Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking

Speed Scrapbooking: 7 Layouts In One Night

Last night, just for fun and to challenge myself, I started a thread at the General Scrappin' message board at Two Peas to see how many layouts I could make in one night.  Here's the link:  Friday Night Scrapping Message Thread at Two Peas.  Here are the layouts:

1.  CRUISE FASHION: 

I started this one a while back when I bought the clothes for the cruise and so I already had the tags placed on the cardstock so I just had to add photos, journaling and a title.  Easy.

2. GOODBYE ATLANTIS

The layout design for this one was based on this 3 photo layout by Susan Weinroth.

3. SLEEP DAY OR NIGHT:  This layout was inspired by this photo of my kids on the ride home from the cruise and the sunlight was shining in on their sweet little sleepy heads and they were even snuggling (and not fighting!); it reminded me of how they'd fall asleep in the car when they were babies.

I used this 2 photo scrapbook sketch by Jayne 

4. My Girl:  And yes I did finally find a use for that giant Me & My Big Ideas stick figure girl!

Goofy but appropriate for this one:

5. Artsy Girl:  Using another big cartoonish character - this time from Cosmo Cricket:

This one started out being inspired by This Shimelle / Glitter Girl Scrapbook Layout: Try This Journaling Idea but it went a little off the rails.  I made my own pie chart - which mimiced the pie chart my daughter drew - she is always into the trends:

6. TRAVEL TOGETHER: 

I think on this one I started thinking that inking the edges really does slow me down / but looks good - so its a love / hate thing.  This one also doesn't really have a title and that's ok with me since its going into the beginning of our cruise album and its pretty much self explanatory- or at least I think so:  Its about the 4 of us traveling together.

7. MIDNIGHT MINIGOLF!  The last one!  And I think it was about midnight!

I didn't do a whole lot of embellishing (or any) on this one but was inspired to used vellum after watching this "Seeing Double" video by Jen Gallacher at Two Peas.

Yippee!  I'm done uploading (I think the uploading actually took longer than making the layouts!).

Peace out scrapbookers :)

 

Scrapbook Improv and Using What You Have Available

Have you been watching all the CHA 2013 Winter Releases like I have?  I've been surfing Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and Two Peas to catch glimses of what's coming out and trendy in the scrapbooking world.  

One of my favorite things to do around CHA is to use what I have to simulate the look of the yet to be released new and trendy CHA Scrapbook Products.  For example, Amy Tan's "Yes, Please" by American Crafts has a stencil template for letters - I have a very old school letter template and I gave it a try.  Normally I wouldn't make a title with embroidery floss, but because it was new and trendy and I don't actually have the latest and greatest yet, it is then fun for me to improvise and use what I have to create the new and trendy look.  Super duper fun.

E-How Mom's Article "Practices of Science Improvisation in School" can easily be adapted to the wonderful world of scrapbooking; just substitute the word "science" for "scrapbooking", check it out:

"Improvisation is the act of creating something or using something in the absence of the ideal tool. [Scrapbooking] teachers often try to teach [scrapbookers] about [scrapbooking] principles through the use of [challenges and sketches], though they do not always have access to the resources needed to optimally perform [scrapbook layouts]. Innovative [scrapbook] teachers can use cheaper products to simulate [trendy new CHA scrapbooking supplies]. [Scrapbooking] teachers can also help [scrapbookers] learn improvisation as an important life skill. [Scrapbooking] teachers can work with [scrapbookers] to come up with ways to improvise, forcing [scrapbookers] to think critically about [scrapbooking design] concepts underlying the devices."

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One of my favorite Scrapbooking Teachers of late is Shimelle Laine, otherwise known as Glitter Girl, and this week, her challenge included using colors that did not necessarily come from the photos and she used the actual hot off the presses Amy Tan letter stencil thing.  Her video was the inspiration for my page and I used a similar color scheme and did the stencil thing the improv way.  (Yay!)

I also created a vellum envelope for the airplane tickets (vellum is also trendy again - my vellum is from 10 years ago - see I knew I was saving it for a really good reason!).  I used photo corners to look like the new and trendy arrows.  I also used colors that seem to be trendy this year.   So this scrapbook improviser feels completely satisfied using old supplies to look new and fresh.

P.S.  Some of my supplies aren't actually all that old - I went to Whim So Doodle's Garage Sale a few weeks ago and scored $15.00 worth of 2011 and 2012 papers and sticker sheets (lots from Bella Blvd.) for $.10 a page - which means I got about 25 pounds of paper.  I also bought a scrapbook tote for $2.00 to hold all that old but new to me papers and sticker sheets.  So that was only $17 bucks; I should seriously do a scrapbook haul video -- I got a major amount of really cute papers and supplies!

Scrapbook Improv and Goal Setting

I took a 6 week Improv Class a year or so ago and I found that what I learned in the class helped me be more creative and prolific in my scrapbooking process; I think that so many of the concepts from improvisational comedy can be applied to scrapbooking, life, goal setting, and really, anything else you are trying to do.  I will be blogging about Scrapbook Improv every Thursday in 2013 and my goal is not to be funny but rather to try to explain how improvisational comedy concepts can be applied to your scrapbooking and your life.

I'm not the only one who thinks Improv can be applied to other areas of life, Tina Fey thinks so too; so hey, it must be true right?  There is a great article called  "Tina Fey's Rules for Improv and Your Career" about Tina Fey's book "Bossypants" on the Women 2.0 blog by Bryce Christensen. I think many of these Improv Rules can also be applied to your life and to your scrapbooking.   Take Rule #4:

"Rule #4 — There Are No Mistakes… Only Opportunities

If I start a scene as what I think is very clearly a cop riding a bicycle, but you think I am a hamster in a hamster wheel, guess what?

Now I’m a hamster in a hamster wheel. I’m not going to stop everything to explain that it was really supposed to be a bike. Who knows? Maybe I’ll end up being a police hamster who’s been put on “hamster wheel” duty because I’m “too much of a loose cannon” in the field.

In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world’s greatest discoveries have been by accident. I mean, look at the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, or Botox.

Lesson: Stay Positive, Learn to Adapt

If you do work of any meaning, mistakes are going to happen. Imagine the difference one simple change in attitude like this can make on having a positive work environment.

Just like improv, not every project will go as planned. You can take the amateur approach; stop the scene, destroy the momentum, and start over. Or you can be a pro; adapt to the change, make it your own, and do something greater."

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The lesson of staying positive and learning to adapt really speaks to me in my weight loss journey right now.  A few years ago,  I made a big declaration of weight loss: I wanted to lose 50 pounds.   I got really close but then I fell of the weight loss wagon and I lost a lot of ground.  So instead of becoming discouraged (or letting myself go too far down that road), I am trying to "be a pro, adapt to the change"  and stay positive rather than stopping the effort and beating myself up about having to start over.  I made a scrapbook page about making smaller goals in my weight loss journey.

Want more ideas for scrapbooking your goals?  Check out the Get it Scrapped Blog Post "Ideas for Scrapbooking Your Goals".

Want more ideas for using improv concepts in your scrapbooking?  I plan to write about Scrapbook Improv on this blog every Thursday of 2013.  Meantime, if you'd like to read what I've written on Scrapbook Improv see these articles:

1. Scrapbook Improv and Creative Flow

2. Being Present in your Scrapbooking Process & an SNL (Saturday Night Live) Mini Book

3. Improv for Scrapbookers and Creative Types

4. Applying the "Yes And" Attitude of Improv to Scrapbooking

5. Using the Improv Principle of "Taking it the Wrong Way" in Scrapbooking

 

The Century Scrapbook Project Episode #6: 1991 & Trusting Your Gut & What to do with those Old Boyfriend Photos!

The Century Scrapbook Project is a scrapbook album in which I am making one 8.5x11 page for each year between 1900-1212.  Yesterday I found my International Student ID from 1990 and earlier in the week I listened to the PaperClipping Roundtable #131: Learning to Share which was all about scrapbooking your single lady days, so the early 90s were on my mind when I woke up today and I made this page:

This page is all about trusting your gut and I learned that lesson back in the early 1990s. 

What to do with those old boyfriend photos?  No, don't cut them up - cover them up and put them in a pocket, see how I made this page on ustream:

 

So here's to trusting your gut & 1991!

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The Century Scrapbook Project: Episode #2: 1945 & Rebel Skier Wives

I'm up with Episode #2 of The Century Scrapbook Project .  Today I'm scrapbooking the  year 1945 and the "Rebel Skier Wife" connection I have with my Grandmother.

Here my short false start video which only lasts a few minutes and discusses my concept of improvisation scrapbooking and the century project:

 

Here's the main video - I start scrapbooking at about 18 minutes in so if you are interested in the concepts of The Century Scrapbook Project or Scrapbook Improv then watch the first part, if you want to see the page being made, then start at around 18 minutes in the show.

 

 

The Century Scrapbook Project: Episode #1: 1985 & Paul Simon's Graceland

I am going to scrapbook every year of the 20th century and up to the current year so I will be making at least 112 pages for this project.  I am also going to show you this process which combines my concept of scrapbook improv and my current love of family history scrapbooking.

Here is Episode #1 of The Century Scrapbook Project:  I'm Still Preoccupied with 1985 & Paul Simon:

Video streaming by Ustream_Here is the finished page:

Here is the inspiration piece for the page design:

Stay tuned - the episodes will not all be so crazy long. I think this project is going to be amazing.

If you'd like to play along please leave a comment with a link to your layout and/or leave a comment with any questions that you have about this project.

 

 

2012 Goals - There's Still Time & #BigPictureClasses Festival Day 4

The Big Picture Classes Big Idea Festival Day #4 Challenge by Nichole Magouirk was to make a scrapbook page recording your goals.  I've always been a BIG  believer in writing down goals, since I was little and then this idea was reinforced in college when one of my classes had Steven Covey's 7 Habits as part of the required reading.  Back in college I wrote down my life goals and even drew pictures of my future house and family - I can't seem to find that book (which breaks my heart just a little) but my life now looks a lot like the plan I wrote down in college down to how my house looks, what I'm doing and my family structure.  I have been thinking I need to do that again for the next 20 years.  Meantime, I'm going to try to take a smaller bite and just focus on the rest of this year - 2012 - and focus on only three things that I want to accomplish before the 12/31/12. 

Here's the journaling on my Goals Page:

{Note to Self:  Hey Katie!  There is STILL TIME ENOUGH in this year 2012 to accomplish some of those New Year's Resolutions!  Focus on these TOP 3 OK?: 

1.  Write that Improv-Scrapbooking Book & really learn how to make e-books.

2. Maybe 50 pounds is too big of a goal - just try to get to #160 by 12/31/12!

3. Make sure the 4th Quarter at Work is Awesome & Save up for a Ski Trip to Utah!"  K 9/7/12

I Made 8 Scrapbook Layouts Last Night!

That's Right! I made 8 Scrapbook Layouts last night!  I know there may be no award for that, but I'm always very happy and proud when I made a whole bunch of layouts in a short amount of time.  Whoo Hoo! 

{P.S. Yes I did use lots from my Counterfeit Kit Challenge August Kit - but this time I didn't limit myself to it - I went looking for other stuff when I wanted to - I think I've found my sweet spot!}

Sunday Scrapbook Sketch Challenge #2: The Studio Challenges

Remember last Sunday I mused about starting a weekly Sunday sketch challenge? Sunday Sketch Challenge #1  Well? Here's week #2.

Scrapbook Confession #2: I start blog series and then never finish them {click here for the DCWV 24 Layouts from One Stack Challenge}   {click here for scrapbook confession #1} One of my known self-admitted scrapbooking (and life) weaknesses is that I love to start things, but get less excited about maintaining or finishing things (like mini books for example).  I think this Sunday Series is do-able for me to continue since I won't be creating the sketch, I'll be linking up to another challenge or inpsiration site.  Please play along and post a comment with a link to your layout! 

This week is more a concept than a sketch but the sketch is roughly this:

Fancy graphic right?  And yes that is blue ink on my thumb nail - which is probably reason #3 why I don't stamp more often (see below for reasons #1 and #2).  The basic concept for this page is to take a stamp and stamp it horizontally across a white sheet of cardstock and create several rows of it.  Then add your photo or photos on top of the horizontal band and add a title and some embellishments (if you want - I didn't) and call it done.

If you need more of a challenge then create the basic page using the fancy sketch above and also make the page monochromatic and have the subject matter be "something awesome you take for granted".

My page is about our backyard pool and how lucky they are to have it and how they'll probably never get that since they grew up with it.  Here's my journaling:  "When I was a kid, we'd sometimes get a small plastic pool but most of my swim time was in friends' pools or in lakes or the very cold Atlantic Ocean.  I'm not sure my kids can even begin to understand how lucky they really are.  So seriously lucky to have a backyard pool." 

I was inspired by The Studio Challenge: Try a New Technique blog post; specifically, I wanted to do a layout inspired by Valerie Mangan's layout with the stamped circles. 

I have lots and lots and lots of stamps and ink pads and they rarely get used.  One reason is that I don't think I'm very good technically at stamping and another reason is that when I get that sort of thing out, if the kids see me do it, they want to get involved and it instantly becomes super messy and I go from scrapbooker to scrapbook caddy for the kids and number one clean upper.  I should probably just get over the #2 reason and embrace the mess, and sometimes I do, but most times, it just seems like one more mess to clean up - and scrapbooking is my happy fun time when I try to escape from the dishes, laundry and vacuuming - which I need to get to as soon as this post is done - oh hurrah. 

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The Scrapbook Improv Thought of the Day / or maybe lets call this the Scrapbook Yoga Tip of the Day:  The point of scrapbooking for me isn't so much the finished page as it is the mental play time I get from creating the page.  I even find it gratifying when I push myself to make a page or use a technique (like stamping) on a page when I am not inspired to do so; I think that pushing through the initial hesitation that sometimes comes with creativity gets you to the place where you are having fun and forget time in the creative process.  FORGETTING TIME is the goal for me.  I want to get to a place where I'm so into what I'm doing that I can turn my brain off to all the other stuff that is usually on my brain.  Scrapbooking can be a meditiation.   It can also be a place where, if you let it, your subconcious can bring things to your attention - almost like dreaming.  But to get there, you have to be open to listening and to letting go of knowing the end when you start, you have to start with an improv kind of mind - and just respond to what is in front of you - or in front of your brain and go with it.  To get there, you can't be too concerned with whether your page is going to look completely awesome, if it does great, if it doesn't that is ok too - especially if you got your process and your brain get completely immersed in the process.

(P.S. The subconscious notion that this page brought to my attention is the the whole parenting thing of trying to make up for the stuff you felt like you didn't have in childhood; so you end up sort of spoiling your kids or giving them too much.  I sometimes I think (I know) I go overboard with trying to make things awesome for my kids.  I don't think I'm alone in this - I think lots of people from my generation do this - and I think we also know its probably not the best thing to do.  Its just that trying to find the right balance of making things fun and awesome but also instilling the work ethic and value of a dollar thing that I got from not being given so much as a kid.  I guess its one of those ever ongoing things - trying to get things right - knowing that you can't possibly ever be the perfect parent no matter how hard you try.  There's a commercial on tv right now that says something like Mrs. So-and-So would do everything for her kids if she could.... I'm kind of like that - but I also know that's not what they want or need.  We had an issue with my son yesterday, a sort of total meltdown, and it was hard but we recovered and had a great day, but I don't think it is fully resolved.  So that's been on my mind and it is probably the undercurrent of this pool page.  Isn't that punny?  Undercurrent / pool?  I know, not super funny - but sometimes when things are hard, it is good to add a little bit of silly in to keep things lighter.)

Now go make something!

Paper Strips & Other Fun Pinterest Boards

Debbie Hodge did a post on Get It Scrapped called Pinterest Boards for Scrapbookers to Follow and included my Paper Strips Pinterest Board.  I sometimes use my boards for inspiration for scrapbooking, I especially like to use them for ideas for my "half-baked" pages *(see below for definition).   I have boards for scrapbooking with paper strips, stars, circles, hexagons, squares, triangles, and a host of other shapes and ideas.  Here are a few pages I created inspired by the paper strips board:

I love Pinterest and have lots of boards - some may think maybe too many - but I tend to fall in love with things and get totally immersed - and this is what happened with me and Pinterest.  And, I usually pin things while I'm on the stepper (my aunt thought I just sat around eating bon bons and pinning things all day - in my dreams).

I started Pinterest with Boards like "For The Home" and "My Style Pinboard" and it seemed like a great way to keep ideas for the house and for what to buy when I'm clothes shopping.

Pinterest quickly became a place to consume and store scrapbooking ideas.  I pin things if I like them even a little bit.  I don't worry about going back to see them again; but I like the idea that if I would like to see them again, I know the board where I can find them.

*Definition:  Half-Baked Page = a scrapbook page that you start and then put away for a month or two until you feel like finishing it and if you never finish it, that's ok too.  I like to have a stash of half-baked pages for when I want to finish a page quickly - when the story inspiration hits, then the scrapbook-y part of things is half done.

LINKS: You can also check out some of my other Pinterest Boards:

1. Scrapbook Sketches

2. Mini Books

3. Scrapbooking with Circles

4. Scrapbooking with Grids

5. Scrapbooking with Banners

6. "Mister Mister" Scrapbooking with Mists

7. I {heart} hearts: Scrapbooking with Hearts

8. Scrapbooking with Maps

9. Centered Scrapbook Layouts

10. And my personal favorite pet project: Scrapbook Improv

Go check out my boards, its lots of scrapbooking eye candy.  When I'm looking at the boards I treat them sort of like magazines and flip through them not really paying too close attention, but sometimes something catches my eye and I go make something.  Mostly, I use Pinterest for consuming lots of stuff to go live in my brain for a while; I think that with creativity you need just as much input as you have output so Pinterest is like taking in creative fuel.

Sunday Scrapbook Sketch Challenge #1: Get It Scrapped Sketch #89

Its Sunday and You Want to Scrapbook, but can't decide where to Start! 

Sound Familiar? 

Here's An Easy Way to Solve this Scrapbooker's Problem:

1. Pick a  Sketch, Any Sketch.  (but make sure to just pick ONE).

2. Commit To It.  (no changing your mind after you find one - p.s. it should take less than 5 minutes to find one).

3. Finish the Sketch In Less Than an Hour.  (giving yourself a deadline is huge!  do not skip this part!)

A blog reader recently emailed me to get a link up to the challenges I like to use for scrapbooking.  I'm planning on doing a post soon with lots of links, but meantime, I'll share what I used for inspiration today:  Debbie Hodge's Get It Scrapped Sketch and Template Bundle #89:

I'd like to say that I'll start a Sunday Sketch Challenge and play along with a sketch every Sunday; but chances are I won't be that consistent - but that idea could certainly be awesome for someone who wanted a reliable source of inspiration:  Just decide that Sunday is Sketch Day, Monday is Make Something By Hand Day; Tuesday is Two photos on a Page Day; or whatever.  Sometimes the deciding part is the most difficult part. 

The Take Away?  Make a Decision.  Commit to it.  And finish it quickly.  These principles are similar to those used by improvisational comedians and these concepts work well for creativity scrapbooking.  I've got a Blog Category over to the right column called "LIFE: SCRAPBOOK IMPROV" if you'd like to read more about my concept of mashing up the principles from improvisational comedy with scrapbooking - It made me faster, more creative and happier - and I'm hoping it will do the same for you!

Please leave a comment and a link to your page!  I love to hear your thoughts on getting started when you're feeling that overwhelm that sometimes comes when you carve out time to scrapbook and get to your scrapbook place and then feel scrapbooker's block; I'd also love to see your pages!

Have a Happy Sunday!

Improv Scrapbooking: You MUST watch this!

Holy Sea Monkeys Jumping Over Toasters Batman!

Shimelle's Make Everyday a Scrapbooking Adventure Video!

Shimelle Laine doesn't mention the concepts of improvisational comedy as applied to scrapbooking, but this is exactly what she is talking about in this video.  Watch it.  And then watch it again.

P.S. I recently made this page inspired by one of Shimelle's videos - she's got a ton of really great videos over on youtube and at the Two Peas in A Bucket Site or her site www.shimelle.com.  Seriously good stuff.

 

Improv Scrapbooking: "Frustrate the Want"

So its been a little bit that I have blogged, but I've been scrapbooking lots lately.  I listened to the Paperclipping Roundtable Podcast yesterday and scrapbooker May Flaum mentioned that she blogs by the pool in the NEON episode.  I got to thinking that I should try to make a scrapbook page at the pool (usually I just do scrapbooking busy work (or Pinterest Pinning!) rather than creating a layout.  So I gave it a try and made a scrapbook page about the pool while I was at the pool yesterday! I loved scrapbooking outside.  I'm going to make scrapbooking part of my poolside routine. 

Improv Scrapbooking Concept: "FRUSTRATING THE WANT'

The Improv Concept of "frustrating the want" is that when one of the players has a want the others in the group "Yes, And" the want but then go ahead and totally make it impossible for the original player to fulfill the want.  Example:  Improv player #1 says "I've got to get quiet time to get some homework done."  Player #2 says "Oh yes, absolutely, don't let me bother you" and then proceeds to start drum practice.  Then Player #3 also agrees to be quiet but starts hammering nails; player #4 starts opera singing; etc. So that they players are all agreeing the the initial player's want but then going ahead and frustrating it anyway. 

How to apply this to scrapbooking?  Do I want to find ways to frustrate my wants in scrapbooking?  Heck no!  I want to figure out what my frustrations are and think up clever ways to solve them.  For example, I want to create  more scrapbook pages but my kids want to swim in the pool for hours and hours and hours a day.  They are strong swimmers but we don't let them swim without an adult; so I play lifeguard but don't have to watch them like a hawk, they chatter the whole time so most of the time I can just listen to their constant chatter while I surf Pinterest on my iphone.  But the pinterest search has sort of been frustrating my own want to spend more time scrapbooking.  So actually scrapbooking satisfies my want;  funny?  No, not really; but that's not the goal.  I was letting my want get frustrated by being outside away from my scrapbooking room; so I re-thought the whole poolside routine and satisfied my own want. 

IMPROV SCRAPBOOKING EXERCISE:   Think of something you've been frustrated with in your scrapbooking (or not scrapbooking) routine and think up a new way to satisfy your want. 

Can't think of anything that is frustrating you in the scrapbooking department?  Here are some ideas and some possible answers:

1. Not Enough Time To Scrapbook?  A. Figure out a way to cut out something else (like tv); or B. Figure out how to scrapbook faster.

2. Not Enough Budget For The Latest & Greatest Scrapbooking Supplies?  A. Try the Counterfeit Kit Club Blog Challenge to get your old stuff to seem new; or B. Figure out what you  really use (patterned paper, stickers, whatever) and only buy "new" of that item and use it with your older supplies.

3. Having a Hard Time Thinking Up Stories to Scrapbook?  A. Go about your scrapbooking process from a different place - ie. if you usually start with photos, try starting with product; or B. Talk to your friends and family, make a little mental note (or if you are like me - actually write it down so you don't forget later); and scrapbook the conversation or the stories you talked about.

That should get you started; if you have questions about "frustrating the want" or "improvisational scrapbooking" please leave a comment.

P.S. (partly from a comment I left over at PRT) The layout here is about how our old yellow labrador Dandy Dog tries to rub his head on the side of the pool but he did this once and it burst a blood vessel in his ear (and cost $800 to have the surgery to get it fixed) so now when ever Dandy goes into the pool, my husband plays "Dog Police" and it reminds me of the improvisational comedy "game" of "frustrating the want"; it is funny to watch them do this little dance.  And, P.S. not quite neon but close - I left a comment about Neon on May Flaum's blog and she made a good comment that there is a difference between brights and neons; and yes, I'll admit neons are probably harder to use - I just think its fun to see a "new" set of colors in scrapbooking.

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The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge Series

So far I've posted over a dozen scrapbooking challenges in The Hunger Games series, here are the links to the blog posts:

1. How This Scrapbooking Blog Got Hijacked by The Hunger Games

2. The Hunger Games Spoiler Alert! Katniss Everdeen Ends Up a Scrapbooker!

3.  The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: Main Characters

4.  The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 12 Coal & the Improvisation Comedy Concept of "Taking It The Wrong Way" as Applied to Scrapbooking

5. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 11 Agriculture and 4 Themes: Plants, Siblings, Rest & Relaxation, & Music

6. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 11 & Two Peas Memory Keeping Monday Scrapbooking Layout about Agriculture

7. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 10 Livestock & 10 Holy Cow Funny Stories

8. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 9 Grain & Hexagons

9. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 8 Textiles & The Quilt Patterns in Scrapbooking Trend

10. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 7 Lumberjack complete with a video of me singing the Monty Python Lumberjack Song. Good Times.

11. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 6 Transportation

12. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 5 Power & a Powerful Amount of Scrapbooking Embellishments or Is It Embellishment Sneeze?

13. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 4 Fishing & 24 Scrapbook Layouts about Fishing Plus a Disney Vacation Mini-Book!

14. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 3 Technology & 10 Ways to Use Technology in Your Traditional Scrapbooking

15. The Hunger Games Scrapbooking Challenge: District 2 Masonry and How to Build a Simple Scrapbook Page & Now I Know What John Denver Meant

Next up is District 1 Luxury.  I'll be working on the scrapbook project for that tonight, watch for the post tomorrow.  After that we'll visit the Capitol and District 13, then we'll explore other themes from The Hunger Games.  I'm applying a concept from improvisational comedy to scrapbooking here - its called "piling it on" -where you keep with one topic or category until you think you can't think of anything else and then you keep on going.  The Improv Games associated with this concept is called "The Minister's Cat" {Click Here to Watch Scrooge Play The Minister's Cat - it is quite ridiculous}.  So like Scrooge's peeps and their party games, I'm going to stick with the theme of The Hunger Games until the movie's release.  Thankfully, the movie is releasing at the end of this month, I'll be hosting a ustream close to the movie premier, time and date for that to come sometime soon.

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So get your Katniss on and put a dish of milk out for Buttercup because we're staying on The Hunger Games for a while.

 

Instagram and You Tube Video Scrapbooking on Vacation

As a scrapbooker, I take a lot of photos. Most of the time I use a Canon point and shoot that I keep in my purse. When I want to share something right away, especially like when I am on vacation, I use my iphone. I live tweaking my iPhone photos in instagram and having those photos feed instantly to my Facebook & Twitter accounts.

Yesterday I went skiing while my husband stayed in town and he and our friends followed along with my instagram photos.

I had what I consider to be a life changing day yesterday. I fell in love with Durango, Colorado. I know that someday I will live here, maybe retirement, maybe as a second home , I'm not sure. I was sure of my intense feelings. I knew I had to record them. Instead of journaling my experience for later Scrapbooking, I shot some videos with my iPhone and uploaded them to You Tube. So when my husband came to pick me up after skiing, he was already fully aware that his sometime impulsive and strong willed wife had made an emotional decision about our future. Whether he is on board is still undecided - he's not quite as impulsive as I am, at least he knows what I was feeling when I was feeling it. As a scrapbooker, if I scrapbook that bug moment and decision in the future, I will be able to watch the videos and tap into my intense emotions that I felt at the time and create a page that captures the raw intensity of my feelings yesterday.

I am excited about using video more on my Scrapbooking to connect me back to the time and place and feelings; and to immediately share with my friends and family.