A WEDDING CANVAS

When going to weddings, I go with scrappy gifts.  Canvases especially make sense for weddings for me, I think because those type of photos never become outdated and people usually do want to have their wedding photos in a place.

Flowers and butterflies never go wrong on a wedding piece. I especially love the felt flowers cut out from my sizzix with the centers that dropped out from another set of flowers I had on it.

Supplies: Making Memories, Sizzix, Hambly Studios, Prima, K&Company

One thing I have noticed though, weddings in Singapore seem to be dominated by pink. I know that pink is a girly colour, and this may be the rebel in me talking, but what happened to funky colours?

SCRAPPING FOR A WEDDING DEUX

Here's another page I made for my friend's wedding

Love this photos of my friends at Starbucks.

I decided to jump in with circles and cut a bunch of them with the Slice in different sizes. I also embossed with circle stamps, as well as folded out some rosettes. Throw in buttons, butterflies and a title, and the page I am in love with.

Supplies: Studio Calico

And here's another one

You can't see it but I used Calico Shine in the background , the newest addition to Mister Hueys. The dear lizzy die cuts is something I loved looking at, but when it came down to using it I had some problems. But I like it here, especially backed with the fabric netting.

Supplies: American Crafts, Websters Pages, K&Company

There's still more to come.

SCRAPPING FOR A WEDDING

My friends are getting married. Interestingly enough I actually knew the both of them separately before they even knew one another, so it is definitely an interesting situation and friendship.

So I volunteered to scrap their couple photos, having had taken a set of shots for them the previous year. And as there are many and I wouldn't want to bore anyone by putting them all out at once, I'll share them in small small doses.

Pretty in pink I call it. The nice thing of this photo is the Singapore Supreme Court in the background, before it is the way it is now, all boarded up to transform itself into The National Art Gallery, a sign of the change there is constantly going on here in Singapore. Soon it'll not be possible to get shots like this without a permit of sorts.

Feminine, soft and pink is not fully my style, but I guess for weddings it works.

Supplies: Making Memories, Tattered Angels, My Mind's Eye

ENGAGEMENT PHOTOSHOOT (NOT MINE)

So I decided to make better use of my big clunky DSLR that I own. I must add a disclaimer that it has served me for nearly five years and its cost has definitely been used to its max. I just haven't had a chance to use it lately.

My friends were going to get married and we decided to give engagement photos a whirl, after we finally managed to get a date together.

We spent most of the time in the Civic district of Singapore and went around some of the colonial buildings to capture photos.

While doing the post editing (really the part that I don't enjoy, but have to do regardless), I got bored and decided to get my scrap on. So I quickly printed out three of my favourite pix from the shoot and threw together the below layout.

Made mostly from Crate Paper's Restoration line, which accentuated the black and white photos. B&W photos are some of my favourite as I love the classic feel and focus on the people in the photos I get when I look at them.

Additional supplies: Prima, Jenni Bowlin, American crafts, Fiskars punches.

I like the faux photo negative strip that I created with the Fiskars border punch. I also used the Apron Lace punch, which is a nice outlined scallops on the border. Two embellishment clusters completed the layout for me.