open your heart

i think a huge factor that comes with ACCEPTANCE of any kind is the opening of one's heart.  it is an integral part of accepting yourself, accepting other and embracing life.  that is where i found my inspiration for my next page im going to share with you.  it was created with November's ACCEPTANCE kit from Scrapooking from the Inside Out.  this kit literally could not get any better.

my journaling says:  2010 has been a year like no other...the reason?  because i have been cognitive of the passage of time; accepting its ebbs and flows.  each week i have captured an image of life and preserved words from my soul.  i have been present in each moment, trying not to forget the present while planning for the future and learning from the past.  2010 has been wholly embraced and it is special because i will always remember.  

how are you embracing life?  is it something you want to work on?  do you have a way you're preserving your thoughts and feelings as time passes??  come scrap about it with us.  we'd love to have you on our forums.  :)

one of my favorite papers from this kit is the BasicGrey Pyrus Honeycomb paper which i used on this layout.  except i flipped it over and turned little bits of it into flowers.  see?  sometimes using papers in an unexpected way can give your layouts that little something special.  do you have a layout where you used a product in an unexpected way??  i'd love to see it! 

i have one more ACCEPTANCE layout to share with you next monday... i can't believe this month is almost gone...