#161 - inspired by Beatles lyrics

Thanks to Leslie for a prompt that got me thinking all week.

I went from one Beatles song to another to another and back to the first. I'm not even a big Beatles fan but I do have some memories of playing my parents' original LPs way back in the day and liking a few.

I really wanted to find a way to use something from "Hey, you've got to hide your love away" but somehow it felt a bit sad and I didn't really want to do a play on words - even though I thought about it. Please, Please Me, Twist and Shout, Help and Love, Love Me Do were all hot contenders.

But Ticket To Ride won out in the end and I came up with this layout.

I used my Counterfeit Kit Challenge March kit, Drift and really wanted to try out a large title using the sequin ribbon. But it's really hard! The R is a bit of a fail and I'm not sure I can live with the title as it is but for now, it's glued down and done! I can't promise that I won't remove it and do something different, though!

The words from the Beatles song really did fit perfectly with the theme of the layout which I've actually been wanting to make for some time and the journalling just talks about how I've been a solo traveller for many years. That's not to say that I don't also love travelling with others. But travelling along is something different. I've travelled both east and west to different corners of the world as well as just "around the corner" here in Europe and each journey is special.

I used some of the gorgeous Martha Stewart kraft doily rosettes that Pam sent me for Christmas and just generally layered and prettied until I was satisfied.

Did the Beatles inspire you this week? We hope so and we'd love it if you shared your creations over at our Whimsical Musings Flickr gallery with the tag WM#161. Don't forget that we love it when you use ANY of our prompts both new and old - a full list can always be found in the tab at the top of the page. Hope to see you in the gallery!

#57 inspired by song lyrics

Trust Pam to get our brains working this week - in a good way!

This week's prompt to be inspired to use song lyrics as part of our layout made me think all week. I had so many songs going through my head that were all possible ways to go and I had several layouts in my mind to create. I even knew the song and photo to use.

Then I sat down at my table today and I just knew which layout I had to make.

The song was the same but the subject and photo totally different. And while the design felt a little rushed and isn't perfect, I still love this layout about a very special friend of mine :-)

A perfect song telling her that I will always be there for her if she needs me.

This is one of my favourite songs of all time - mostly the Carole King version, although the James Taylor original certainly also gives me goosebumps! In fact, Tapestry is one of my favourites too and there are half a dozen songs on there which could have worked for this prompt. And the words to this song are just so classic. The perfect friendship song in fact.

Pam, thanks for giving me this opportunity this week to return my thanks to you for the friendship we have.

Which song spoke to you this week? Hope you share with us over at Flickr with the tag WM#57.

Have a great week everyone!

Challenge # 57 - Week of September 17, 2012

You say Goodbye, and I say Hello.

Hello, Hello!

Well, I think you can probably guess what the prompt is for this week - Lyrics!

As a music lover, and more specifically a lover of Musicals, I often see my life in terms of words to a song. I find that these well written poems can better communicate what I am feeling but can't seem to put into words.

Take the examples below:

I know you have probably been challenged to use songs as a starting point before, but I want to challenge you to use the lyrics as your journaling. You can pick the entire song or a verse or just the chorus, but let those words speak your message. 

This challenge is meant to be about finding words in a song that convey our message, rather than making a page about a song. That song doesn't have to be tied to a person or even the photo. In my example "becuz U loved me", we never listened to that song together and it didn't have any significance between us. He probably didn't even like Celine Dion. But I found myself over and over thinking about these words in those weeks and so I put it down on a page. 

This challenge is all about borrowing someone else's words to tell our story. But let it take you wherever you want to go. 

I hope you have fun with this one and find songs that really add to the soundtrack of your life. If you make something, we would love to see it. Just remember to add the tag WM#57.

xo,

Pamage