I love Books (another two page spread)

The class asked me to talk about books...  Man, I love books. Doing this layout made me want to run to borders just to look around. Too Bad Neil is out of town. :( I think my girls will grow up loving books, too. I love that this class has helped me put all this on paper.

Make Something Monday

This is the two page spread I made today. Again, it is SIMPLE, but it is DONE and ready to go into the page protectors and that makes me happy.

If you took the time to make something (even just took 5 minutes to write notes about a family member, yourself or a memory....) you would have 250 little somethings in 5 years. That is a very big deal.

Do not clean your space (just push stuff out of the way if you have to). Do not spend any money (we know we all have enough stuff). Do not surf on line for ideas (how much time do we all waste surfing for ideas or scrapbooking supplies and then we never even use them). Just pair a photo with a memory this week.

YOU CAN DO IT! I know you can. Happy Scrapping!

Three more pages on people I LOVE!

How cool is it to make a page telling someone you love just how much you love them. Ahhhhh, it makes my heart feel happy. Do you realize the importance of that page one day?I mean, in the day to day business of life, that one page might not seem to matter.... but one day, it will become a cherished memory. I am 100% certain that you making the time to make a simple page about how much you love someone will mean the world to them either tomorrow or 10 years down the road. Here are the three I made today... one for each girl, and one for Busia. All of them super simple, all of them DONE! That is the best part. Putting them into the book and shutting it. Then, opening it back up and reading it again. And sometimes again, and again and again. :) I know they are all really simple, but that never makes them any less meaningful. Tomorrow is Make Something Monday.... can you make something meaningful for someone?

Playing in the rain...

My class assignment was to outline my parenting style...  It was interesting to think about and I loved putting my thoughts about how I parent on paper. I really really wish I could go back in time and do a book like this about my mom. It would be so neat to ask her questions and document her answers. I love how I scrap now...  it is simple and easy and I get stuff DONE. I am happy that way. I love that if anything ever happens to me, Kalli and Kaya will have my words in print to read and hug and keep forever.

Another Two Pages

I have made 13 pages in the past 18 hours. HOLY MOLY! That is the most I have made ever unless I have been at Sherrie's Cropping or she and Shannon have been here for the weekend scrapbooking. I LOVE SCRAPBOOKING.

This page is about my views on HEALTH for my This Is Me class I am blessed to have talked myself into late. :)

12 years ago today....

I was getting my hair done for my wedding to Neil. Sometimes it seems like just the other day, and other times it seems like it was some other life.

I made him this page instead of a card. I let him read it and took it RIGHT BACK to put into my This Is Me album I am working on.

I love scrapbooking!

There is something about capturing memories for our family that actually makes my heart feel happy. I love knowing that these layouts I did tonight can never be taken away. That these stories are captures and these memories secure. Ahhhh, I love that feeling.

I did the title page and all four divider pages for my This Is Me class I am taking. Now, I feel like I can make any page I am directed to make and it has a home. I am waiting for a tab punch I got at JoAnns.com for 40% off to come, and I will tab these pages. These were down and dirty and quick and easy, and that totally works for me. I am not in this to win awards, I am in this to put our stories down on paper. I love pairing photos with memories and telling stories. This is such a meaningful hobby and I am grateful I know how to do it.

My Life

My Loves

My work

My World

These came out exactly like I pictured them in my head. I love when that happens.

A few things I made this weekend

At my friend Sherrie's retreat in Iowa. It was a great time. I got a ton done and really just enjoyed creating with a room full of people for three days. Amazing women - funny stories - great projects - incredible food. It was nice and I even took a nap on Saturday. So much fun.

Here are a few 8.5 x 11 pages I made - I put these into the Stacy Julian system of All About Us. I use regular binders for my pages....

I have a lot more stuff I made that I will show you later. I hope you all MADE SOMETHING this fine Monday! :)

Made a page tonight...

Polly Lund once had a patch that said "Scrapbooking is cheaper than therapy...  I think." I should have kept one of those patches!  I made this page tonight to try to capture today's memories before I forget them.  I just feel like I need to do little things to make sure I never forget our simple every day things we do. I felt lucky to take these photos this morning. And I am grateful I made time to make this simple page.
Never forget the power of scrapbooking for your own spirit and the other lives that connect with yours. I know having this page will matter one day to them. I cannot tell you what I would give to know how my Mom felt 30 years ago when she took me to first grade.

I feel lucky that I realized to stop making this all harder than it needed to be. I never would have made a super simple random page like this "back in the day" - but MAN, I love it. I kind of want to sleep with it under my pillow if it would not get all crushed.  My photos and my stories are all I really need. That has become more than enough for me, and for that, I am grateful.

I tried to cut and paste my rambling long winded text because I know there will be one of you who is like me and will SQUINT trying to read it. I have no clue why I like to read other people's journaling, but I really do. If you have any need to read this long journaling....  email me klsb@comcast.net and I will email it to you. I am SO BAD at getting things to work on the computer!

If you take time to read this blog - thanks. I hope it inspires you to simply make something once in a while. :)