Design Your Life by Cathy Zielske is up and running,and Week One introduced the idea of symmetry and asymmetry on scrapbook pages. The first assignment was to produce a symmetrical layout using a grid design.I used recent photos of The Boy Child to tell a story from over twenty years ago. Isn't it great when … Continue reading Design Your Life 2.0 | Week One
When I see myself in a photo or catch sight of my reflection, I rarely look like how I think I look.We're talking about photos that make me look half-way decent here, not the candid mouth-open-eyes-shut variety.Photos like this one.And this one.Where am I going with this post?Passport photos, that's where.Yep, it's almost for for a … Continue reading Mirror, Mirror
So I travelled the two hundred plus miles yesterday afternoon to meet up for an evening out with Cousin #1, Cousin #3 and Cousin by Marriage.We don't need much to have a fabulous time.Large bottles of beer are always a good choice. Delicious food complete with positive affirmation. What's not to love? The reflective selfie shot is … Continue reading Cousins, Affirmations and Rockers | Photo Heavy
454 posts this year. 41,268 page views in the life of this blog. 119 followers, plus a handful of others who regularly comment but don't actively follow me. This blog had its ups and downs, but overall, it wasn't a bad blogging year at all. Successfully completed were: Yesterday & Today by Ali Edwards for … Continue reading Blog Review: 2011
DS likes to look at my scrapbook albums. I like him to look at my scrapbook albums, but under supervision. This morning, still before 8am, I found him in my office, at my desk, looking through my Yesterday & Today album. And that's no light weight album to heave off the bookcase, I can assure … Continue reading Praised
It's been a while since I posted about Cathy Zielske's Design Your Life class, which now runs as self-paced on BPC ~ two months to be exact. I decided to put it to one side while Yesterday & Today was in progress, as I could easily see myself becoming snowed under with scrapbooking tips, advice … Continue reading Design Your Life: Week 4
The final week of this brilliant class. Ali's suggestion was to decide which week had been your favourite and create another LO using the same principles. I chose week 4, the week which dealt with how to tell those difficult or emotional stories that we all have. In week 4, I created a DLO about my … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: Week 13
Week 12 was all about the stuff of life ~ the type of stuff that everyone collects throughout the week: receipts, flyers, shopping lists.~ Starbucks, recipts, flyers and appointments ~ ~ Hand written shopping list ~ ~ Arrival of the devine Project Life~
This week has been a challenge, I can tell you! Seven photos of me, taken one a day over the last week.Here's what I learned:~ It's now obvious that I wear the same few clothes over and over, despite a full wardrobe.~ Regardless of the time of day, the light in our kitchen is rubbish.~ … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: Week 11
This week was all about everything I have learned. Ali had suggested journaling on an A4 sheet and then printing without any margins. My printer was having none of that, so I've adapted my DLO in order to get the look I wanted.Do you like my Chinese dolly? She used to have a baby in … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: Week 10
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