Hello all. I’m back. I’ve had a rough couple of weeks of illness where I had lots of time to think about blogging but lacked the headspace (or brainpower) to actually write anything. I’ve been thinking about structure and formatting and other such things.
I’ve decided to dedicate Mondays to memory keeping.
We’ll be adding special feeds in the sidebar soon so that if you only want to subscribe to certain content then you’ll be able to do just that. Know that we are working on that (as well as transfer to a new server among other things). Beyond that, I’m going to try to stick to a bit of a schedule in terms of content. Spinning Saturday has been working out well for me (until I couldn’t think), so I’m expanding the schedule.
Memory Monday is going to be related to any type of memory keeping, which will include scrapbooking, photos, stories, and organisation or display related to the aforementioned topics. In other words, anything related to memory keeping.
Why does this interest me?
That’s an easy question to answer. I’ve been memory keeping in one manner or another most of my life, and I’ve been scrapbooking since 2003. It’s something I enjoy, and it is something I’d like to share, if for no other reason than that I don’t know any other scrapbookers. I’ve never leafed through an album that wasn’t mine. I’ve never seen another person’s layout in the flesh. I’ve been grateful that there are people out there that are willing to share their layouts, process and philosophies pertaining to memory keeping, and I’d like to give back in my own small way. I used to share my layouts on this blog quite frequently and I’d like get back into the habit of doing that again.
Me, as a scrapbooker:
My style has changed a since I started scrapbooking. I now scrap 8.5×11 (American letter size) exclusively. I love the size. I love the shape. I love how my albums aren’t as cumbersome as 12×12 albums.
I scrap in a relatively simple style, with emphasis on the photos. I almost always include journalling of some description. I don’t own a printer, so my handwriting is prominent in my scrapbooks. I’m not an embellisher, though I do have a thing for flowers, ribbon and brads. They are my go-to bit of decoration. I love my die cutter for titles (see aforementioned lack of printer and the fact that I’m too cheap to buy loads of letter stickers).
Having said all that, I also love a challenge and happily participate in those that tickle my fancy. I like pushing my own boundaries.
For this first edition of Memory monday, I’d like to share some layouts that I’ve been working on lately that are related to some of the Garden Girl challenges on Two Peas.
A challenge to use your scraps, and based on a layout by Shimelle. I chose some photos from Chinese New Year that I’ve been wanting to scrap for a while since I knew I had tons of red scraps of patterned paper.
The next challenge took me completely out of my comfort zone in terms of style. The page itself is a lift of the example page by Fevvers but I’m happy with the results since I’ve previously had a hard time scrapping these photos. The challenge itself was to scrap a series of photos (two is a series, right?), and I chose some of my husband and daughter playing peek-a-boo via PhotoBooth.
The final layout I’d like to share today is based on a sketch from the latest Glitter Girl challege. The sketch uses a 12×12 divided page protector or suggests using the sketch on a standard 12×12 page. Since I scrap in a different size, I used the sketch but took a few liberties by making it a 2 page layout.
I think it works. :)