Wedding Smashbook pages

So when I was flipping through my Smashbooks the other day, I realized I had a few pages in my white Love/Wedding album I had never shared. These were completed over a year ago! This smashbook has a lot of great pages in it that I don't want to cover up!

Our wedding cake was so yummy. Joe's grooms cake was a tree stump with a chain saw on top - too cool! His mom made both of our cakes.

A few of the flowers Joe has given me over the years. 

Mr. and Mrs. - a couple of my favorite photos from the wedding.

Family portraits from our wedding:

Happy Smashing!

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Project Life Wedding Guest Book

Today I'm showing you the second wedding project for my friend. I had picked up the wedding mini kit at Michael's for like $6 on clearance and just knew it would come in handy one day. Her wedding colors were black and light purple, and this kit is black, white, and gray. I just picked up a few pieces of lilac patterned paper at the CKC show Mom and I attended. I cut them into 3x4 and 4x6 pieces and mixed them in with the wedding mini kit. I already have tons of PL pocket pages so I didn't have to buy any.

I reprinted the pictures I used on the memory board and made a spread in the guest book. Finally used up some of those hoarded letter stickers from the Target Dollar Spot too (and I still have a ton left, but oh well).

Sweet title. I looked down on the floor and that little heart was laying there. I guess it had fallen out of a cut file I had made on my Cameo at some time... serendipity!

I was able to customize some Wedding Mad Libs from KINDstudio on Etsy. They were so affordable and the shop owner was super easy to work with. She resized the image to make it fit into my Project Life pocket pages. I got them printed, cut, and corners rounded at UPS. So worth it!

I used Design D throughout the book. All she has to do is just slip the Mad Libs and pictures from the wedding photo booth into the pocket pages and she will be able to create a guest book in no time!

She can mix up the layouts and move any cards she wants.

I used a few Design X in the book... that gives her an extra spot for an extra pic or Mad Lib. Or she can just keep the patterned paper as is.

I cut out a few shapes on my Cameo and used some MAMBI wedding stickers for simple decoration.

And some pretty Heidi Swapp script stickers.

I also included just a few empty pages in the back for her to slip in photos of her ceremony, reception, and honeymoon. I gave her the leftover cards, papers, and stickers to use if she wants to switch up anything. She loved it!!

I seriously love this project. I wish I had known about Project Life when I got married!

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How to Create Curved Text on your Silhouette Cameo

Here's a quick tutorial on how to curve text on your Cameo. This is how I made those cute little custom banners on my Cameo for my friend's wedding board.

It's pretty simple once you get the hang of it! There's more than one way to do this, but here's the way I got it to work.

First, open up your banner. I used this one from the Silhouette Online store. I moved the background (the one I cut in black) off the mat.

 Then select the banner and duplicate it.

Select the Text box and write out your name or phase. Adjust the font and size to fit your project. Notice that little circle on the left side of my text? (double click your text to get it to appear on your screen). Drag that circle onto one of the lines of your banner.

 Now your text follows the path of the banner. Since this line is now a text path, it won't be cut.

 Over on the left side of your text, there is a line where you can move your text up and down. When I was making the banners, I couldn't get the text to go down far enough... So that's why I duplicated the banner and placed it over top of the text. That allowed me to get the text exactly where I wanted it to print.

And here's your final banner, ready to print and cut. Just print onto your paper. Then adjust your cut settings so that your Cameo blade will cut the outside of the banner.

You can place your text onto any shape - a circle, a square, whatever.

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Wedding Memory Board

I've been working on wedding projects! A friend asked me to create a memory board for her wedding. She wanted to honor her loved ones that have passed away and others that weren't able to travel to the wedding. She let me have free reign on what to do! It took me a while to figure out what to make, but I like how it all turned out. Of course I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. I started out by stretching some string tightly across the back of a frame and stapling into place.

And then I realized that wasn't going to work. I like how these frames look without a back on them when displayed on a wall; but this frame was going to be displayed on an easel. I removed the staples and redid it so the string was looser.

I found some silver poster board and cut it down to size. I was able to pull some strings a little tighter when needed.

Then I used the Cameo to create name tag banners. The wedding colors were light purple and black. I had some sparkly black clothespins I got on clearance last year. They were perfect for this project. (I knew I needed them when I bought them!)

I'll be back later this week to show you how to curve your text and make these banners. How did you honor your loved ones at your wedding?

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