My Honey and I are college sweethearts. I knew right away that he was the one. This picture of us was taken on one of our first dates almost twelve years ago, and since then, my heart has grown more in love with him each and everyday. He really is my Forever Valentine.
For this layout I used embellishments from the Love Notes collection - pulling from here and there to create little scenes of each of my six squares. Grid layouts are my favorite to create because I get to decorate each square on it's own while using it to tell pieces of a story.
When I look at this picture of us, I can still remember that feeling of butterflies in my stomach. I had met my prince charming and I knew it. I can't get over how young we look. We were only eighteen!
Although I made the six squares the focus of my layout and meant for them to be closely grouped together, I wanted them to all be different, but carry the same feeling.
Again, to keep all of the squares similar in style, I used doilies on three of them to tie them together. I placed them in a triangle pattern to keep the eye moving throughout the page. What doesn't say Valentine's Day like a bunch of heart doilies?!
Originally, I had planned to journal much more of our "love story", but space just didn't allow for it. Because I was working with three inch squares, I decided to keep my journaling short and sweet. It ended up telling the perfect amount.
I used a black and white photo on this layout to tie in with the black chalkboard elements of this collection. I really like the addition of black for a Valentines theme. I also used little pops of black in each of my squares to ground them. To me, there's just something special about what a little bit of black can do to a design.
Using this old picture of us is a great reminder that I need to take out my camera more to capture "just us" and our journey. Our love is a rare gem these days and is totally worth documenting.
This is so gorgeous Steph, I am loving all the little details...x♥x
Posted by: Sophia Allison | February 21, 2014 at 08:41 AM
Such a gorgeous layout! You guys look so cute and I adore your stitching details (all your details really). ;)
Posted by: Mendi Yoshikawa | February 21, 2014 at 08:59 AM
Thanks Sophs and Mendi!
Posted by: Stephanie Buice | February 21, 2014 at 01:48 PM
Simply gorgeous, felt the flow of the individual squares worked well together and loved how the colour palette had a good balance without an overdose of pink (which happens to me!)
Posted by: Elaine | February 21, 2014 at 09:07 PM
Wow this is beautiful! I love the layers along with the repetition of the doilies. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Rachel Beach | February 23, 2014 at 07:42 AM
Such a beautiful page - love your layers!
Posted by: debbie standard | February 23, 2014 at 08:08 AM