My Story

Lately I have been interested in starting a book about me.  My ideas began percolating while reading Jen Mohler's blog about her 100 life changing moments project.  Then while listening to Paperclipping Roundtable I heard about the book Stories in Hand by Jessica Sprague.  It seemed like serendipity.  So I bought the book.  And all of a sudden I wanted to know more about my history.  I started asking questions, digging into old pictures and reflecting on what has made me who I am today.  So my album all about me began.

I knew that some of the pages in this album may not have many pictures so I decided it would be easier to make it 8.5x11.  I was surprised how difficult it is to find albums that size.  And the ones that are out there are very boring.  boo.  But it is what it is.  I also decided to make all my layouts with kraft paper.  I thought it would coordinate well with the many pictures over the last several decades.

 I got my layout inspiration from Cathy Zielski's book Clean & Simple The Sequal.  This book is totally me!

With two boys I don't often get to scrap with pink.  So I took the opportunity this time to use not only pink, but glitter paper!  Love it!

I made the photo 5x5, printed it in black and white and used a corner rounder on both the photo and the mat.

I love the bold colorful pattern on the mat, also with glitter.  Yay!

I have been taking notes as I talk with family members about my history.  Even if I don't scrap every story at least I have them recorded.

Telling my story has been the most fun, and the most emotional,  time I've had scrapping in a long time.  I have several more layouts to share with you and many more to make.  Looking forward to mixing up scrapping my boys with scrapping me!