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A few curious folk have inquired about what crafty elements I included in my wedding. I made the stationary myself, which saved us a small fortune. Most of the paper was already in my stash, so all I really needed was the ink & lots & lots of cutting.

For our save the date, we jumped into a vintage photo booth to create the series of shots. I printed them A6 size, cornered them & aged them in tea. They came out quite curly, so I sat them in the press overnight (under some heavy books works too). They were posted in a brown recycled kraft card envelope, which I found a great supplier on ebay.

Because we love records, I used these images from an old record sleeve. The design & layout was all done in photo shop. I cut & pasted some google maps & photoshopped them to suit, these went on the back of the invite. The registry cards we were given didn't really suit our theme & needed more information. These ones were printed 8 to an A4 page on the same heavy stock as the invites.

Our Rsvp was a postcard, it took a few different glue attempts to find the right one for the job.

The order of ceremony booklets were whizzed up on the sewing machine a few nights before the day. The inside was a nice light weight stock paper. I like the roughness of the sewn spine.

And lastly, I made nametags for everybody on the night. Just for a laugh. I based them on the old sticker design but wrote everyones name on in different fonts so they all looked individual. This was all done in photoshop too, so handy. These are the ones we wore on the night, nicely tainted with white wine spills.

one more...

Yep, I bet you're getting sick of these... this one is different though. It's bigger for a start & the notebook is lined & well, that's pretty much it. It's a birthday present for a friend, I hope she likes its. I didn't have a matching ribbon to wrap around, so I painstakingly made some bias tape without a bias tape maker. I must remember to pick one up next time I'm at a crafty store. It was very fiddly & the iron got a little too close to my finger tips. But alls well that ends well.
I'm hosting a friend for a crafty afternoon tomorrow, I'm going to teach her a few bookbinding techniques. I haven't made anything with paper for a while, so it should be quite refreshing. I'll post the creations when we're done.
Hope you've had a lovely friday!

my creative space...

Not much in the way of crafting this lovely autumn thursday. I've been dreaming up all sorts of things to make, but haven't quite grasped onto one single idea. So yes, I guess you could say I've been procrastinating.
I did bake some triple choc chip cookies though, very tasty & perfect with a cup of tea.
And finally, no Achey breaky back today, the muscles have calmed themselves down. I must say, it is awfully wonderful being able to move.

on being very still...

I don't quite know how my head works, but Saturday morning past I thought it was a grand idea to walk home from the fruit & veg market... with 2 green bags absolutely choccas with shopping. The walk home took half an hour & I was in pain then, my shoulders were killing me! The body is a strange thing, because on Sunday the pain was mild. 2 days later, my back has joined in on the fun. I can't work & I've been on the couch all day working on my granny squares, which is great because I'm now up to 50... just another 200 to go. So I'm dosed up on voltaren & trying to see through the pain killers whether or not I can work tomorrow.
I'm glad Sunday was good to me, because it gave me the chance to take a glorious ride on my motorbike to South Melbourne. Where I ventured into Spotlight to find these beauties. They have a newish range of fabrics with great vintage designs upon them.

I was enamoured by this particular fabric & quickly whipped up another notebook cover for a friend. Surely by the initials, she will figure it out before she receives it. But I must purchase another book to slide into it before I gift it.
Don't mind the rough edges, I'm a ruffian!

a little sunday crafting...

A little cover for the visual diary that lives in my handbag. I felt it needed prettying up & plus it is winter soon & I wouldn't want it getting cold. I used some rough linen &the tulip fabric was picked up from the $1.50 scrap bucket at Amitie. Finished off with a vintage button & stitching. I think it's super cute.