Fashionista

This layout was inspired by current fashion 'sightings' of pleats. While I was glancing through various magazines, I noticed glamorous uses of pleats in satin and high end tailoring right down to the teen flair of plaid kilt-like mini skirts. I used a metallic bronze paper and simulated box pleating for a double-layered look. I also found this felted flower at my local craft store and thought it was the perfect textural accent. TFL!

Dream Street

Thanks to A Million Memories, we also get tons of kits from different manufacturers. This one was from Dream Street. TFL!!

**I loved the thinner quality of Dream street's chipboard because it was perfect for altering! I could easily cut it with a scissors and alter the shape (I included several 'before' pictures). You can see how I cut an organic curve out of the front cover and used it as a small accent/stand for the mini book. I did this with the taller book as well and used two leaf-like shapes to help balance the mini book so that it could stand on its own. The tragic thing about mini books in my opinion is that they get shoved away some where. By making it a display piece as well, the sentiments are more likely to be shared and loved by many.

10th Anniversary Cake

As you can tell by the pictures, I used a magazine inspiration for this piece. I adore quilting and looking at fabrics--not because I sew mind you, but because of the patterns and colors. I am in awe of the coordination and design of textiles when they are used in harmony. I saw this advertisement for purlsoho and couldn't take my eyes of it. I said to myself--hey this isn't much differnt from scrapbooking! So I visually worked at conquering this challenge by playing off the idea of stacking layers. I stacked layers of patterned paper and embellishments. While I was working with it, I noticed it looked like a tier cake...so I went with that! This was a lot of fun.

Winter's White space

December Kit--A Million Memories

Scenic Route--Roxbury