I made a single page to showcase May. I used an old design by Shimelle to record a day spent at Hughenden with friends-who-are-like-family - it was the first time we'd seen them since Christmas 2019. For June, I chose to record our day at Cerney House and Gardens and I used a sketch I'd … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | May and June
Was June joyful? Let's see what the numbers made of it: 40 walks with Tilly 32,179 steps walked by me on my busiest day^ 5 pieces of Happy Mail sent 7 traditional 12x12 scrapbook pages created by me 3 visits with family members 1 photo of mine on the walls of a public exhibition 🙂 … Continue reading Month in Numbers | June 2021
In May I chose to record Afternoon Tea. 🙂 Having used the banner with a cluster of cake embellishments, I decided that I didn't need to also add a specific title. In June I chose to record the photographic exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor:
I've added a few more spreads to The Boy's album (volume 7) ... There's a double spread for the run up to last Christmas - an old grid design (from either Ali or Shimelle): There's also a single spread about visiting Lacock last October (apologies for the wonky image): And there's a spread about an … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | The Boy’s Album
Tucked away on a small shelf in the corner of my office you'll find a Creative Memories 12x12 album about when I worked at the Royal Ballet School in South West London. And like many of my early scrapbooking attempts, it really isn't very good. 🙂 No date, no journalingRandom placement of photos, no context … Continue reading From 12×12 Scrapbook to A5 Journal
On the day that eating indoors in restaurants and cafés was allowed again, a friend and I had Afternoon Tea. 🙂 I included a print out of my Mass Observation Diary (which happened before Afternoon Tea, but no matter). Dominic Cummings appeared before a parliamentary committee and let rip - it was fascinating to watch … Continue reading Covid-19 | The Journal, Part 16
Was May marvellous? Let's see what the numbers made of it. Joining 89 others for an online Meet the Authors event over Zoom. 26,180 steps walked by me on my busiest day of the month. 42 walks with Tilly 31 sessions of online Pilates. 15 online Step classes via YouTube. 4 days spent redecorating the … Continue reading Month in Numbers | May 2021
One of the UFOs on my list for this year's 100 Day Project was to finish a 6x8 album about our long weekend in South Lakeland last Summer. I'd added a bunch of photos and then put it aside. To complete the album, I used journaling and filler cards from In a Creative Bubble and … Continue reading Lakeland Weekend Album
I made two spreads for April's activities. I used my favourite in-the-round design to showcase receiving our second doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. I used stickers from Doodlebug Design and picked the brightest and most fun ones in my collection. 🙂 I also made a double spread to record the three Weekday Walks I … Continue reading Scrapbooking in 2021 | April
I treated the day like a Day on the Life entry and my key word was detail. I wrote the timed entries without much thought to structure. For our cast of characters, I promoted The Brainy One to The Doctor. 🙂 I couldn't resist including a photo of Tilly and part of a scrapbook page. … Continue reading Mass Observation Diary | 12 May 2021
