a few other books that i finished up recently... these went out to their brides earlier today. surprisingly, i have done quite a few books with that warm gray paper, and i love it! it seems like you can pair it with almost any bright color...
and... i've had this paper for awhile, patiently waiting for someone to pick it out (i also have it in pink) and finally got to use it! i love the way it looks paired with a simple design for the names.
does anyone remember this book? why, you ask? well, laya's wedding was featured on stylemepretty.com and the book i created for her happened to sneak it's way into the photos... you can view the whole posts here and here. photo by jonathan hanson via stylemepretty
hello monday! i can't say that i'm excited that it's the beginning of the week yet again... but at least i got some work done over the weekend and can hopefully rest a little more next weekend. these are a few books i finished last friday, and i will have more to post later as i just got another 4 bound today. 
i have yard work, gardening ideas, furniture makeovers and diy projects swirling around in my head today. oh to have some extra time to accomplish these things!
this one just got finished and mailed off last week! leanne is having a peacock inspired wedding and wanted a guestbook to match. this great paper came from hodgepodge and i really love the way it turned out on her book. 
a few books that i just completed... don't you love the texture on that black book? and i am having way too much fun taking photos of my books with my new fabulous camera! i cannot wait for a little free time to go experiment some more... and learn how to use all the fancy settings.
a few books that were done a little while ago... i seem to have misplaced some other belated book photos as well... should have some more posted soon! too much going on...
i am loving all these beautiful, bright colors! i guess 2009 is the year for bright color pairings for weddings... not that i'm complaining, of course. it just makes my job more fun :) simple, clean and modern, i love how lexi's book turned out. 
working on a few other special projects right now as well... will post pictures soon!
here are a few books that i finished on tuesday, the last day of march! can you believe it's already april? i can't. i'm really excited about these books and a few i'm currently working on. megan wanted a rustic look for her outdoor wedding... i experimented a little on hers with some raffia... but it just didn't look the way i was expecting it to. i opted to use some great texture-y paper instead, and i think it turned out really nice!
krista is having a photobooth at her wedding, so i created this book so her guests could add in their photos and warm wishes after having their picture taken! we also added an envelope to the back to house all the extra photostrips... now that's thinking ahead!
anjeli was great to work with and already had an amazing design from her invitations (which she designed herself!) that we used elements from for her book. i just love the fresh, bright colors! reminds me of the warm weather that's finally starting to show up again...
thought my blog could use a little green today! this pretty little print is from OhSmile. man, that would look good in my kitchen or anywhere in my house really...
yay for green. i wish i had found this paper when i got married... i pretty much would have covered everything with it. and it matches my walls... what more could you want?
i can't believe how fast this week (well... this year) has already gone by. it's already february and things are just moving right along! i have a feeling orders for books are about to pick up due to all the spring/summer weddings approaching...
hope you all have a great weekend!!!
i know i haven't posted many books lately... so here are a few recent ones. 
the honeycomb design came from lisa's save the dates, and i think it looks awesome with the gray. i also really like the cutout effect with this book, it gives it a clean, modern edge.
can't really say much about this book, other than it was kind of a 'rush' book for someone you may or may not know from the big screen...
another fun book with this awesome green paper. i think i would wallpaper my entryway in this stuff if doug would allow it. though i'm guessing our kitchen is probably enough green for one house...
sarah ordered a custom guestbook from me earlier this summer and i was thrilled to hear from her and see some photos of her wedding! she was kind enough to answer a few questions for me and let me share them here on the blog. thanks so much sarah! i also wanted to give thanks to their photographers, Orman Photographers (contact info for them below!) for allowing me to show off these wonderful photos!When and where did your wedding take place?
Our wedding took place on June 21, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. We were married in my parents’ backyard.
How did you find out about Paperlust?
I found Paperlust while searching for other wedding-related items on etsy.com.
What is your favorite thing about your book?
I love how personalized it is. The paper, the colors, and the fonts very much reflect the feel of our wedding.
Favorite comment left inside for you and your husband?
People left us many wonderful, special messages. The funniest was left by a group of my husband’s high school friends. Along with their congratulatory message, they took two pictures that are slightly different, titled them “Hocus Focus” and wrote “Find the 6 differences in these two pictures!” It certainly something that will make us laugh every time we look back at the book!
Easiest and hardest decisions during the wedding planning process?
The hardest part of wedding planning was coming up with the guest list. We wanted to keep it relatively small, for space and cost reasons as well as the feel of the event. However, we both have pretty large families so we still had about 130 people, and there were more people we would have liked to invite.
One of the easiest decisions was not to have bridesmaids or groomsmen. It simplified many aspects of the planning and helped us keep the casual feel we wanted for our wedding.
i know i've been bad... i didn't post at all last week. so i thought i'd show you a little of what i've been up to. last week was extremely busy. i had a huge job (144 page huge) to get out the door at my daytime job along with a few rushed jobs for paperlust. i've also been busy trying to get all my sales tax stuff straight since i am technically a 'business'. 
today i am 23 years old. sometimes i feel like i'm much older than that, though. but i guess i've done quite a bit so far in this short time. i graduated college, i married my best friend (and wonderful man), i've had some awesome (and not so awesome) jobs... and i currently have a great job that i love! i've met some wonderful friends that have always been supportive and encouraging to me. and i've been creating these books for over a year now, and have been selling them for over 6 months! business is growing everyday it seems like. i'll soon be introducing some new notecards and magnet sets. where does the time go exactly?
i figured while i babbled away about my goals for september, i should at least give you something interesting to look at. this is a book i just completed. rachel is having a photobooth at her wedding and wanted a tall book to fit the photostrips in. she designed the front panel (which matches her invites) and agreed to let me try out another cut out panel on her book. thanks for trusting me rachel!
okay... so now my goals for september...
so, when you see me and wonder why i look sleep deprived, you'll know without having to ask :) the sad thing is... this isn't even all of them that have been completed this week. 
oh, and i've decided that i'm going to start a weekly posting (on fridays as long as i get enough sleep that week) called Etsy Advice (super creative, huh?). during this time i will share my knowledge and resources that i've learned so far selling on etsy. got any questions you want answered? send me a line and i'll answer it to the best of my abilities.
this is amy's book. i sent it out last week, and i hope she loves it. she actually mailed me the black & white scrapbooking paper that she picked up from joann's fabrics. she also used this paper in some of her other wedding projects and wanted her guestbook to tie in. amy also emailed me her monogram design (i'm not sure who designed it...). i wanted to keep it the same shape and thought it would look strange with the wrap-around that i normally use, so i decided to do a cut-out panel on the front cover instead. thanks amy for trusting me with something new! i couldn't be happier with the way it turned out, and i hope this opens the door for some new and interesting designs for the front covers of future books...
here are a couple of books that i have neglected to post over the last few weeks... i know, i know, i'm behind! i've been pretty busy, though, so give me a break?
sara was brave enough to try out some new paper i picked up at the new paper-source in dallas (when we were on vacation, of course). i think it turned out great... i just love the gold swirly pattern...
dominique is having a peacock themed wedding and chose this marbled paper for her book. you can't see it in the photo, but the gold in the swirls is metallic and pops right off the paper.
and stacey... another beautiful book made with this kraft/flourish paper. this stuff has never disappointed me because it seems to match everything i pair with it :)
