Monday, March 23, 2015

A little teatime scrapbooking!

So what do you do on a rainy Sunday afternoon when you'd really rather be enjoying some sunshine? I decided it was obviously time to pull out the scrapbook I've been putting off forever and make a little progress. I thought I'd start with photos from the tea my niece Amelia and I went to at the American Girl Doll Store in December, and since tea was involved, I pulled out the PunchBunch paper punch I've enjoyed using for many years.

Now I'm a very lapsed scrapbooker, so don't judge! At least I got something on the page, right? And I did get to use one of my little punched paper teapots here …

… and I also added some on a strip of paper here. My designs are super simple at this point, and my main goal was simply to match the colors of paper to the colors of the decor in the American Girl Doll Store tea room, which I think I did.

My favorite of these first three pages, though, is probably this page showing Amelia preparing her tea. It still cracks me up to see the photo at left of her adding all those packets of sugar to her tea!

One other thing I wanted to mention is that the craft stores appear to be carrying some fun new paper goods these days. I got these miniature pink doilies and chipboard forks, knives and spoons from Hobby Lobby, and I've since seen similar items at Michaels. I haven't quite figured out how to attach paper to the chipboard yet, but when I do, I think it'll spruce up the pages where I actually show the foods we enjoyed at the tea.

This, by the way, is the cover of my latest scrapbook album, which I found at Tuesday Morning and bought because of the pretty aqua blue color and the vintage handwriting! So, how do you spend a rainy afternoon?

11 comments:

  1. What a neat punch! I think you did a great job of scrapbooking your wonderful photos.

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  2. I would be in my craft area making cards on a rainy day and I think you did a great job with your scrapbooking. I make my bookmarks with chipboard and just glue the fancy paper covering on front and back. Of course the punch cuts everything to match so you may have to trace your spoons etc. to cut out paper or just paint them.

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  3. What a delightful subject to be scrap booking. I love memorable teatimes with little girls. Curling up in the recliner with a good book is my favorite way to spend a rainy afternoon.

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  4. Very nice! There are scrapbooks in my armoire just begging to be filled. Someday! ;-)

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  5. Cute! Mod Podge is probably what I'd use on the chipboard to apply decorative papers, wording, etc. And I think you should consider including that memorable comment you made about Amelia and the sugar packets; she would no doubt get a kick out of it in years to come.

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  6. Would Mod Podge work on the forks?

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  7. Beautiful work, Angela! So many good photos to choose from and I love your tea pot punch. So nice to be able to preserve those memories. Joanie

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  8. Looks like a fun project - with an adorable subject, Amelia!

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  9. I am always impressed with those that do scrapbooks. Yours looks just fine to me. Love that paper punch alot, what fun to use many places. The paper from Tuesday Morning is really pretty. I would love having the paper just for a back ground for a photo and then maybe to wrap a small gift.

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  10. Love your scrapbook pages. And it is so nice to once again see that beautiful granddaughter again.
    And as far as sugar- at least she drinks tea. Most young ones won't even TRY it! : - )

    Well done, ma'am! Hugs!

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  11. Great rainy day project! Fun seeing photos of Amelia and the American Doll adventure again!

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