Pinkies Up! LOL! Anybody elses city or town have an annual Christmas tea? It's a tradition here in the Richmond area (Virginia). Getting reservations for it is like getting a coveted Golden Ticket, it's insane how quickly they book up. I used the NEW Merry Mingle collection to document photos of myself, tree side, sipping tea and eating delicate sandwiches. If you haven't already seen it, I did an unboxing over on the the Bella Blvd YouTube channel, be sure to check it out. Click HERE to watch.
Here's the full layout;
I began with the Let's Decorate as my main inspiration, it's a very busy patterned paper with lots of color. Being busy, it needed some toning down so a strip of bright yellow (Cookie Exchange) created a border and the tone on tone of the Making Spirits Bright served as some grounding.
My photos were too big to fit in the Polaroid frame but the frame was perfect backed with some smooth white cardstock to provide a spot for journaling. I could have also added journaling underneath the title had a third photo been available for the Polaroid. There's always options!
Placing the red ornament and the ephemera Cheers above the photo allowed for some separation between the photos and the busy background paper, almost like a leading line that leads your away from the busy and to the photos, important to the memory keeping. There is rather strong use of red and green in the page so using the Aqua baker's twine in the ornament topper allowed for another bright pop of color.
Between the ephemera words, all the words in the chipboard Ciaos and the Doohickey alphas and phrases, there's always a plethora of title and subtitle or support phrase options! I opted for the letters in the Doohickey stickers to create my own title; Pinkies Up! I mean, you can't be a "proper" tea sipping lady without your pinkie up, right?! I used several of the many trees available in the ephemera Icons at the bottom of the layout, tying the top of the page to the bottom.
I love that Merry Mingle steps out of the traditional red and green color palette and has lots of great colors to choose from.Thanks for stopping in today! I hope this inspires you my scrappy peeps and that you have a merry day! See you back here next time!
Suzanna
Supplies Used
12 x 12 paper; Making Spirits Bright, Cookie Exchange, Let's Decorate
Ephemera Words and Icons
So Much Fun Puffy Stickers
Epoxy Stickers
Doohickey Stickers