On the road again...

Back in June 2008, I made a special order graduation card for an 8th grade girl with a VW bus theme.  Someone saw that listing on my etsy site, and wanted me to make one for her daughter's high school graduation this year. 

She loves the peace and flower symbols.  And while her favorite color is red, I also wanted to incorporate her HS colors of green and blue. 

I used some pop ups to add depth and dimension to the layers of the card.  I also had the perfect prima flowers and stickles to complete the image. 

I just love a stroll down memory lane!



Music and Scrapbook Pages - Part 2 - "At The Zoo"

Okay - I admit - this entry has nothing whatsoever to do with the zoo. But it has everything to do with Simon and Garfunkel! This was the 3rd ever scrapbook page I created. I started with the paper - I gave my guy a few options, and he selected this great diagonal stripe.

When The Fleet Center in Boston was still the Fleet Center (it's now called TD Banknorth Gardens - or The Gardens), I heard about the Simon and Garfunkel tour. I spent my 15-minute morning break at work trying to get the best seats I could from Ticket Master the day tickets became available.

The price was high - can you see it in the picture? - but worth it!

And what a treat, too - The Everly Brothers joined them on stage and did a 4- or 5-song set - by themselves and with S&G!

Nothing pops up on this page. I didn't even know pop dots existed. I didn't know a lot of things existed out there, yet. But, to embellish, I found the great "Feelin' Groovy" sticker. I also wanted a way to list the songs they performed without just printing and gluing standard list. I created text boxes in MS Word to include about 3 songs each. (I found a song list from the concert online - I don't have that good of a memory.) I printed out my page of boxes onto a letter-size sheet of label paper. (I think Avery actually has rebranded some of their label paper as sticker paper - same stuff but more expensive!)

The pictures of S&G and the Everly Brothers I found online.

To wrap up our scrapbook moment, we began a tradition we continue (although we aren't very consistent) to this day... We document the location AND where we sat. Here, we have a picture of the Fleet Center in the upper right corner of the page. And above, next to the tickets, you can see a seating chart with an arrow and a dot showing "We Were Here".

And - well - they did perform "At the Zoo" afterall.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for 525,600 great ideas!!