This year's word of heart is being recorded simply - one 12x12 scrapbook page a month. The Boy made me laugh by suggesting that he should appear every month. 🙂 In January, I chose a cute photo of our great nephews after they'd built a snowman: For February, I chose a set of photos taken … Continue reading Recording 2021’s One Little Word | Heart – January and February
The plan was to continue the theme from 2020 - one layout per month. Except it hasn't turned out that way for January ... The title page followed the same style as 2020's: The Boy celebrated an at-home-birthday: The eyes of the world were on Washington, D.C. (See here for a correction) : And London … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | January
The 2020 album is now complete - a title page and one layout for each month. 🙂 October: was about our road trip to Lacock. I adapted a design from Shimelle's 4x6 Photo Love class to suit my needs. I have a total of 7 photos on one spread. I went with strong Autumn-patterned papers … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | 12 in 20 #4
Tilly loves having her coat blow-dried after she's had a shower. 🙂 Tilly has proved that she can literally fall sleep anywhere. I've seen my first crop of snowdrops. The flooded path in the park made for a great reflective photo.
We're into February and life is still fairly grim. 😦 Schools across England didn't reopen after the Christmas holidays (although some did actually reopen for just one day) ... which meant that home-schooling was back on the agenda. The Boy Child's birthday present from us this year was a laptop and we gave it to … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 10
I'm finding it hard to remain positive. Winter isn't my favourite season. It’s cold, it’s grey, and usually brings a spot of cabin fever, but of course this year the dread of illness is something else entirely, and that “stuck inside” feeling is next-level. The news here in the UK and around the globe continues … Continue reading Life in Lockdown | Lockdown 3.0
It's been a creative few weeks and I've made a good start into recording 2020 - the year when we mostly stayed at home. 😦 The plan of 12 in 20 looks like it will work well and I'll continue the theme throughout 2021. I used two photos, a tag, a few simple embellishments and … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | 12 in 20 #1
The news here in the UK and around the world continues to be grim. 😦 In the spate of a few days, London moved from Tier 2 to Tier 4 and Christmas was effectively cancelled. Then we learned about the new variant of Covid-19 and most of Europe, following France's lead, closed their borders to … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 9
I went with a circular design (I drew around a saucer) and a host of stickers to wrap up November and December's One Little Word. For November, I chose to focus on the glorious Autumn skies across our local park. For December, I chose images of London's decorated West End. One 8x8 layout per month … Continue reading One Little Word | Pause – November and December 2020
As we get to grips with 2021, and thinking about packing away Christmas, let’s see how the numbers for December looked: 26,296 steps walked by me on my busiest day of the month. 33rd pint of blood donated. 16 pieces of Happy Mail sent. 31 sessions on online Pilates. 15 online Step classes via YouTube. … Continue reading Month in Numbers | December 2020
