#46 inspired by thinking

As you might recall, there's been a major change in my life over the last few months and I have to admit that I find myself again and again sitting there at my desk pondering these changes. Wondering how on earth I've ended up where I am, in another country, in another job, speaking another language. Makes you think ;-)

And so my layout was born.

The company colour is orange where I work now so my July Counterfeit kit, Beach-house, was perfect with it's rich summer tones. I added in a couple of orange tags for my journalling and tucked them behind the photo block for a little privacy. The photos are a little abstract but they represent a lot, as do most of the elements I've added to the layout. 

And I couldn't resist adding a little orange glitter to the layout to add more sparkle to my misting.

Where did your thoughts take you this week? We'd love to see!

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#46 inspired by thoughts

This week Lisa challenged us to think a little or a lot.

Well, I am thinker, so this was easy. And I am usually aware of my thoughts. More than recent photos, or products, or prompts, my scrapbooking is mostly guided by thoughts that come up and drive a story. But I was more aware of my thoughts this week and listened carefully for story ideas.

A thought that kept coming up is how much I love my closest girlfriends and how lucky I am to have them. While I have hoards of pages about my relationship with each of them and our adventures together, I had never scrapped about them collectively. 

I am sure I would have eventually arrived at this story anyway, but this week allowed me the opportunity to get it told in a meaningful way. And the fact that three of my favorite people are on it makes me happy. 

The important thing here was the story so I just chose photos from my pile that didn't have an actual story. I have loads of those and layouts like this are my favorite way to use them up rather than trying to force a story about them.

my embellishments were pretty loud so I kept them to a bare minimum. I think they are so cute for a page about girls. Also my typed journaling is covering my initial handwritten journaling which was crooked and full of misspellings. Rather than trash the entire page I just created a text box in the size of my area on Word and then I treated the cardstock to green splats like all the other elements to make it fit in better.

Thanks Lisa for making us pay attention to our thoughts. We hope you will join us in adding your layout to our gallery. Just remember to tag it WM#46.

xo,

Pamage

Challenge #46 week of 2nd July 2012

 

I think. A lot. I find myself staring into nowhere and letting my mind wander all the time. Now that's all very well and good if you're sat at home having a quiet moment, but not so good when you're at work
(shhh... don't tell!) ;-)

But my thinking got me thinking. Like it does. And I decided that's what we need to do for our next challenge.

So, I'd like you to take 5 minutes out of your busy day and just sit. Quietly. Don't try to think of anything in particular. Just let your mind wander....

Where did you go?

• Did you find yourself making shopping lists or thinking about the laundry?
• Or did you gaze out of the window and marvel at the beauty right outside your door?
• Were your eyes drawn to a dust bunny sitting in the corner of your room, mocking you (well, they do round here anyway!)
• Or maybe you found yourself suddenly caught up with a memory from the past?

Whatever it was, be inspired by where your thoughts took you and capture something of that on your creations for this week.

Short and sweet for today because I know this this time of year is busier for many of you.

Don't forget to share over in our Flickr gallery (here) with the tag WM#36.

In the meantime, have a lovely summer week everyone and take your time to just "think".