I am joining in with Project Alicia, Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge. This weeks colour is Green.
I am learning to take macro pictures, these are among my first efforts, gosh I find it difficult! Still, as my ole’ mum used to say, you won’t get better unless you try harder!
The triptych frame is from The Coffee Shop Blog.
Big Picture Class are running a Big Idea Festival, Words to Live By for 12 days during August. Every day there is a word, and a challenge to make a project page or Lo about.
Day five is Enjoy
I think these photos speaks for themselves. I have used them before but it just fills my heart with joy whenever I see them.
Paper is Katie Pertiet’s at Designer Digitals
Day six is Nest
I am a great nest builder, this little project gave huge amusement to the family. It is Pepsi’s greenhouse nest. When I am in the garden she likes to be in the greenhouse where she can see me !
The paper is Kim Klassen’s texture If Only
Inspired by Amy. Scrapping the everyday
Thursday night we headed into town to the Brazen Head, Dublin’s oldest pub dating back to 1198. We had the most wonderful evening. There was a local band playing traditional Irish music, we had Irish stew to eat and Guinness to drink, what more could you need than chatting, singing, drinking, eating, did I mention drinking? laughing, drinking. Oh and we musn’t forget the couple from Tipperary! They were dairy farmers up from the country to the big city for the weekend. They had a new grandchild, she told me a wonderful story about feeding the hungry city baby on porridge! It certainly was a long way from Tipperary…..
Layout by Amy
I had a few days in Dublin with two of my brothers. I have made them a book each of the pictures we took and wrote some captions on some of the pictures which I hope will make them smile. I am waiting for the books to arrive in the post!
I made two LO’s inspired by Amy
On Thursday we headed into the Wicklow mountains, somewhere I remember from childhood holidays with mum & dad. The day started with very fine drizzle, the sort that makes your hair curly! As we climbed higher into he mountains we ascended up into the clouds! We drove for so many miles and passed no-one, It was just what we needed. No screaming’s kids for Alan, no phone and no paperwork for me and no gas for Martin. Had we arrived in heaven?
We stopped at the first sight of a Lough and got out of the car to breathe in the peaty perfume that filled the air. A perfect place, just as I had remembered and not appreciated at all when I was a girl. I made up for it today.
I just love this picture of them, and thanks to Amy I made a page.
Journalling
February 2011. Lotta was here from university in Glasgow. She was struggling with her revision for looming exams. She needed your help but nothing you said or did pleased her.
You sent us this e-mail:
From: Ben Rogers
Subject: an apology
Date: 13 February 2011 21:54:58 GMT
To: Miriam Rogers
I apologise now for ever being difficult when it came to my
essays.
How did you both cope?!
Head Desk Head Desk…..I need a vodka
Love
Ben x
The dates are strange I know, I made the page in June but I don’t always put my pages on my blog. There is more to the picture I choose, but it’s not for here. The untold story reminded me of this e-mail. Oh! blame Amy
It doesn’t matter what you scrap or how you scrap, but the story does matter and so do the photos. Look at your photos and see the story – the rest comes easily … and even those dodgy photos have a lot of value and character. Write the stories people, write the stories, they are what bring your pages to life!