Since the only bright color in the photo is the tea in Robbie's glass, I knew I wanted to include some small bits of that color in my layout. I had a package of My Mind's Eye decorative brads which included just the right colors.
I also had a piece of Graphic 45 patterned paper with a fancy table setting and silverware on it, however the paper was mostly blues. So, I simply cut out some of the silverware pieces to use an embellishment.
I also completed my May cards this past week - here's a peak at two of them.
April Review
*6 layouts - all were 12x12, one was digital
* 8 cards *20 graduation announcements
*1 Art Quote Card & Mail Art Envelope
I completed the BPC Finding Your Way workshop and Shimelle's Blogging for Scrapbookers class, participated in two blog hops, and began Shimelle's Beyond Blogging for Scrapbookers class. I also spent several days updating my blog by streamlining my labels and adding new pages.
May Preview
*create cards for June
*participate in the last week of the Beyond Blogging for Scrapbookers class
*participate in the BPC May with May workshop
*participate in the BPC 12 hour Creative Crop on May 7
*complete weekly LOM Community Challenges
*create color layouts to play along with Brenda's quilting
*work on pre-class assignments for the upcoming Finding Photo Freedom workshop
How about you - what are your plans for May? Do you have anything special planned for National Scrapbook Day?
Oh my goodness, I forgot about the Mail Art Exchange - yikes. Thanks for the reminder. So VERY glad I came by now - I'll be back after I get that done! Yikes!!
ReplyDeleteHi Melissa, gave you a mention today - http://thevuefromhere.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-birthday.html
ReplyDeleteI like this monthly review of craftiness, I have a small list of things I would like to do including more layouts and a special album I will be posting about :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your crafty review too. It always makes for great reading. I love that it looks forward and looks back at the same time - very satisfying!
ReplyDeleteYour handcutting of that cutlery is beautiful. An elegant page indeed.
Beautiful LO Melissa..for me, I'm looking forward to being visitor-free for a while so that I can create without feeling guilty about the mess!
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You've been busy and productive this month! I've never made monthly goals, but I do have weekly goals!
ReplyDeleteI love how you worked with the picture to make it look like that's what you wanted all along - fantastic!
ReplyDeleteMelissa you have a busy crafting agenda! Your page is lovely, I love how you used the brads :-) I wanted to let you know that we tried your recipe from the blog hop last night, it was an unmitigated success and loved by all - it is bound to become a regular!
ReplyDeleteWow - you had a very busy month! I think your layout turned out great! I like the silhouette effect too. Take those lemons and make lemonade! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layout! I was going to ask you where you got the cute cutlery embellishments from - they don't look hand cut at all and they are perfect! Its such an elegant layout.
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