Scrapbooking

I have been scrapbooking every Tuesday evening with some friends. Here are some of my favourite pages for a contest on another blog:
http://10-4livingoutloud.typepad.com/leica_forrest/2008/04/contest.html


Dolan at 5 1/2 months


Newborn photo by Melina taken when Dolan was 10 days old. This page was created about 5 days before Dolan was born at a Scraptology class.


Eating solid food at 6 months.


Pregnancy photo taken by Melina 3 weeks before Dolan was born.


Another 5 1/2 month photo. Just learning to sit by himself.

Scrapbook on the Wall

Last fall a few Guiders got together at Pike Lake for a scrapbooking retreat. We arrived Friday evening and scrapped late into the night. We woke up early and scrapped all day Saturday. On Friday we did altered items (canvas, paint cans and mini albums) and on Saturday we worked on regular pages. This picture is of the canvas I completed that weekend. When I was at Pax Lodge in London, England, there were always girls coming and going. When someone was leaving they got to choose what they wanted to do for a leaving party. This is a picture from Nikki's (from South Africa) leaving party. We are in the tube station on our way to go bowling. My time at Pax Lodge was one of the best times of my life. I was far away from home experiencing other cultures and meeting new friends. I will always cherish the memories and friendships I made at Pax Lodge.

Scraptology Class

The baby is due on Friday!!! I can hardly wait... I am not the kind of person to sit around and watch t.v., so I decided to treat myself to a Scraptology class last night. I sent Leica an e-mail asking to register for the Elsie class. I thought she would think I was crazy for wanting to take a class just before my due date. But to my surprise her reply stated that she took a scrapbook class two days before her son was born! I guess people who scrapbook have more in common then we realize!

The two layouts that I posted are for baby pictures. I have booked a newborn photo session with a professional photographer (Melina Perron) and will have a CD with many gorgeous photos of our first baby. The layouts that we completed last night were in the style of scrapbook artist Elsie Flannigan. Her style is crazy and flamboyant. We painted the paper, used clay and scrapbook tiles, ribbons and buttons... It was lots of fun and I can't wait to add the baby photos to the pages.