Attempting to live a better story … and scrapbooking it.
Even though I may have discontinued the Wit or Wisdom posts of previous years, it's always fun when a reader sends you an image, simply because they thought of me when they saw it. 🙂 Photo credit: Mary-Lou of Patio Postcards blog.
The Boy is eager for the return of Welcome to Wrexham - series 3 begins on Disney + in early May - you do not have to be a football (soccer) fan to enjoy this docuseries I'm hoping to purchase a(n affordable) ticket to see Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden when I am in … Continue reading Four Fun Things | April 2024
For my upcoming trip to New York City, I opted to make a mini-book to record my adventures. It's roughly 6x4 in size and I filled it with offcuts of papers I've had for years (and found lurking in a drawer). The acrylic phrases came from Bramble Fox and the journaling cards are from In … Continue reading New York City 2024 |Mini Book
This is a great recipe for using up leftover veg - pretty much any combination will work. 🙂 Ingredients: One chicken breast per person Your choice of veg - onions, peppers, baby courgettes/carrots, cherry tomatoes, etc. 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar per person 1 tablespoon coarse grain mustard per person Method: Preheat oven to 200 … Continue reading Recipe | Granny’s Chicken Parcels
Last summer, before we went on our road trips to Wrexham and Ulverston, I prepped a Traveler's Notebook to record both mini-breaks. I completed most of the Wrexham section, but the TN was then put to the side when real life got in the way. I completed it this past February, thanks to this year's … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2024 | Northern Road Trips Traveler’s Notebook
Blossom in our local park Embracing the lighter evenings Tackling the spring cleaning by cleaning out the cupboard under the stairs; the kitchen cupboards are up next Shredding old paperwork and producing what feels like eleventy hundred bags of paper recycling Redecorating the porch, a project that I have been thinking about for years Finally … Continue reading Right Now | Around Here
I chose a family gathering over the Easter weekend for March's present moment. This is another page kit from 49 and Market's Kaleidoscope range and I've since added a stamped date.
For March's spread, I chose Mothers' Day Afternoon Tea, which we spent with our found family. 🙂 Since taking this photo, I've add journaling along the semi-circle in the bottom right hand corner. I used another page kit from 49 and Market - this one is from their Kaleidoscope range.
I am just past half way through this year’s 100 Day Project and things have pretty much gone to plan. 🙂 On the plus side | Lots of what I call my beginner's layouts have now been revamped The Canada Traveler's Notebook from last summer is all but complete - just the final day to add I’m up … Continue reading The 100 Day Project | 2024 | Fifty Days In | The Half Way Point
The page kits offered by 49 and Market caught my eye recently and I more than pleased with how the finished results looked. With a lot of my scrapbooking currently focusing on those quieter stories, the kits from the Wherever range have been perfect for the old photos that haven't really been up to scratch. … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2024 | Page Kits
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