More on the Circle Journals

In the last post I shared the amazing circle journal that everyone participated in... this time I've got the pages I did in everyone else's journals :)

A to Z of Me - Beverley This was a fun journal where you took each letter of the alphabet and wrote something about yourself. Took a bit of thought... especially for a couple of the letters... but was really happy with it in the end.Shoes - Esther I've never really been a 'shoe' girl... but this journal did prompt me to buy a couple of new pairs! My Home Town - Lianne I had heaps of fun with this one... loved using the flax paper :)Sketchbook - Rangi This was a neat journal... we had to design a sketch and then create a layout using our own sketch... very cool idea!Special Memories - Jane One of my special moments was graduating from Teachers College so that's what I chose for this journal :)1970's Ngaere Being a kid in the 1970's was lots of fun. We lived on a farm and were always busy doing things!In my handbag - Tracey I don't actually own a handbag but I DO like flax kete... mine are usually full of all sorts of things... especially during the school term!Everyday Moments - Michelle This was another great idea for a journal... documenting the 'every day' things in your life!

Why Scrapbook? - Tricia This was really fun... we had to do a layout about WHY we scrapbook... what we like and what keeps us doing it... very thought provoking!

Scrapaholic - Lee This journal was the last one I worked on and heaps of fun to read what others had already written. We had to use the statement: Hello my name is _____ and I'm a scrapaholic. Lots of fun!Thanks again to everyone who participated in this circle journal swap! It was so neat to be able to see your work in real life and I've gotten heaps of new ideas from looking through your journals :)

It's been a while...

I couldn't believe how much has happened since my last post... and I've got heaps I 'should' be uploading but today I want to share with you a wonderful project that I've been doing with a great groups of ladies from Scrapbook Dreams.

Back in October 2008 we started a Circle Journal and with 11 participants it's taken us quite a while to get our journals back.... but they were well worth the time and effort :)

I decided to make my album a tribute to 'Home' and what that means to different people. For some people it's the house they live in... or the people they live with. I also wondered what everyone found special about their homes or what they miss when they're away.

Here's the cover of my journal (it's a Love Elsie album that I bought at SENZ 2007):

Then comes the welcome page and the 'house rules'... I asked everyone to decorate a 'door tag' as their sign in along with creating a double page layout about what home means to them.

Then it was my turn to do a layout page. Home for me is all about my girls :) I love having them with me although I'm pretty sure I'll cope with the whole 'empty next' syndrome that is fast approaching too! I also wanted to put in my craft room because I spend so much time in there!

Then my album was off to Lee:

Next it was Tricia's turn:

Michelle was next:

Followed by Tracey:

Ngaere was the next to add her pages:

Followed by Jane:

Then it was Rangi's turn: Lianne came next:Followed by Esther:

And finally Beverley got a turn:

My sign out page made for great reading! I wrote: If you had to leave your house in a hurry and you could only take one item what would it be and why? p.s. You can assume that all of your family and pets are already safely outside!

Lots of people said they'd grab cameras, photos & handbags along with children's favourite toys/comforters!

Poor Esther forgot to 'sign out' but I'm heading down to see her in Wellington late next week so I'll take it with me!!

Of course I needed a back cover too:

And here's my finished album: Pretty impressive isn't it!! A BIG thank you to all the wonderful women who shared your homes and creativity with me... and I hope you all enjoy your journals as much as I am :)

More Circle Journal photos :)

From what I hear everyone has now got their circle journals back so I thought I'd do a post with the pages I did for everyone else's journals.

The first journal I worked on was Sandra's "Bake me a Cake"... my kids loved this one... anything to do with baking and treats meant a great time for them!! These brownies are a real favourite in our house... in fact the girls have even been known to sneak some for breakfast!!!

Nik's cj was titled "Remember when" and at the time the girls were debating which jeans were the 'right' jeans and which were not so I did a page on Remember when labels didn't matter. And yes those little girls on the left hand page are me and one of my sisters LOL

Rebecca asked as to "Express Ourselves". The first part was to define out scrapbooking style... I'm still not sure what my style is... although Miss Niella assures me it's 'linear' :) (Sorry Nie but I had to put that in there!)

Rebecca also had as 'Express Ourselves' musically. She provided CD's which she'd punched ready to bind and we had to choose a song that expressed something about ourselves. My favourite singer is Reba McEntire and one of her songs totally sums up how I am!

On to Beverley's cj next. She was after some "Recipes for Fun"... things she could do with the kids to have fun. Her cj was made out of playing cards which was a very cool idea too!!

Kelly's cj was called "Happiness"... by the time the cj reached me there were some really neat ideas... that's one of the best things about cj's... getting to see what everyone else has done, thought and interpreted about the theme :) I love making lists!!! And after looking at these photos I must find those little envelopes again!!!

Zeetra had my girls hearts racing... "Sweet Treats". There were many discussions about which sweet treat we would include but in the final vote we chose Chocolate Fudge :)

Kirstin's cj was titled "Music of my Life". We had to choose 10 songs that were important to us in some way... either because of the lyrics or the memories they evoked. I managed to keep my Reba list down to just 5 too!!!

"Inspire Me" was the title of Tracey's cj. She wanted to know what inspires us to scrapbook. There's so many things that inspire me and it was really interesting reading what inspires other people too :)

Ruth wanted to know what our "Simple Pleasures" were.... you know, those 'little' things that really make us feel good :) It was my second try at doing 'pretty' but I really don't think it's my thing somehow!

Nie created a cj titled "Interview with a Scrapbook Queen"... lots of fun actually! She gave us all a list of questions and asked us to put in a photo of our scrapping space... and I made sure to include one of her all time favourite colours - TEAL!!

The final cj I got to work on was Rangi's. She decided to create an ABC cj to share with her wee son Lewis :) And apparently Lewis just loves 'his' new book full of colour and texture. It was definitely a 'lumpy bumpy' cj and such a lot of fun! By the time it got to me there were only 2 letters left: J and X... the X was easy - Xylophone but as for the J... I kept thinking 'jellybeans' LOL In the end it was Mum who came up with Jig saw so thanks Mum!!!

And then I got my own CJ back with all the wonderful entries I showed in the previous post :) It's been a wonderful and creative experience!