A girl at long last

I appologise for the orientation of this 1st picture for some reason it is the only way it would load to the page



Never did i think i woulod have 3 children let alone finally getting a little girl
after having my 1st at just 17 ( turned 18 a month after i had him) we waited another 5yrs before deciding to have another who despite my wishes at the time was another boy

when we found out just a few years later that i was pregnant again it was a real shock  ( well kind of ... i attend a spiritual church where we have meduims connect with spirits , i was told i would be pregnant with a little girl within 6 months , it was that weekend i got pregnant )

so in august of 2011  5 days late my gorgeous paige arrived in allher pink and pretty glory finally fufilling my dreams ofone day having a girl

there were several things i wanted for this page when i started it and that was to create something soft and dreamy yet girly and feminine with a touch of sparkle
 i wanted to use a velvet paper to represent the velvet dress she wore ather birth and i wanted to incorperate the bow from off of her head band that she also wore
and ofcourse allthe details surrounding her birth

the princess section aswell as the birds were actually joined into the background sheet when i first picked the paper up so with a bit of time and effort i removed it and the birds  destressed it and ran a ribbon of beads along the bottom
 i also enhanced the lines of the birds using as brown pen so that they stood out a little extra and adhered them on pop-dots
i truely believe that its the extra little touches that can totally change a page for the better  and im happy with what i achieved here on this page with just a few minor changed to the background elements



sleeping beauty was once again inspired by the elements,in this case the castle , the princess dress , and the horse and carriage

i had so many pictures of this moment but i simply couldnt choose between just one ortwo of them so printing them at different sizes and adhereing them in a staggered fashion at the right of the page was my solution for this

this was one of my 1st attempts at both clustering and ribbon pleating and the results probably show that  but all in all im happy with the results and i guess thats all that matters

i think the biggest thing i took from this page is that even if the pictures arent perfect if it holds a memeory or they are important to you dont be afraid to scrap them anyways
you might just make a beautiful page  that you love and preserve what could have been a lost memory in the process