The final pages of June

Melissa says:

It will be only a matter of days and it will be time to post July's pages. How can that be? I get the feeling that Lifescrap just illustrates how much we try to cram into our already busy lives and in turn just makes the year go that much faster.

Another Month Goes By

Jill says:

I have started July off with a big declutter session and some reorganising of our home offices (we have an office which has a desktop computer which stores photos and hubby's work stuff and my son's game stuff! And then there is my desk where I work from with a computer also). Hubby bought a new laser printer for his work (he's a screenprinter) which has an inbuilt scanner. It has gone on the desktop which he uses. It meant I got to have my old scanner (which I love) and it is now hooked to my computer (a Canon Canoscan Lide 80). A good thing really as in my declutter session, I took the big piece of black velvet I normally use for photography and packed it away in the attic, forgetting that I use it at least every month for my Lifescrap photos. I have scanned this month's images (on the left) and there is a lot more detail in the scanned image.

I'm not sure if you can tell. This month I attempted something different with my numbers (same stamp I know). I actually heat embossed them along with the title 'June'. After I got started, I remembered why I don't emboss very often. I love the look but prefer not to clean up the mess and could do without the fiddling around. It was something different, anyway.

I felt like June was a month of celebration for me in lots of ways and July is shaping up very much the same. We are feeling grateful for the slower pace and loads of normality back in our lives; visiting family and friends and doing some day trip adventures as well. Well, I better get off my butt and get going for the day. The joy of school holidays is having a sleep in for a bit (and sneaking in a blog post while my son enjoys the warmth of his bed). Enjoy your day.

3 Hints for June

Melissa says:
I friend recently asked what kind of things I photographed for the Lifescrap 365 album. She had seen the first few months finished and the idea had peaked her curiousity, maybe I can convince her to join in next year. Within the the first few weeks of this year, I knew I was going to get the same kind of photo time and time again if I didn't start to look at my daily life very differently. I soon realised that my day was filled with simple things that accumulate to a much bigger picture as I began snapping away.

Here's 3 easy photo's that you can take very quickly;

1. Your health and well being - the medication that I used for 2 weeks.

2. Places you visit - date night with my husband, while Griffin was at the school disco.

3. Creative time - mine always is my latest creation for classes. Usually I take a photo so I can text it to Jill for a sneak peak.