Tomorrow is the start of my favourite Shimelle class, Journal your Christmas. You can find the details on her blog here. I’ve done this for several years now and find it really helps to focus my thoughts over this busy time of year. Plus making a pretty album is always fun!
credits: frame by Simply Sarah Designs
I’m amazed I’ve kept this project up all year, but have to confess I will be celebrating on January 1st.
my take on Shimelle’s sketch of the week which you can find here. The papers are from a Sarah’s cards kit, echo park for the record collection.
It has been a very busy weekend here with lots of visitors, now I have a lot of catching up to do.
Here’s a card I made for a recent birthday, following one I saw on this blog
As we are starting to draw near the end of the year I thought I would share 10 photos I’ve been taking at the beginning of each month. They are all taken from roughly the same spot on one of our regular walks.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
To see more 10things on the tenth go to Shimelle’s blog here
On Thursday Ian and I stepped back in time to see some favourite old groups. As we walked to our seats the walls were full of pictures of old acts dating back to the early 1900’s, acts ranging from Arthur Askey to The Beatles and for the younger generation, JLS.
This made me think back to the first show I ever saw back in the sixties. We were on holiday in the Isle of Man, staying with my aunt and uncle
this very old, battered photo is all I have to show, I’m the little one in the front.
As a treat we went to Douglas to see Freddie and the Dreamers, Susan Maughan and The Batchelors. How grown up I felt watching these acts and getting their autographs, it was the highlight of a lovely holiday.
Fast forward 40yrs, we were just fulfilling a life long ambition to live near the sea. As we drove along the seafront feeling like we were on a permanent holiday we passed the theatre and who do you think was performing there? Yes, topping the bill was Susan Maughan and Freddie and the Dreamers. For a while I was that little girl again on holiday with my mum and dad,
miss you dad x
This story was part of Sian’s Storytelling Sunday, you can find more stories here to enjoy
Ian and I treated ourselves to a sixties night out watching The Searchers, Fortunes and Gerry and the Pacemakers,the lead singer of The Tremeloes also performed some of their hits.
I woke up with a bad headache as the music the night before had been extremely loud, so it was good to walk by the sea and let the wind blow it away.
I am trying to scrap more of our old family photos, they may not be very good but I think it’s important to have these memories in my albums. It’s hard to believe that all my children have grown up and flown the nest, these photos are over 20yrs old, oh dear!
Looking at them however brings back those endless hours of me in the garden playing cricket, tennis and football with them all, I think I’m glad they have grown up now!
This layout is for the second prompt from Shimelle’s Pretty Paper Party class to use patterned paper as a background, you can find it on her blog http://www.shimelle.com/
credits: frame by Simply Sarah designs
I’m finding it very difficult getting back to scrapping at the moment, I have been so busy with visitors and I think they packed my mojo with them when they left. I’ve only done one of Shimelle’s prompts and have got as far as sorting out some papers for another one but can get no further. I’m hoping tomorrow will be different and some scrapping will take place.
Jenny and I did go to see The Help today which I thoroughly enjoyed and yesterday we had a new teenager’s birthday to celebrate which was lovely. I’ve also been busy reading and catching up on a few recorded programmes, yep basically I’m being a bit lazy!
