Merry Christmas!

Hello. I just wanted to write a quick blog before I leave for the Bay Area. I hope you and your families have a happy, healthy, safe, and blessed Christmas! Take care.

25 Days of Christmas with Heidi Swapp

I just found this while reading through old/new posts on Heidi Swapp's blog, http://heidiswapp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2005/11/index.html. Apparently, she did a segment on a tv show, Sonoran Living. There are tags that has suggestions for different things you can do for 25 days of Christmas. I like it because through all of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the tags remind you stop, slow down, have some fun, and to remind you of the reason for the season. You can find the tags here: http://www.sonoranliving.com/special/scrapbook.pdf

Update on Christmas Journal Class and More

I am having a hard time getting a flow on the Christmas journal. Hopefully, it will come soon. Until then, no pictures of it yet. I am a little behind, but trying to keep up with the journaling.

Anyway, I have signed up for Stacy Juilian's Library of Memories Workshop. You can get more information here: http://www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com/classeslibrary2.html. This is the second time this class is being offered. The first time I was on the fence too long, and missed out. So I signed up immediately this time. I have read many great reviews about this class. It helps organized your photos, and supposively walks you through looking at organizing and scrapbooking differenly then you might right now.

I thought I knew exactly how I would like to organize my photos, and which binders I would use to set up a system, but I am researching some other options. I came across this project idea from Kolo that I absolutely love. Here is the project link: http://www.kolo.com/learn/projects/havana_noci_project.pdf

That's it for now. Take care.

Christmas Journal

Manifesto: Noun. A declaration of one’s intentions.
Starting December first, I will keep a Christmas journal. In it, I will write something every day to reflect on the holidays of my past, enjoy the holidays of the present and dream about the holidays of my future. To some, this will be a stack of papers and trivial scribbles, but not to me. I am taking back my Christmas, I am letting it be something I relish and, most importantly, I am giving at least fifteen minutes every day to myself no matter how crazy this season becomes. I hope you will share, encourage and understand as I make something with my own hands, my own words and my own memories.

I may post some of my entries here. Other artists are doing this with me, and you can see their work here. Or you may join us.