What could be more joyful than the King's Coronation earlier this month! (Yes, I do realise that not everyone in the United Kingdom supports the idea of monarchy.) I scraplifted a grid design from the recent Crop in the Country and am more than happy with the finished result. ๐
The most joyful event of April has been our Australian visitors. You may recall me telling you that one of the visitors was Kay's granddaughter. ๐ The patterned paper and embellishments are from Doodlebug Design's latest range, Over the Rainbow.
Imagine my joy when I learned that The Colombian would be in Jersey City, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, at the same time I would be enjoying my solo visit to the Big Apple. Luckily for me, she had an evening free to join me for Manhattans in Manhattan. ๐ FYI, neither of … Continue reading Recording 2023โs One Little Word | Joyful โ March
Joy was found in February when we celebrated Cachirulo's birthday. I blew the dust off my old wavy cutter from Creative Memories, slicing my thumb open in the process. The papers are the In Print range by Vicki Boutin.
What could be more joyful last month than The Boy turning sixteen? I printed my photos in black and white, because I felt that was best, given the brightness of the patterned papers I chose to use - Doodlebug's Party Time range from 2020. The design has been adapted from one I saw on Scrapbooking … Continue reading Recording 2023โs One Little Word | Joyful โ January
It was a week of celebrating and of new beginnings. The Boy celebrated a milestone birthday The Boy began work experience. He is working with a film company, one day a week for the whole of this term I had my haircut I had cause to visit the doctor A friend joined Tilly and me … Continue reading Me on Monday | 16 January
The Boy spent time during the Christmas holidays learning the routes he will need to travel for his upcoming work experience. Using the Elizabeth Line, he has to be able to get himself to and from two different locations, in parts of West London he is wholly unfamiliar with. The design is one I tweaked … Continue reading Recording 2022โs One Little Word | Redefine | December
I imagine that in regard to scrapbooking, 2023 will be fairly similar to 2022, and that thought has helped to consolidate this yearโs goals. Storage for albums remains at a premium, so Iโm continuing the theme of one layout for each month this year โ 12 in 23 โ and One Little Word spreads. Any travels will … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2023 | The Goals
Twenty twenty three marks my/our 13th year of One Little Word. This yearโs word was not difficult to pin down โ the word "joy" popped into my head in late December and made itself at home. But the more I thought about it, the more I heard Marie Kondo talking about "sparking joy." Joy became joyful. Life … Continue reading One Little Word 2023 | Joyful
Let me begin by thanking you for reading, commenting and staying with me throughout 2021. Awkward selfie #1 Awkward selfie #2 Letโs also take a look at the all-important numbers: I wrote 250 posts, totaling 37,544 words. There were 1,422 comments and 984 likes. I have 420 followers. Throughout 2022 one thing continued to remain … Continue reading Annual Blog Review | 2022
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