Roar!

I'm back again with another challenge from Shimelle.This time it's Challenge 1 where we take inspiration from a layout that Shimelle chose.  Here's my interpretation of the layout:




Journalling Reads: probably the only time we have managed to get face paint on Jonathan, during a trip to Roath Park in 2008.

First day!

This weekend Shimelle is running an online crop with ideas and inspiration. As the kids are away I've allowed myself a few hours to take part and get some layouts done. The first one I decided to do was Challenge 9: Take Your Pick because it allowed me to look back at one of my favourite classes ever 4x6 Photo Love. I had 3 lovely pix of the kids on their first day in school on September 2011 so using the layout for 3 pix I created this page:




Thanks Shimelle for running these weekends as it really helps getting pages done.

10 Projects to finish!

If you've been following my Journal Your Christmas posts you'd have noticed on New Years Day Seren and I spent hours sorting through my craft supplies.  She nabbed loads for herself and I cleared some much needed space in the craft corner of my bedroom.  During this process we found loads of  half finished proects so as it's 10 Things day today I decided to do my top 10 of all the projects I found half finished!  Here they are:

1. Project life - a new project I'm hoping to start when they finally arrive on Amazon.co.uk

2. Move More Eat Well - started this last year, this post was the only one I did!  Signed up for the Big Picture class this year so hopefully that will motivate me to think more about it!

3. 6x4 Photo Love - still got Mat to December to do!

4. Mini book about our house using the following Kit:

5. A travel journal documenting our holiday in Devon Cliffs in 2009 (oops!)

6. Sort out some pix for this year in review page

7. A family mini book using the following kit:

8. Scrap your Day - managed to do 2 months in 2009 so want to add three more in 2011.  I'm thinking this is going to be a long project.

9. Find a pic of the husband and I for this True Love layout.

10. A cute pink paper bag album, don't know what to fill it with yet, any ideas?

Thanks for spending some time reading today.  If you want to see more 10 things then goto Shimelle.com.

And More Pages! this one included Christmas Day and Boxing Day

Here's Christmas Day

quickly followed by Boxing Day!

Playing with the Wii at Mamgu's house

New Years Eve Buffet

and finally, New Years Day I was organizing my craft space with Seren,  the pic above is all the projects I have on half at the moment.  

And more Journal your Christmas pages

The 15th included Jon's Nativity and Seren dancing in the Kingsway Shopping Centre, Newport.

The 16th was Tom and Seren's Nativity.

Today was the day Seren's Christmas dance show.  Here she is after the show and isn't she beaming.

Here the kids are making Christmas gifts for the teachers

Finally, Christmas Eve was spent playing with Uncle Paul.

More Christmas Pages

Here's the second set of pages I've made for JYC this year, really on a roll at the moment.

December 2nd, Panto at the Riverfront see Andy's review here and here.

Advent Calenders for December 5th

Handmande cards for December 6th

Old and New traditions on the 7th

A New tradition for me and the kids, eating Chocolate Yule Log together on the 9th

Our 10th wedding anniversary on the 11th Decemecer, where has the time gone?

Journal Your Christmas 2011

Nearly gave up on Journal your Christmas/December Daily this year as I got so far behind!  But spending a bit of time on it last night made me realise that I can catch up and I will finish it!  So here are the pages I have already made:

Title Page

December 1

December 3

December 4