This one is scrappy and very very pretty. : )
Ali Edwards, who is HUGE in the scrapbooking world, hosts an annual project called One Little Word (you can read more here). To me, it's the attitude you seek to embrace for the new year - a resolution in a mindset. I've never done it before because it somehow didn't seem relevant to me.
But at the beginning of last year, this word kept bombarding me. It was showing up in song lyrics, texts, and conversations. It recited itself in my head and made me stand taller (ha, insert obvious joke here). I quickly embraced this urging thinking courage might be my first one little word.
So now, 2013 is over, and I survived thrived with courage.
Of course I scrapped it. This is now my second-favorite mini album, knocking the grateful mini album down to #3.
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Are you swooning yet??
The album folds out to four 8"x12" pages. Here's the first thing you see when you open the cover...
...and then when you pull up, the page unfolds! It's like Christmas!
Page 4 has my favorite quotes. J loves the photo in the bottom right.
I made the album from a Studio Calico class with Nicole Reaves (a Christmas gift from Y!). It totally came together once I decided I wanted my "background" to be dark pink.
It felt really good to scrap it - the selfies, the quotes, the drama, the successes. Scrapping it felt like I was 1. giving it validity and weight and 2. packing it away, putting it behind me.
It's time for a new season!
