Finally, a page about Stacey and her first car (from 2006 - yes, I'm quite behind):
Just another page using the photos from our family photos 2009. When I looked at these photos, the one thing that struck me was how all of our eyes (even the boys, who aren't related) are nearly exactly the same shad of blue/green, and how much they stood out in the photos. Perhaps I should have called it something a little more meaningful, but at least the title draws your attention to look at all of our eyes:
I wasn't actually here when these photos were taken, but I love how they look like they're having so much fun:
One of John's 'middle' brother and his wife at their wedding in 2009. I've done quite a few of these two now, so, though it pains me to say it, this is probably the last 'Ian and Prue Wedding' photo that I'll scrap. I need to do a few more of John's other brother and his wife now:
A nice simple one of Auntie Karen and Uncle Gary, who have become so special to us in the last few years since we've all been in Mackay together:
The same layout as above, but this time using one of my favourite photos of the two of us (taken on a lunch cruise in Dubrovnik, Croatia). The picture itself is showing nothing special, but I just love how relaxed we look:
Another simple layout, this time showing our new car (well, new this time last year anyway):
This page was challenging to put together because I tried to pull together different colours, textures and patterns that didn't necessarily 'go together'. I do love how it turned out. The photo is Mum and Auntie Karen, with their 'other sister' (sister-in-law, really) Auntie Debbie. The three of them are just so wacky and just love being together:
A 2009 New Years Eve layout showing some of the silly antics my parents and Auntie Karen/Uncle Gary get up to when they're together:
Now, this one was just fine - actually, I really like it - until I took to it with the Maya Road mist and ruined it! We each got two bottles of spray mist as part of our kits, and I kind of went to town! The idea I think was good - I put down some letter masks and misted over the top. It worked great! But, to try to protect the photo, I placed a piece of scrap paper over it, so the mist had a very distinct line where it finished and it looked funny. So, I did a few more sprays, and ended up making it worse, and covering up the photo of Mum with green paint! I then tried to wipe it off with a damp paper towel, and just smeared it! So, I think I will be doing this one again. It's obviously of Mum at her 50th party:
As I said in a previous post, I've decided to just scrap some of my favourite photos from our trip, rather than do a whole album of them. This is obviously one of my favourites! It's not the best photo - I look flat because I'd been so sick that day, I had to use a flash which meant the Eiffel Tower itself isn't well lit, and we're probably a bit too close to the camera. But I love it! It's so special to me, as seeing the Eiffel Tower was part of a childhood dream of mine and it was finally fulfilled:
And of course, I had so many good pictures of the tower that I had to dedicate a whole page to it. This is the same layout as the Mr Q layout above:
Finally, another layout of my cousin Chris and her husband Andrew at their Las Vegas wedding. I just love so many of these photos, so I wanted to do just one more page. Now this is how the mist is supposed to look! Nice and whimsical without making a mess!
All in all, I think it was a great weekend! We all got heaps of pages complete and I think everyone was pretty happy with them all. As always after one of our GSG weekends, I can't wait for the next one so hopefully everyone else wants to do it again!
I'll post again soon with some photos of the completed photo book - it was delivered a couple of weeks ago. There are a couple of things I'm not happy with, which are the fault of the printer, so they've offered a replacement which I need to get off my butt and order!
