Just Me

If you’re ocassionally stuck in a rut or find that you lack that creative juice… you sound just like me. Often I go online to find inspiration but recently I’ve bought 3 idea books that are packed full with ideas to start any scrap page.

 

The first is A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking by Ali Edwards (by Creating Keepsakes).

The other design book is Clean & Simple Scrapbooking by Cathy Zielske (Simple Scrapbooks). The book is filled with design principles to create simple, sleek and no-fuss pages. I love that look!

 

Last but not least, I bought an idea book on Journaling. Sometimes I find myself looking for the right words to put on a page. I believe the story I have to tell can speak so much more powerfully than the pictures by themselves so I invested in Tracy White’s Journaler’s Handbook (Creating Keepsakes).

Don’t you think this book looks so pretty?? (That’s one of the reasons I bought it!!) There are hundreds of journaling prompts for the those moments when you’re at a loss for words. Included are an audio CD and a workbook!

One last thing, I am so looking forward for my lastest book to arrive from the States, it’s Love Your Handwriting by Heidi Swapp (also CK). Hope that’ll help me improve on my handwriting so that I can do more handwritten journaling on my layouts!

Journaling (with inspiration from Leslie Lightfoot):
Having children has changed the way I look at life… a better way. It has taught me to be thankful for everything. I just need to look at you to remember how awesome my life is. Your smile brings me such happiness, your intelligence brings me such pride and your cry reminds me how much I am needed… and how much I need you too. Thank you for your life, Hannah. Thank you for being you.

Scraplift of Brenda’s layout… you can check it out at here.

Journaling:

They say time passes quickly when you’re having fun. I can’t agree more. It’s been 13 months since you came into our world. From nappies to drinking your milk every 2 hours, you’ve become an active todd who just can’t seem to get enough of things around you. You’ve just started to walk and it seems like everything in the house holds some kind of wonder for you. And you never seem to get tired out!
What an energetic boy you are.
Oh yes, and we can’t wait to see you when you start to run!

i find it so awesome to have discovered scrapbooking. for one, i’ve started to clear and organise the stash of photos i’ve had been accumulating. you know, those in the orange, kodak photo albums. now, some of these photos are finding their place on wonderful scrapbook pages. i’ve also been able to spend some me-creative-time which i never had before. it’s a form of de-stressing for me from a day’s work and i find it an amazing creative outlet. of course, i also get to capture small but important life-moments that i would otherwise have forgotten in a few years’ time. you know, i used to wonder how life was when i was a child, i wished i had an album or something to look at now to see how i used to be. i imagine my kids saying this 20 years from now and i hope to give them something they can look back on. last but definitely not least, i’ve made so many new friends through scrapbooking. i find scrappers one of the nicest people you can find, extremely friendly and generous. i’m so thrilled when i get to know people who surf by my site and get inspired to start scrapbooking and i so look forward to getting to know so many more…it’s just such a wonderful thing, so wonderful.

dear baby,
What a blessing you have been in our lives and
what an awesome and privileged calling we have
from above. Each day holds new meaning and challenge as your dad and I
try to bring you up in
the purpose and will of God. It is our greatest desire to see you
living the life that He has planned for you since the beginning of
time. It will not be a bed of roses, but one of testing of your
character and faith in God. He did not promise us a problem-free life
but He did promise that if we put our trust in Him, we will see the
marvelous work of His hand.
So we pray that you will never let go of this promise, that you will
never lose sight of your destiny, and that your heart will never be far
from Him.
Mummy & Daddy