If I'm not scrapbooking I'm thinking about scrapbooking!
This was taken in the driveway of our Willoughby home in October 1967.
This is just a sweet photo of me at just under a year old after having my hair cut. I look pretty happy with it, but I’m honestly not sure why!
I followed the sketch below for my layout and will be entering it into the Paper Camellia February sketch contest. The papers are all from Crate Paper’s “DIY Shop.”
This photo of me with Mom and Phil shows off our rarely captured but often exposed silly side.
The 22nd sketch challenge has been posted at the SCRAP & MUSIC challenge blog! Head over to the site to grab the sketch, which I’m proud to have designed, and play along. This sketch came with the song “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin.
This is just one of those photos that I think all families probably have—the make-a-silly-face photo. I love it because it’s posed yet carefree. That’s me, Mom and Phil in our kitchen in May 1979. When I saw this shot in my photo organizer, I thought it fit the mood of this week’s challenge song quite well.
The background paper is a lovely pattern from The Girls’ Paperie. I created a Silhouette cut file to cut the hearts from the background paper and then backed it with red cardstock. I also designed the title and cut the butterflies on my Cameo.
The challenges on this blog involve following the sketch and using a title on your layout with a line from the provided music. Below I’ve included the video as well as the lyrics for this song:
Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy
Don’t worry, be happy now
Oo, ooo…
Don’t worry, be happy (x4)
Oo, ooo…
Ain’t got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don’t worry, be happy
The land-lord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don’t worry, be happy
Look at me, I’m happy
Don’t worry, be happy
Let me give you my phone number
When you worry, call me I will make you happy
Don’t worry, be happy
Ain’t got no cash, ain’t got no style
Ain’t got no girl to make you smile
Don’t worry, be happy
‘Cause when you worry your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don’t worry, be happy
Don’t worry, be happy now
Oo, ooo…
Don’t worry, be happy (x4)
Oo, ooo…
Don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t do it, be happy
Let the smile on your face
Don’t bring everybody down like this
Don’t worry, people will soon pass
What ever it is
Don’t worry, be happy
I am not worried, I am happy
Susan and Kimberly met me for our last Archiver's crop together in January.
About four years ago I decided I wanted to meet some people who shared my love of scrapbooking, so I signed up for a crop at the nearby Archiver’s store. Yes, it felt a little weird to go alone to a crop. But the point was that I didn’t have any local scrappy friends, so I had to go it alone. There was a table with three friends and one open seat, to which I was assigned. Well, that worked out pretty well!
Four years later we’re still friends. We’ve met at Archiver’s to crop together (some would just call it telling stories and snacking with our scrap supplies out on the table), not every month, but often throughout the year ever since that first night. So once Archiver’s announced that it was closing, we decided we had to do one last crop together. We met at the store on a Friday night and “scrapped” as usual. But the shelves were mostly empty, and in fact many of the shelves were already gone.
I’m quite sad to see Archiver’s go. Over the years I got to know most of the people who worked there, so there were times that I would just stop in to “talk shop” rather than to shop shop. When the news was first released about their closing, I was not at all surprised. The signs had all been there, so I just accepted it as inevitable. But the next day I was much more upset about it! I said to Matt, “I’m just so angry that Archiver’s didn’t make it. Now there aren’t any scrapbook stores in the area.” Matt said, “Honey, it makes sense that you’re angry. You’re grieving. That was more that just a store to you. You were friends with many of the employees and could always go there to talk about the hobby you love.”
He was absolutely right. We all need a place we can go to be around people who share our interests, “where everybody knows your name,” so to speak. So I am grieving the loss of that in my life. But, while I’m sad that Archiver’s is now history, I’m grateful that it was part of my history. I have befriended some wonderful people because of the chance I took that night. Scrappy trails, Archiver’s.
I followed the sketch below for my layout and will be entering it into the PageMaps’ Gossamer Blue February kit sketch contest. The background paper is by Pebbles; the stripes and butterfly papers are by My Mind’s Eye; and the purple paper is by K&Company.
I'll admit that the hand stitching I did on this page almost maimed me.
While my baby bro was visiting us in Austin at the beginning of the year, the three of us took a walk through our neighborhood and shot photos along the way. I really love this one of my two favorite guys in the whole world. And that’s it: I love the photo and I love them. And that’s more than a good enough reason to do a scrapbook page!
Even though this is a simple design, quite a lot of technique went into completing it. I created the sunburst shapes and cut them with the Silhouette. Then I hand stitched around all the edges (I asked my husband to remind me of the great pain this caused me if he ever hears me mention planning to do it again) with gray embroidery floss. And then I cut the 2 and the cloud, again on the Silhouette Cameo. The background pattern is an ancient (read 2007 or so) Cloud 9 design; the rest of the patterns are from a Crate Paper “Story Teller” 6×6 pad; and the 3×4 card is from Teresa Collins’ “Family Stories.”
The donuts and pancakes were probably the best recipes we tried that week.
When my brother visited us for New Year’s this year, we set a fun goal of trying several new recipes following our new wheat-free lifestyle. We ended up baking almost every day Phil was here. They weren’t all great recipes, but we sure had a lot of fun making them all together.
I used Paper Bakery’s sketch #19 when making my page and am entering it in their challenge. The papers are from the My Mind’s Eye “so sofie » charming » forever with you” collection.
