Day one...

Phew! It's late again, and u have another late night tomorrow so just a quick post now.
Because of the format I have decided in for my pages this year I will be adding photos when I get them printed. So pages may look a little bare at first.
I'll go into detail about my format tomorrow :0)
For now here is today's page:







The page will have a photo to the right of the journaling card. This is the photo:



Yep. My plan was hipstamatic photos this year. Alllllllll of
The square. ALL! Until I spotted camera + app in the prompt! Swoon!!!!
It turns this:



Into this:



Cue dance if delight at awesomeness if photo possibilities!!!!
I'll pop by the forum ASAP and share a link to my blog as I've missed chatting to people recently. Looking forward to seeing everyone's work too!


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Impatiently watching inbox...

Yes, it's officially December 1st (although I haven't been to sleep yet!) I thought I'd check my inbox a few dozen times after midnight in the hope that the first JYC prompt would be there!! Alas! Nothing yet, so to sleep I go! Is anyone else stalking their own inbox?!

Shimelle's Christmas Crop - An old favourite!

Last year was my second year doing JYC with Shimelle. I loved both years. It is my FAVOURITE project and actually fast becoming my favourite thing about December!!! Last year I combined it with Ali Edwards December Daily project. So I used Shimelle's prompts and followed online,  but I use Ali's format. This basically involved a double page spread that was separated by a transparency.  The pages were printed in advance on cardstock and you cut paper or photos to size to match.
I LOVE this album! I loved doing it and I love the very feel and touch of it even now.
It was difficult for me to get into the format at first as it wasn't what I was used to.  But in the end {swoon}!!
I'm not going to follow this format this year. I decided last year that I wanted to do a more traditional 8x8 this year again.
But this format is definitely one I will go back to!
Here are a few snippets:

Long time no blog!

No excuses. I've been low for a very very long time and really haven't wanted to be part of the online community in an active way. I've remained a blog reader however, and have enjoyed seeing all the projects my blog friends have done.
I'm hoping Shimelle's online crop this weekend is just what I need to get me going again!
I'm sorry I've been away so long, I doubt anyone is even reading this!!! But I started this blog for fun and for me and want to resurrect that (and hopefully get some blog friends back!)

Today I will...

be strong! I promise this to myself.




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Today I have learned...

• that just staring at my "To Do" pile really doesn't achieve anything but hysteria :0(
• that I don't like it when my feet are too hot! Today is not a boots weather day!!
• that I'd rather be at home creating than at work any day!

Today I have learned...

* to step outside in the morning before getting dressed so I dress for the day and not my perception of the day!!!
* that I love, love, love my hair blonde {swoon!}
* that I have a good job
* that I have a lovely garden
* that I love September (I always knew this but it's great to have that reminder each year!!)
* that I have more scrapbook stash than I thought I had {blush!}
* that I NEED more scrapbook stash!!!!