April Happy Homemaker Tags

June 10, 2011...Is this cheating? Recycling a post from April? Nah.  I really wanted to join Stephanie's Wedding Party and I didn't get the Wedding Display done in my store so I'm linking to a post done a couple of months ago.  Thank you Stephanie!

In my year long "Year of Celebrations" theme I decided that for April we'd celebrate weddings!  I was married in April and even though my partner Scrap for Joy was married in July we're going to celebrate anyway!!!  Do  you need an engraved invitation?  Well here it is!


You can't see it but the year is 1909 and we've been married 102 years – okay not really. 1965…Just as long almost!

When I got married we had a wedding about 3 weeks in the planning and that's a link to why!  I had a silk brocade knee length sleeveless dress with a matching jacket.  We never got any of our pictures from the "photographer" and this is one of about three we have.  So what the heck – I'm giving myself quite the long ruffle-y skirt and Jeff gets a top hat and fancy pants! And we have a photographer!!!! 
As you can see I've used the same elements on both cards but they're laid out slightly different. The same red headed photographer did both weddings!
This is how I initially lay out my tag to get the right proportions and print the elements I want to use.  This is done in Scrapbook Factory – a program that is easy to use and has a lot of features.  The blue is the exact size of our tags and I can adjust everything to fit like I'll want it.


I used original German Scrap pictures for both tags.  Joyce can replace the little couple with one of her wedding photos. Here's what they look like before cutting them.  I carry these in my etsy store and they don't cost much so I used originals. 

But I digress…. here is my tag for April.


What a coincidence.  My husband and Mr. Scrap for Joy wore the same pants!!!
On the back of the tag there we are leaving…on our way to becoming "Happy Homemakers"!!!!

Thanks for stopping and I'll see you in May!!!  xoxo Nancy