Here is the wedding gift for my sweet niece and her new hubby. In my version of this gift, I filled the pillow with lavender scent, and created a laminated keepsake photo book of wedding pictures to put in the pocket.
To make the pillow, follow this link for a tutorial. To make it a scented sachet, I added simply lavender essential oil to the wedding pillow. For the anniversary sachet I put in dried pine needles from our Christmas tree, because pine is one of my mother-in-law's favorite scents. (She says it reminds her of her childhood home in Germany!) I buried the needles in the center of the stuffing so that they wouldn't get "poky."
To make the photo book, I started by gathering photos of my in-law's life together. When they met, their engagement, meeting the parents, birth of children, etc. I also chose a red card stock for matting. I would have preferred a creamy colored card stock, but red was all I had, and it is my mother-in-law's favorite color, so I decided to go for it.
Since all the photos I chose were digital, I was able to use my Microsoft Publisher program to add captions to each photo. I also re-colored all the photos in a sepia tone to make them look older.
Next, I cut the card stock to 5.5 x 4.25 inches. This gave me 4 photo mounts per page. Having the card stock backing allowed for space to place the holes to tread the ribbon binding without harming the pictures, and it gave a uniform look to each page since my pictures were all different sizes.
Last, I had to choose a ribbon to bind my book. I ended up using the wide ribbon because I thought it looked more romantic, and matched the style of the sachet better.
There you have it! Very simple really, yet it will be a nice trip down memory lane for my niece and my in-laws.
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