect.

For our first anniversary I created an online photo book at Kodak Gallery. I don't have the time or patience to scrapbook anymore and this was a nice alternative.

In the details

Here is some of the details from my wedding that I had a part of creating.

Guest Book- I used our pictures from our engagement photo shoot to make our guest book more interesting for the guests and for us later on.
Centerpiece- I originally wanted gardenias in each bowl for the table centerpieces but the price was $75 for 3 gardenias. We have a gardenia bush in our yard but the flowers hadn't bloomed yet. My colors were apple green and lemon yellow. I went for a much cheaper alternative by using lemons and limes and added a candle and curly willow to go around each bowl. I thought it was a fun, whimsical alternative.
While planning my wedding I decided I wanted pictures of my parents, grandparents as well as my in laws and their parents wedding pictures. I'm grateful for these weddings which ultimately brought me to my own. On the opposite side I had a bridal picture of my maternal grandma, my mom and myself. This detail of my wedding was one of my favorites. A wedding day happens once but the family that surrounds you is eternal.