Hi everyone! Happy day-before-Thanksgiving! Today I wanted to share something a little different with you. It's not a layout. It's not a home decor project. I don't know exactly what it is. I will be honest...my love of scrapbooking is often more about the process and the product than it is about the memory keeping. It sounds silly, but I really like paper and glue. It's like an art to me. I can't paint. I can't I can't even draw a stick person to save my life. I guess this is where I'm meant to be creative! So when I sat down with my plan to create this "project" about being thankful I didn't have a photo in mind. I didn't even have a specific story in mind. I just wanted to cut, and paste, and record. So that's what I did.
As you can see...no photos, no journaling (in the traditional sense)...just my "creativity" and my thoughts down on the page. It's a way for me to someday look back at some of the things I was thankful for at this time of the year. I had originally planned on using the 2-Day Hooray Number Button Embellishments for each item, but I soon realized that they would take up my entire page! So instead I opted for a few here and there to add some dimension and color! I love how it turned out and I plan to keep it displayed in my scraproom to enjoy.
So I challenge you to make something this week about being thankful. It could be a layout, a project, or something in between. :) Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends!
I really enjoyed your post. You are right, recording our thoughts & memories does not always require photos. I love your dimensional buttons & will have to add them to my Ormolu "wish list". (I just finished a blog post re: Thankfulness - a Thanksgiving layout about the gratitude felt on a particularly quiet, low-key, intimate feast. -You can check it out at Enikö's Playhouse after clicking on my name.) Happy Thanksgiving, Emily!
Posted by: Eniko DeLisle | November 23, 2011 at 05:32 PM