Sacred Space

Happy Me A to Z . . .

I love the WRITE.CLICK.SCRAPBOOK blog. Seriously, they have one the best teams of contributors on there and they always have great ideas. Awhile back it was Aly Dosdall’s turn to host the blog (they have a different host every week) and she presented this project (Happy Me A to Z mini album) that encourages scrapbookers to scrap about themselves, the things that are important to them, and that make them happy.

You see, too often we scrappers get caught up in commemorating other people (kids, significant others, family members) or specific events (birthdays, vacations, Christmas), but most scrappers rarely make themselves the topic of their scrapbook pages. I know I fall into that group. My top two scrap subjects - in order - are always my pets, or daily life (like Project 365)

So I decided that once my fundraiser crop is over next weekend, I want to take part in this project and create my own A to Z Happy Book. In order to remind myself which items to use for each of my letters, I am going to list them here: 

A – Angels

B – Buddhism

C – Computers

D – Dogs

E – Etsy

F – Friends

G – Google Reader

H – Hugs

I – Independence (being financially able to support myself and not have to rely on anyone else)

J – Journals

K – Kuerig (the best damn single cup coffee maker ever)

L – Letish (my daughter)

M – Mozilla Firefox (fastest internet browser out)

N – Namaste (love the meaning of this Sanskrit)

O – Overstock.com

P – Pets

Q – Quiet time

R – Riding my Harley

S – Scrap-booking (of course)

T – Technology (I'm fascinated by it)

U – Umbrella Cockatoo

V – Visani Comedy Dinner Theater (in Port Charlotte)

W – Wii Game

X –

Y –

Z – 

So there’s my list, incomplete but at least it's a start. I don’t know how long it will take me to put the album together, but I will share it here when I’m done.

Putting Project Life Kit Together ...

Below is a video that Tammy Morales has put together to simplify putting our kits together. Her idea is to stay true to the kit and not get caught up in embellishments and such. {be sure to pause music player to watch video}

{In Tammy's words} In this video I show you how I set up my Project Life kit. Please remember that it is YOUR kit, there is no right or wrong way. This is just an idea.

{note} Sorry about some of the background noise, I recorded it in my kitchen (my scrapbook area was in a state of disaster), however it was close to supper time and there is some 'rumblings' going on. Hopefully it isn't too distracting.

Monthly Scrapbook Kits . . .

My dear sweet extremely talented friend Amanda is on the design team for Kit N' Kaboodles and I just had to share her project here with you for January.

Scrap-booking, Men and more . . .

I have to say that I am so shocked but tickled at the same time!!! My boyfriend JD has taken the plunge into the scrapbooking world. He paid close attention when I would talk about any of it when we first met. Then I started going to weekend crops again and attending monthly crops here in our area. I even hosted November at our house. Once he got home from running our thrift store, he discovered how crazy but yet how creative and fun all of this can be!

He has helped me solve my Wishblade ordeal and even supported my un-controllable urge and desire to have the Cricut Expression!! (Which I have to add was just delivered as I was typing this post!!!!) OMG

I'm happy to announce that JD completed his very first project last night. I am so proud of him. You can read his version here...

It tickles me pink to watch his excitement! It is very rewarding to have him so interested in my hobby. Something we can do from time to time together.....which is always a good thing.

Oh, and one more thing...I whom has no interest in digital scrapbooking what so ever, none, nada. JD on the other hand, now owns 5 digital programs. Geesh, what have I created? LOL

Love ya babe.