I have been contemplating all that I have gained as the documenter and memory keeper of my family's social history. I have learned so much. I have felt so much. I have also done so much. Scrapbooking Forums | The owner of a paper crafting store in Elgin, Scotland told me about an online forum … Continue reading Scrapbooking | My Hobby and Its Impact
In the honeymoon album, I'm just about done with Australia and ready to move on New Zealand and out across the Pacific Ocean. 🙂 This spreads sits next to a pocket page all about Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool, Victoria. If you're ever in that part of Australia, I recommend highly spending a day … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | More Pages From The Honeymoon Album
Two more spreads have been added to my Ascension Island album. Both feature photos from walks/hikes I did with friends and colleagues. Ascension had, and probably still does, twenty or more organised Letterbox walks - at the end of each walk there was a 'letterbox' (usually an old ammunition box) which held a stamp and … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #12
It's only now, at the back end of July, that I've completed May and June's Pause pages. For May, I chose to record my birthday selfie - complete with a make up-free face and a nasty stye. I couldn't decide on patterned paper, so opted to go without. I blew the dust of a few … Continue reading One Little Word | Pause – May and June 2020
We're in week 5 of lockdown and I seem to have finally found time during daylight hours for crafting. We appear to have reached an unspoken agreement where all 4 of us are happy to have alone time for an hour or so most afternoons. Tilly spends her alone time asleep. I'm still plugging away … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2020 #6
I'm still plugging away at improving The Boy Child's early years albums. Most pages are in Project Life in style, but there's room for a few additional 12x12 spreads ... I reused a favourite design to give a home to a few fun photos which were never scrapped in 2010. I then flipped the design … Continue reading Scrapping in 2020 #4
I've used what I'd learned at October's Gogo Getaway to good effect and filled in a few blanks in our 2019 album and The Boy Child's album (Volume 6) ... The layout above was in reply to a challenge set by The Best Friend - use the group photo and anything from the supplies leftover … Continue reading Scrapping in 2019 #12
Those of you who attend residential scrapbooking retreats will know that sticking and gluing goes on well in to the wee small hours. Most people bring along their own projects to work on (I started work on this year's December Daily), but for those who hadn’t, the GoGo Getaway ladies had two self-paced classes available. … Continue reading Gogo Getaway | After Hours
There is always a well thought out class timetable for a GoGo weekend, where delegates chose their classes in advance. Each class has three choice and are graded in technical difficulty. Of the five classes I took, I think 4 were intermediate and one was advanced. Friday night's class involved paint and a lot of … Continue reading Gogo Getaway | The Classes
In late October, The Best Friend and I headed off for a weekend at GoGo Getaway and we returned to the same hotel we'd stayed in last June. We're marking 30 years of friendship this month and a weekend away together spent scrapbooking seemed like the perfect anniversary present. The hotel is currently in the … Continue reading GoGo Getaway Weekend
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