New Year's Eve 2009 in Seattle

So, I haven't had much time to scrapbook since school started.  Sad day!  However, to keep from biting my nails last night during the game, I created a few pages from our honeymoon in Seattle.  These are from New Year's Eve.

During the day, we went on a tour of Chateau St. Michelle's winery and did a small wine tasting.  It was our first trip to a winery and we enjoyed it.  I didn't know so many small details went into wine making (down to the color of the wood of the barrel the wine is stored in).  The first photo is of Theo and I standing outside the winery in front of a huge wine barrel.  The second is at the end of the tour, at the wine tasting, in front of their Christmas tree.

For this page I wanted an elegant and simple background.  I found this teal ribbon in my collection that I thought set off the color well.  Went I went to look for a bow to add some polish to the intersection of the two ribbons.  To my surprise, I had a bow that had the same look as the ribbon. (obviously from the same kit)  I wanted to add a caption so I found an elegant tag.  This tag was originally mint green but I filled it in with a teal to match the ribbon.

After a nap, we walked to the space needle to see the fireworks and ring in 2010.  It was our first New Year's Eve married (of course) so we were excited to spend it in an original way!  But it sure was cold.  Theo kind of looked like a homeless man.  Haha.

For both pages I wanted the same background to unite them.  I went for black to make it more "night like."  The first page is before midnight.  The needle was lit up beautifully.  We had to capture ourselves in front of the needle of course.







I used Gold letters to set off the black.  These are individual letters I placed to capture the moment.  Fireworks haven't started yet but the page was missing something.  The gold starburst adds just what it needed.  It even kind of preludes the fireworks to come.

The second page is just used to highlight the firework show that started at midnight.  I have never seen anything so spectacular.  It took me forever to get my camera to the best setting but I think I got a few good shots.  My favorites are the two on the right side of the page.

I hope we have another midnight celebration that is so memorable.  In the mean time, I won't hold my breath.  So...Welcome to 2010....almost 2 years too late.