Some Updates from Yesterday and Today

I haven't had a chance to update my blog in quite awhile.  Work was crazy busy, and then we went on vacation!

Right before I left for vacation, I worked on a LO for Ali Edward's class, Yesterday and Today at Big Picture Classes.  I almost finished it, but not quite!  So, I had to wait until I got home to scan it and complete the last bits.

This LO is from week 7: "This week we are continuing our focus on telling stories that link the past and the present. We are making connections that make the invisible threads of our lives visible."

Story of Two Friends: Week 7

I'm happy with this LO because I went back through lots of old photos to find four photos taken with my good friend from high school Laurie.  We had just seen each other at Christmas, and we have been trying to rebuild our friendship.  This LO allowed me to recognize the past and the future.

When I got back from vacation I jumped back into class, with the week 8 lesson on perspective and mindfulness.  I had to find 11 photos about me.  I did cheat and add one of my cat, but it made sense.  I went back over left-over photos that I hadn't scrapped, or photos that I hadn't used yet, and I really had fun with the process.  It took a lot longer than I had expected, mainly because there were so many little parts.  I'm happy with how it turned out.

Week 8: Perspective

I had mentioned earlier that I was trying digital LOs.  Well, I got my prints back from Persnickety Prints, and while the quality of the printing was excellent, I wasn't in love with the flat aspect of the digital LOs.  I think that some hybrid scrapping here and there will be good, but overall, I think that I'm a paper scrapper.

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First Week of Creative Retreat

I'm so enjoying (already) Creative Retreat with May Flaum.  She is generous, inspiring and never makes you feel guilty.  I am really using her class as inspiration, and trying to keep on with my scrapbooking.  It is fun to try new things, and see a different style.

This weekend I didn't have a ton of time for scrapping, but I am still making progress.  First, I created this layout, inspired by one in Creative Retreat.  I didn't know what to do with all of these photos of food from Turkey, but now they are in the album!  My DH came by and said that he loved it!  And, he was excited to have it in the album.  We really loved the food :)

Eating our way through Turkey

I also worked on some cards for this week, and prepared a layout about Christmas using a template for a holiday mini book from Big Picture Classes, created by Kayce Rehn.  This is something different for me, so I am excited to see how it turns out.  It is going to be in a 12 x 12 page protector with 6x4 openings.  One side will be a photo and the other will be from the template.  I think that it will be fun.  Working with Ali Edwards, in her class, is helping me to see that my books can be a combination of many different things.  I like how freeing that is, as well as inspiring.  It opens up a whole new world. 

Holiday Mini Book Images

Speaking of my other class, Yesterday and Today, I have totally fallen behind.  But, I'm about to change all of that as soon as I'm done with this post.  I have to see what is there for this week and get to work.  I might have some time this week, even, as DH has a lot of night meetings.  Cereal for dinner and time to scrap?  Maybe!

Finally, I was super excited to send off all of my 12x12 digital pages to Persnickety Prints.  They are having a big sale right now, and it is the perfect time to order.  These will be my first ever digital pages...so excited to see what they look like when they arrive.