Me: The Abridged Version

In late 2010 I took the Me: The Abridged Version class from Cathy Zielske through Big Picture Classes. This is the first time I've created an album totally about me, and finding photos of me wasn't easy! I'm usually behind the camera! But this album is as much about stories as it is about photos.

Based on Amy Krouse Rosenthal's book Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, this album is built in encyclopedia format, with entries under each letter focusing on words that are meaningful to me. The process of choosing my words, finding or taking photos to go along with each letter, and writing the journaling was quite time consuming, but well worth it.

A few weeks back I spent the weekend at my friend Leanne's awesome new scrap-loft and I worked for many hours on this album. It was fun, but very thought provoking and introspective at the same time. I'm not finished yet - I still have to create the journaling for many of the pages - but the photos and papers are already assembled, so once journaling is printed, the album will be ready. I've posted a pic the title page above. The papers are K & Co. I will share more of this album once it's complete.

If you've ever thought about taking this class, I encourage you to go for it. It's not available at the moment, but I believe BPC re-offers it each year.

By the way, Leanne is a leap year baby, so it was just her (almost) birthday earlier this week. Happy Birthday Leanne! Thanks for being my pal in both scrapbooking and procrastinating about scrapbooking - I don't know which is more fun!

From A to Zip...

Wow, I'm sure behind in blog posting! Time, there is just never enough. Funnily, "time" is one of my entries in the Me: The Abridged Version album that I am working on. I'm taking Cathy Zielski's awesome class from BPC and am thoroughly enjoying the process. It's fun, while introspective too.
Homework, hockey, dance, Cubs, French and piano are all back in full swing now. The school bus arrives a half hour earlier this year, so our mornings are always hectic. Work is busy as always; reading, scrapping and exercising need to be in there somewhere too. So we're endlessly "zipping" around in my van!

Can you guess what one of my Z entries will be in my Me:TAV album?

Me:TAV was created based on this book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. If you haven't read it yet, it's a thought-provoking and humorous read for non-scrappers and scrappers alike. Check it out!

Speaking of scrapbooking, I have some new pages for Scrapalicious spread out on my desk, so stay tuned for a little peek at that.

Thanks so much for checkin' in! :-}