#228 - be inspired by growing things

Prompt WM#228 asked you to be inspired by growing things and I have to admit that that bright red tomato I featured in the post had already been made up into a layout for the Scrapabilly August Kit des Monats. It would have been cheating to use it as my layout for this prompt but just in case you missed it over at my personal blog, here it is for you:

So, having made this one about my wonderfully successful tomatoes, I knew I had to come up with something else. We've got a lot growing round here so it didn't take long to find another story, matching photos and a suitable layout:

I used my Counterfeit Kit Challenge September kit, Sundance and while it's a little tongue in cheek, I'm rather pleased with my ironic title. Fun stuff. And even though it was a bit of a squash, I managed to fit three photos onto the page with one of my favourite designs - the off centre band, which can be horizontal or vertical. It seems to work every time.

Do you have a go-to design for certain numbers of photos or topics?

We love it when you share too and you can do that at either of our Whimsical Musings groups which can be found at Flickr (here) or over at Facebook (here). Whichever is better for you is great for us. We will find you! Tag your layouts with WM#XXX so that we know which prompt you followed.

Challenge #228 - week of 5th September 2016

Last week was about the first stirrings of autumn - yes, I know that I might be wishing away the last few weeks of summer but I LOVE autumn so much. And this is the direction I'd like to encourage you this week too.

If you follow me on Intagram, you might have seen this shot

and this one.

Now, I am not a gardener. At. All. My balcony boxes are more than enough for me to manage and I'm happy if I don't kill any plants I get. But back in spring, I was given four tomato plants and now I get to harvest the fruit. I am beyond thrilled at this little miracle of nature. This tiny cherry tomato is the first I have ever grown and I can tell you that it tasted amazing!

This week, I'd like you to be inspired by growing things.

This could be house-plants, flowers, garden plants, fruit or vegetables. Maybe a story about your first garden or how your relatives gave you your love of getting your hands into the dirt. Do you have a dog who just can't resist digging up everything you plant? Or do you relish the harvest time to put howe-grown food onto your table for the family? I can think of many different ways to take the inspiration this week.

We'd love you to be inspired by this prompt and hope you will share your creations - there are now two ways to do this!

You can either upload your layout into the Whimsical Musings Flickr gallery with the tag WM#228 or you can post it in our Whimsical Musings Facebook group. We've decided that we'll save albums for special occasions so just load up your photo to the group with the tag WM#228 in the write up text so that we can find it.