The Perfect Book for A Love Story

One of the things that I love to do is make creativity journals for people.  Over the years I have amassed a ridiculous amount of random papers, plus I can help myself from picking up tons of vintage papers/books anytime I see the opportunity.  I find using an assortment of interesting papers as a canvas for thoughts, doodles, collages, or photos creates a really great jumping off point for the imagination. Every once in awhile, I get the honor to create a very special book for someone, and collaborate with them to find papers, colors, and textures that reflect their spirit and passions.

I've been working on such a wonderous book this past couple weeks, and it is now zooming away across the states to land in the hands of a very special soon-to-be-wedded couple.  The book will serve as a guest book of sorts at their upcoming fall wedding.  I adored working on it and was over the moon with how beautifully all the ideas came together.  I couldnt be more excited to share with you a few peeks at some of my favorite parts of what I created for them...

 a love story from a vintage children's book

 pages from fashion magazine paired with valentines doily

 personal photos printed on fabric and hand embellished

 vintage wedding wrapping paper

fabric and paint makes such a yummy textured one of a kind cover

 lots of interesting shapes, sizes, and colors paired throughout

 hand embroidered photo of the couple and a love note

woodland creatures from old story book

 recycled ribbons from old saris and hand dyed silk, so rich in color

I can't wait for their friends and family to fill the pages with love and well wishes for the couple's new life together.  What do you think?   

*(If you are looking for a unique book to serve as a journal, photo album, gift, or anything else you can dream up, I'd love to create something special just for you.  Just send me a message that you want a custom journal and I can create a custom listing for you in my shop.  I also have pre-made creativity journals available in my Etsy Shop.) 

Thanks for letting me share my latest creation with you!

XO, HARMONY

On my work table...

I've been working on a custom journal for a wedding, to serve as a sign in/memory book for the couple.  I dont often do custom work with journals, but this bride-to-be was so super cute about it that I just had to say yes.  Here's a small peek...(saving a few surprises just for them to discover)...

made a custom cover using one of my artworks.. the "Love Bird",  how perfect! :)

Wedding colors are Chocolate Brown, Vintage Teal, and Avocado Green.  I adore how specific wedding colors can be, although it does make it tricky to find the right hues for book pages to match.

There are fun tabs and special elements on almost every page...heres two love birds making their nest (something I found in an old German text book).

I had a lot of fun playing with graphic design elements and pictures of the couple to make one of a kind art pages for the book.  (you can see the tabbed edge of it, since I want to preserve their anonymity.)

Super cute Hippo couple made into a page tab, found in a vintage grade school text.  Mr and Mrs Hippo are very much in love, cant you tell? :)

A bit of cutesiness...

a bit of craftiness...

and a lucky find at a grocery store where their paper bags were giving me the perfect add in for this collection of memories.

Whew... it was a lot of work, but I am so happy to get to send it to its new home.  I wish a lifetime of happiness and joy for these two very special people.  Thanks for letting me a small part of your big day! :)