Only 4 months to go

Melissa says:

When Jill and I spoke today she was working on her page from my Trend Studio class on pleats, tucks and ruching. She was so excited because it was inspiring to her and the page was in an entirely different creative place than she probably envisioned. I always love it when my students come with an open mind, heaps of photo's to choose from and willingness to try something new. For me, that is exactly what scrapbooking is all about.

Milestones

Melissa says:

This month was a really inspired month for me. I have constantly worked on layout after layout, challenge after challenge and found so many things around me that inspired creativity continually.

A big shout out to Jill for keeping up the pace of a photo of a day. Not sure what she concluded from the 31 day slog but I think it gives a much broader look to her massive month.

With September beginning, it makes me very aware that Lifescrap 365 for 2010 is almost on the final stretch and I have started to entertain some ideas for next year. Nothing set in stone yet but the control freak in me likes to make a head start.

In the wee hours...

Melissa says:

Since the nasty cold and flu I had a few weeks ago, I have undergone a complete sleep transformation. Early to bed, early to rise has been my new pattern for a while now, but low and behold I have been awake since 3am this morning. As I lay there wishing myself back to sleep, my mind generally starts to tick over about the coming few weeks of school holidays. I'm sure I am not the only parent who (at times) dreads 2 full weeks of keeping their child busy.



Finally at 4.30am, I gave up the idea of a few more zzzzz's and threw on my slippers and decided to get in a few hours of creative time before the rest of the household surfaces. While tinkering with my Lifescrap album and this month's photo's, I realise that there only a few days left before my baby turns 10 and zips into those double digits. I shouldn't be dwelling of how frustrating he is, or cheeky for that matter. It's the time spent, not where you went or what you saw. But how many times I sit in his room to play Lego, or watch his favourite movie (Star Wars is still fantastic after all these years). So these holidays I have a few ideas planned for us, but chances are they will go out the window when he climbs into my bed for a warm snuggle and then maybe we can catch those extra zzzzz's together.

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.

Almost there!!!