Medieval Wedding Guest Book

I am making a Medieval Wedding Guestbook for a writer in California. She sent me the cover.

I cut, tore and tea stained all of the pages using 140lb. cold press watercolor paper. Very thick.

After assembling the pages, I then stamped them using medieval themed stamps and vintage ink stamp pads. I think it is looking very authentic. These are some of the velvet ribbons and tea stained laces that I will be embellishing the cards and tags with. SHe is having a fall wedding, so she wants rich colors.

These are some of the tea stained cards I made and will add to the guest book for guests to sign.

This is the book before the pages were stamped.

After stamping the pages. I just love creating these. I love old books, papers and embellishing just about anything. lol I will take pictures of the finished project in a week or so. Have fun creating!

This is what the bride-to-be had to say

The bride-to-be rec'd her Wedding guest book Wednesday in the amil and this is what she wrote:

"The book arrived safely today and it is just amazing! I cannot wait to show it off on Saturday. It is exactly as I envisioned it - you really understood what I was looking for and added your vast creativity to the idea. Thank-you so much - we will both treasure it; and with the thoughts and memories it holds, it will be something we pick up from time to time and display in our home. If I ever need another book or journal, I will be back. I'm sure there will be some babies in our future ;-)thank-you again! I hope you enjoyed working on it and that it inspires others."

I was thrilled that she loved it . After I mailed the pkg. even her fiance took the time to email me. Pretty amazing considering my husband would never even think to do that nevertheless take the time to do it.

Here is what he had to say:

"hi tammy, Im scott.. fiance of kristen whom you just completed the wedding guest book for.. just wanted to tell you what a cool job you did! i had no idea what to expect (of course, im probably kept out of the loop) its so unique i love it.. kristen had a definite vision for this wedding and vendors..... i mean artists like you have helped to bring it together. thanks much, scott

I was thrilled that they were happy. It means a lot having your work be appreciated by others. So often I am on pins and needles until I get the feedback.

Victorian Inspired Wedding Guest Book

This is a sampling of the 40 paged victorian inspired wedding guest book that I just completed and sent off to the lovely bride-to-be. She needed at space enough for at least 130 of her guests to sign, give advice, share amemory , etc. on. She also sent me the cover of an antique 1890's Scrapbook cover that she bought off of ebay to use. I created the pages with heavy watercolor paper that I tore the edges on. I connected the pages with strips of fabric hinging tape. Next I antiqued each page with tea stained ink and off I went to create the tags, cards and layout of each page. It was a lot of fun, a lot of work but a lot of fun. I used antique laces and some vintage ribbons and the postcards she sent along. I hope she likes it. It is unique and one-of-a-kind, an heirloom for sure.