That’s a wrap folks! I finished the wedding scrapbook.
The most amazing part to me is that it happened within three months of the big day. Others have waited a year after an event before seeing the photographic memorabilia I scrapped together.
Even more amazing, I set my mind to it and finished it off within a week.
What was left to do? Plenty.
Showers
The last bridal shower occurred the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We stopped in to enjoy the festivities on our way to the beach to spend the holiday with my sister.
The pictures my husband took were saved with those pictures. But none of them were on our shared drive when I went looking for them.
Thankfully, the bride’s mother helped me out and sent a few photos my way. I happily used all those and nagged my husband to give me access to the ones he took.
Showers – done.
Why no rehearsal?
Our wedding photographer took several hundred pictures of the decorating and wedding rehearsal. None of those made it into the scrapbook.
Why not? Isn’t the rehearsal important?
Yes, it was a long and important day.
But I was tired. And the BIGGEST day was the wedding itself.
Why spend energy on the rehearsal when I could apply it to the main event?
At least, this is the excuse I’m using. Hopefully, my son and daughter won’t be too unhappy about the exclusion of that busy day of preparation.
Wedding Day
Thousands of photos exist of every aspect of the big day.
I’m not exaggerating.
It took me several hours to view them all and pick out the ones I want to use. As I type this, I’m reminded I still haven’t sent the photographer the list of photos I want tweaked and doctored.
*Stops typing on this and opens a Facebook private message window*
I’m back.
It was a beautiful wedding. I’m posting a few photos with this post, but they are weak representations of a wonderful day. (And these are excellent photos, so I guess that tells you something about the wedding.)
How was I supposed to condense the awe and incredulity into a finite number of twelve-by-twelve scrapbook pages?
It took almost as long to select the photos as it did to lay out the pages.
In the end, the actual wedding took up as much space as all the events leading up to it. Which is exactly as it should be.
I’ve got a page for the girls and one for the guys. Some shots of the important implements, like the rings and bouquet. The ceremony has three pages.
How do I decide what portions of the reception to include?
More hours selecting and printing pictures nets four lovely pages for the hours-long reception.
The biggest conundrum was how to finish off the last page since I don’t have any photos of their honeymoon (which would be the natural way to end it).
I settled on an awesome shot of the happy couple being flagellated with the streamer-thingies used in place of rice or birdseed or bubbles. Add some sparkle and encouraging sayings and that’s a wrap.
As always, there’s just enough in the book to incite a full-fledged jaunt down memory lane. Isn’t that the point of a scrapbook anyway?