something I miss

Today I saw this video on Ali Edward's blog that made me miss scrapbooking soooo bad!  Most of my supplies are still all packed in boxes in our garage because I want to paint my office before I unpack.  So I literally haven't created a page since November 2010!

The thought behind this video moved me:  Make Everyday a Scrapbooking Adventure.  The lovely Shimelle Laine is the voice behind and the creator of it.  She inspires me.  I want to get back to living my life this way.  I miss sitting down to "glue bits of paper to other bits of paper, hoping to do so in an aesthetically pleasing way."  I want to scrapbook again!

Here is the video.  Watch and enjoy.


There are two things that she said that really struck me... so much that I wrote them down and want to add them here.

"Make a conscious decision to look at everything, even the most mundane events as something that has meaning...to give whimsy to things that can be plain and to mix this up just enough so that the day never becomes entirely routine." 

"Scrapbooking with intent can make you creatively free while helping you strive for your best personal experience in life." 

Yes!  And Yes!!!

So, with hopes of getting back to this part of who I am, I am going to paint and unpack my office and then create.  And then share on my blog.  My blog has been missing pretty paper, don't you think?  ;)

Project Three Hundred and Sixty Five

Here are days 15-21 in pictures.

Included in this week was our 2011 District Convention which focused on the theme "Let God's Kingdom Come."  It was a long weekend with lots of driving back and forth, but the encouragement was just invigorating.  Chris and I have enjoyed talking about what we learned and how we're going to implement things into our life.  I thoroughly enjoyed the dramas...Saturday was my favorite.

Once we got home, though, we both got super sick.  Like either in bed or by the toilet sick.  Its been a long time since I was that sick, and I missed service and work.  But in the meantime I have another blog design job in the works which is keeping me busy.

So that's been my last week.  And we've managed to take a picture every day.  :)

sharing with you

Today I felt like it was time for a new desktop background.  I searched through my "words" pinboard to find a quote I really loved and added it to one of my favorite pictures from my red-hair shoot.  And this is what I created.

I thought maybe you'd like to download and use it on your own computer, so I'm sharing.  :)  Click HERE for all the size downloads.

Let me know what you think!

Project Three Hundred and Sixty Five

Here is week 2 in pictures!

Things that make me smile right now:

• So You Think You Can Dance 
• planning for the convention this weekend
• catching up on news at the "salon" with Hannah and Lyndsey 
• sunflower seeds
• conversations in service

How was your week??  

See details about the pictures here: http://goo.gl/dBpjD

red hair

Once again it was time to visit "Hannah's Home Salon" for touch ups on my hair.  And since I so completely LOVED how it turned out last time, we decided to just do the same thing again.  Red and purple hair, baby bangs and fun layers.  And I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time ever. :)  This makes me so happy!