It was a busy, but productive weekend. We did get an amazing winter storm. We had 15″ in our driveway Saturday morning, but by then the roads were relatively clear. Getting home on Friday afternoon following set-up for Church Leadership Development Day was another story. It took me more than twice as long to get home, and my friend spent an hour and a half getting home when it’s usually a 20 minute trip. It was the most beautiful snow storm I can remember, though, and I hope to have the photos edited soon so I can post them. Despite the terrible weather on Friday, most folks made it to CLD Day and we considered it a big success!
I am managing to keep up with LOAD, although the last few photos of the layouts were taken at night which leaves something to be desired.
The prompt for Day 7 was to scrap “Nature.” It occurred to me that I have not even edited a lot of the photos from our weekend in Rocky Mountain National Park so I spent the better part of the morning getting some of that done, and then made this layout.
I started the layout using a photo template, and couldn’t get a layout I liked so I reprinted the larger photo and cut out three of the others from the template. Then I finished the layout and photographed it, and decided I didn’t like that either. So I took the whole thing apart and here is the final product! Part of the title is a vintage-style postcard I picked up at the gift shop in the park.
Journaling: The vastness of the west always amazes me. There are no vistas in the northeast like those we found in Rocky Mountain National Park. Tracy, Matt, and I spent two wonderful days exploring the park. The first day we hiked at Bear Lake, and the second day we drove across the park from east to west, crossing the Continental Divide. We had fabulous weather, and couldn’t have had a better time.
I don’t recall the prompt for Day 8, but I know I didn’t follow it. I had these photos from Skylar’s last visit and wanted to get them in the album.
The journaling reads:
Watching Skylar grow and change is such a pleasure! She’s a very agreeable little girl, but definitely knows what she wants. She’s able to sign for many things, but doesn’t have a lot of words yet. She does, however, have a very expressive face, so you don’t have to guess much about what she’d like. Janurary 2012
Last year LOAD’s prompts were frequently about times past. I started an album of layouts from my childhood and hoped there’d be a couple prompts this year as well. Day 9’s prompt was to scrap about something you enjoyed doing as a child. I found these three photos of me sitting on the walk in the garden making mud pies.
This has to be one of the simplest layouts I’ve ever made, but it’s about a simpler time, so it fits.
I love that last page….it sounds so like my own childhood….though my kids did still love making mud pies and ‘potions’……with no regards to health and safety issues…..in fact DD1 had to be stopped from eating worms…..and snails were her favourite pets!!
I used to make mud pies and pretend that I was a cookery presenter on a tv show as I did it. I wonder did my Mum ever catch any of my commentaries? lol It’s a beautiful page with a lovely, relaxing quality to it
Lovely layouts Karen – the mud pie one is compelling in its simplicity. I’m not sure I ever made mud pies, but I did spend evenings catching fireflies and buckets full of frogs… went fishing at the pond with just a piece of nylon thread and a hook… picked wild blackberries down by the creek… went on long hikes with homemade picnic lunches. We definitely lived out in God’s country!
Great layouts Karen. I especially like that you used a larger photo on the Vast layout – perfect!
These are great! My favorite is the mud pies one because it is so simple.
Such great layouts, each of them, Karen. That last layout with your childhood memories of making mud pies really brought back some memories of my own childhood!
Oh I just love the Mud Pies LO, the colour and the pictures are gorgeous. Skylar is so lovely…I remember when Ben used to point, very insistently when he wanted something.
My kids used to make mud pies but then I was determined they would 😉 Simple here lets the photos shine, glad someone took photos of you engrossed in your play. Gorgeous vistas in the west and a lovely Skylar too!
That mud pie layout is fantastic!!! What a treasure those photographs are. I would love to have some scrapping time. Even though I’m really enjoying my photography and art journaling right now, I do miss making layouts.
Maybe over my spring break.
Rinda
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