Album: Engagement, Wedding and Honeymoon

… all wrapped up in one mini - errrrrrr, not so mini album.

I was asked to create an album
for her nephew and his love.
She wanted me to incorporate the engagement,
the wedding and the honeymoon.

It took me longer than I wanted
but two hospital visits
and two months of being "under the weather"
prevented me from being more timely.

But once I got started,
there was no stopping me.

Even after I finished every page,
I felt like I wanted more.
I went through ever container,
every box, every basket, every bin
searching for just the right piece for each page.
All of that took about another four days.
Then I decided enough was enough.

There's just so much to this that I'll have to share in increments.

First up, of course, is the spine and the front cover

followed by the engagement.

If you've seen any of my work,

you know it has to have flowers.

Lots of flowers.

I couldn't find a large enough flower

for the cover.

So what did I do?

I made that large one and the one below it.

Can't you just feel the love?

And the nerves?

There were only so many pages to the album

and I had so many pictures I wanted to use

so I had to get creative.

I felt like I needed an engineering degree

to figure out where I needed to go with this.

Fortunately, there was a gap

between the pages and the spine

which allowed me to thread fibers

through that gap to attach some smaller pages.

It worked!

Love seeing a man down on his knees

asking the most important question

he will ever ask!

Judging by the huge hug,

I'm assuming she said "yes!" 

I'd say he did alright for himself.

This ring is stunning! 

I'm not positive that this picture was taken

after the engagement or not

but that's the sequence I was given them.

Either way, it works. 

So glad the family was there to witness

such a wonderful occasion. 

Did you notice a common denominator in these pictures?
I think there are 18 of them.
(Not the first two pictures, but the remaining.)

That's all, folks!

Stay tuned tomorrow for wedding pictures.

I don't want you to lose interest by looking at

so many pictures on the first day.