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The final conclusion of last week's "Wedding Week" has arrived and with it our the three Crate & Barrel Gift Certificate winners that we've yet to announce! Because we opted to extend the deadline for challenge submissions, today was the newly assigned day for the big winner extravaganza and if you're visiting because you submitted a challenge entry, then may we suggest you scan below to find out if your project was selected as one of the three {Love Story, Wedding Day Recap & Wedding DIY} - if a familiar name appears to you, email us with your shipping info at [email protected] roll, please.

Love Story

Love stories are meant to be told and this Cassie's as provided in her email to us when having sent her layout:

"Robb knew I loved playing on the beach in Old Saybrook, CT as a kid, so one day, August 2007, as we were sitting on a bench at the very same beach, Robb got down on one knee and proposed marriage. I, of course, said YES! Two years later, we sat on the same bench as a married couple. August 2010, we sat on the this bench together while I was 9 1/2 months pregnant. This Summer, 2011, we sit on this bench together with our beautiful son, Charlie. This bench is, oddly enough, ver dear to me - as are you, Robb."

A gift certificate awaits you Cassie! The genuine and meaningful nature of your journaling caught our attention and we felt instantly that you were our winner for the "Love Story" category - what a very powerful story you've shared with us! Thank-you.

Wedding Day Recap

The Wedding Day arrives and departs so quickly and we know this for a fact since it's been a fair number of years since the very special, never-forgotten day we'd united and committed ourselves to marriage. Rebecca Keppel has shared a glimpse into her wedding day from August of 2003 via her submission, a layout of multiple, groom & bride photos along with an eye catching banner decorated with Portrait's stickers and chipboard. Congratulations to you as well Rebecca, you're also the grand prize winner of a C & B Gift Certificate! You're layout is exquisitely beautiful...

DIY Wedding

Kim Hurst so easily reminds us how natural Portrait looks when featured next to neighboring, authentic vintage materials such as the ones she's intricately partnered with the likes of thread, fabric, vintage buttons and Portrait's Portraiture chipboard. Here's a brief summary about Kim's "Vintage Thrift Wedding" display:

This is an album cover I made for the keepsake notes and wishes that the guests would write to the happy couple. The album is assembled from chipboard layered with vintage sewing tissue patterns then machine stitched. The cover is a layered combination of burlap, tissue, crocheted lace trim, vintage trim cut from a tea towel, vintage glass buttons amongst a ribbon rosette, and other embellishments that fit theme. Then finished off with a "classic wedding" chipboard CP accent machine stitched to hold it in place on top all the layers.

And Kim, you are today's last winner of a Crate & Barrel Gift Certificate! Thank-you for inviting us a glimpse of the couple's guest note table - a table embellished that beautifully more than likely attracted enough guests to fill that entire basket! Such an inviting presentation...

As we say good-bye to Wedding Week, Crate Paper would like to formally thank all of those that contributed their efforts and time towards the challenge! We'd received quite a few entries and selecting only three of them was an almost impossible feat for us. We sincerely appreciate your following the event and giving us an opportunity to partake in some of Crate's favorite activities, including admiring the work of our fans! You've absolutely made our week and we look forward to doing this again at some point - THANK-YOU!

And Congrats once again to the aforementioned winners...