This Week's Project

Given that Trish is moving in a little over a month, she's on a mission to clear out clutter. She's been saving bits and pieces of interesting things, so we spent Monday combining them with card stock and covers to make some mini books. Neither one of us is quite sure what they should be used for, other than that they are not likely to become scrapbooks for photos and they won't be art journals. One idea is an inspiration journal. Another is a place to stick ephemera. Or a book to periodically write down current favorite things. Their future is yet to be determined, but we felt like we had a really productive day. We assembled seven on Monday, in addition to the two we made the week before.

Included in the books: parts of magazine pages, transparencies, envelopes (including everyday mailing envelopes - you know, the security kind with the interesting patterns inside), tags, pages from old planners and date books - you get the general picture. Lots of things that would have been junk have now been repurposed.


Patti

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

We don't usually make a big fuss about holidays around here. Which means we don't make a big fuss about Mother's Day either. But my children don't forget me by any means. Flowers were supposed to be delivered, but the FTD people said they couldn't deliver them, apparently. I have no idea why. So our son who lives with us stopped by the store to pick some up. He apologized because of course by the time he got off work Sat., the best bouquets were gone. That's OK - I'm enjoying these.

Then our daughter & son-in-law came out, and my daughter surprised me with a mani- and pedi-




and she told me not to order a certain clothing item she knows I want because that is also coming at some point.

I also had a nice conversation with our daughter who lives on the mainland. She makes custom jewelry, so she's in the process of creating something for me. I'm totally OK with it not being here yet.

I'm pretty sure they got the "day late and a dollar short" gift giving gene from me :) I'm having a lovely day. It's a nice mix - time with family and quiet time to relax after. Just what this Mom hoped for.


Patti

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Loving Well

Those who are loved well by Father, will love well in the world. To be a lover of people is the one thing every one of us can do each day that will do more to change the world than any personal achievement we aspire to. Loving those whom God puts before--our spouse, children, co-workers, neighbors, and even strangers--is where real joy is found and where the kingdom work is really done. - Wayne Jacobsen

From this article



Patti

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This week's adventure

Since Trish is leaving the island soon, we are trying to get around for photo shoots and experiences she wants to enjoy before they go.




This week, we drove out to Kahumana Cafe for lunch. they serve organic food, much of it from their garden. It was a really lovely lunch. And the lilikoi cheesecake was onolicious! Of course I couldn't eat the crust, but that's OK. it's the lilikoi bit that I was interested in.



After spending the morning walking in the water at Ko Olina, soaking up some sun, the quiet country atmosphere was perfect. I got so mellow, looking out at the garden and listening to the birds, it was a little slice of paradise. It seems to me that people were meant to live in a garden with trees all around, and the birds singing.

I could have stayed all afternoon.

Patti

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interNational Scrapbook Day 2012

What are you doing for interNational Scrapbook Day?

I've decided to participate in the Design House Digitals challenge this weekend. They are having a blog hop, and a big collar kit for free, as well as a challenge to use all 26 challenges is one layout. Fulfilling the challenge gives you a chance to win a 12x12 digital frame. How awesome that would be to win! We could enjoy my digi layouts before I even got them printed. I didn't even know they made digital photo frames that big!

Here's the list of requirements (in no particular order):

3 buttons √
a drop cap √
the color orange √
the color grey √
the color red √
include "2012"
layer 3 elements √
attach the photo with a fastener √ (the stitching)
add text to a photo √
use ribbon or bow √
rotate the title sideways √
use a template, but it must be flipped or rotated √ (I got mine here)
2 or more lines of journaling √
journal strips √
list journaling √
use the burn tool √
use an ampersand as a decorative element √
use 5 photos √ (I hope 6 is OK!)
3 patterns √
3 fonts or alphas √ (League Gothic, HI Pi'ilani, HI Kakuhihewa)
one photo must be a circle √
3 items from the freebie collab kit √ (the multi- & yellow papers, black buttons)
use League Gothic font √
recolor 1 element √ (the hibiscus)
use an overlay on at least 1 photo √ (main photo has an overlay)
use Instagram or some other filter on at least one photo √ (small photos all processed in Instagram)

This definitely was a challenge for me. I don't usually put so much stuff on a page, I would not have combined red & orange on my own, I normally leave a lot more space for journaling, but given all the requirements, I'm happy with just a few words. I'll say more in a companion page. I added a bit of extra fun by using a few of the techniques given on the blog hop.

My normal scrap process is much quicker, with a cleaner, simple look for the finished page, but I enjoy doing challenges from time to time, just to push my comfort zone a little and see what I can do with it.

I will mostly not be scrapping today, but that's OK because I worked on this a lot last night, and I did catch part of Stacy Julian's chat at Big Picture Classes, as well as all of Ali's. Saturday chores are calling, there are errands to run, and I have a commitment this afternoon I'm looking forward to.

Have a great day!

Travel Album Project

Trish and I are both going to be traveling this summer, and we planned our own little scrapping retreat while her husband was on a trip so that we could spend a full day working on making our mini albums to take on the road. The inspiration for this album comes from Ali Edwards' Scrapbook on the Road class.

I made an Scrapbook on the Road album for a trip I took last November and I really enjoyed the process and the result.

The first thing we did was gather a collection of supplies. I had a couple of different paper packs that had been sitting on my shelf for a few years, and we both raided our color drawers for bits and pieces that would coordinate.

Then we cut the paper into 6 x 6 squares. One of the sheets was printed in strips of all the patterned paper, which was perfect for our plan. Oh, wait! The reality is that we didn't have much of a plan.




Then we played with what to do with the chipboard covers. The papers we were using included a laser cut that was perfect to enhance the cover, but we were having a bit of difficulty deciding what color paper to put behind it. Until Trish got out her inks and started to play. We inked, Mod Podged, layered on the laser cut paper, Mod Podged some more, then trimmed it all with washi tape when it dried.









See the previous blog post for more photos of the pages in progress.

We had a fun day, and the base pages are all done.

One lovely feature, designed by Trish, is attaching a small paper bag with handles to the back of the album. Perfect for stashing pens, mini stapler and other necessities for journaling on the go. That step in the process isn't done yet. Photos of that will come later. I've got to acquire my paper bag still!

You will see, if you look at the other photos, a small folded paper bag attached to the inside back cover of mine. This smaller bag creates two pockets for stashing memorabilia from the trip, and mine currently holds extra 3x5 cards for journaling. Never hurts to have more!

We are both going to round the corners of the inside pages, and the album with be bound with book rings.

Patti

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Summer Travel Album

Summer Travel Album, a set on Flickr.