A few years ago, we had a surprise 50th birthday party for my sister. Her birthday is a week before my daughter and she thought she was going to my daughter's party. She was very surprised when she walked in and saw black decorations and lots of people yelling at her! My oldest sister and I did the decorations for the party and my girls made her a crown made of black pipe cleaners and purple beads. We also found these awesome pink and purple feather boas at the dollar store and had to buy two for the birthday girls to wear.
I also started an album for her as a gift and here I am, a few years later, finally working on the pages...Since we decorated with lots of black, I went with that as the primary color and accented it with purple (my sister's favorite color!). I'm hoping to get this album finished this week and maybe she'll get it before her next birthday!
Today's page is when she walked in and was crowned 'Queen for a Day'. There's not a lot of SU product on this since I already had a packet of black and ivory scrapbooking supplies from a wedding project many moons ago. Using up more of my stash...Yee! Haw!
Don't you just love my little blinged out owl? Owls are another of my sis's favorite things. I tried to replicate the whole crown theme with pearls and I think it turned out pretty good. Well, time for me to get back to work. I'm forcing myself to do more cleaning than crafting for the first few days of my break. Hopefully I'll make enough progress to spend my last few days being super crafty. Wish me luck!
Page Recipe: Cardstock-mostly 'stash' paper, garden green, whisper white, Ink-soft suede and concord crush, peach parfait, & crumb cake markers, Stamp Sets- Punch Bunch, Notes and Details, Extras- basic pearls, owl builder & bird builder punches, scallop border punch, spiral border punch (ret)
What a wonderful layout and I am sure your sister will love it!
ReplyDeleteSo much fun! Love the purple and black and yes, the little owl is just perfect on here. So pretty and know she's going to love it!
ReplyDeleteLynn
Wish I had a sister like you! What a lovely gift to give her....even if it is late...haaa!
ReplyDeleteI really do have to get back to some scrappin'.....3 more grandkiddles have been born since I did my last page....want to come over and help? You could certainly give me some tips...I love the way you put the two photos together....brilliant!
Cleaning over crafting - see, I knew we'd be great friends! LOL! That's sooo me! But this page is over the top SWEET! Indeed lovin' your blinged out owl - it's a party after all, gotta have the jewels on! Super page - love all teh hues of purple. I have been trying to get to your blog for DAYS - for some reason my ipad (ahem, mommy learn to use that, will ya!) will not acknowledge all blogs - just some - so I'm back on my laptop so I can say hi and leave you some well deserved LOVE! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat layout--I really like the purple--and great story of how you surprised her!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift, both the party and scrapbook, for your sister. As always I enjoy reading the story behind the photos as well; thanks for sharing your wonderful page =)
ReplyDeleteFab memory page Margaret and great pics , lots of fun had by all Hugs Elaine
ReplyDeleteSuch a great story and awesome scrap book page to tell all about it!! I do love that owl! One of my very favorite SU! punches ever! You dressed/blinged her up beautifully too!! Your sister is just going to love her album! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun surprise!!! I'm sure your sister will adore the album!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post to read! And what a special sister you are! Love how you are personalizing this scrapbook with everything your sister loves!
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