trimmingthesails

Hiding and revealing ...

Cheaper than therapy - a number of you have written this about scrapbooking! You know how sometimes when you start you don't know what you want to say? And somehow it just comes out of hiding and unfolds as you work? That's my favourite sort: there's an aliveness to it that tingles. And that's how this page for my 5" x 8" Midori scrapbook came about. The photo arrived on my phone with a text, I saved it, and then kept returning to it, feeling it tug ...

 (I'm indebted to Cathy Zielske for her great page over here, which gave me the inspiration for mine).

Wishing you a happy and creative start to the week. It's going to be an exciting one for me, because on Friday I am going to a Very Special Occasion - I think there'll be cake, and there will definitely be photos. All will be revealed ... :).

Beginning with a banner ...

... though goodness knows why! It's not been exactly been a good week (or two) for hanging out the bunting and banners (what with winds of change so fierce they'd blow away in any case) but hey, they're vaguely cheerful and show that An Effort Is Being Made ...


It's a fresh beginning with This Is Life 2016, Part 2 (July-December), and I am determined to keep pace. Having been pointed in the direction of (courtesy of the talented stitcher Honoré's posts) Work Clean, The Life-Changing Power of Mise-en-Place, I now ...

Daily
1 download photos from camera and phone and place in dated/themed folders
2 whizz through and delete any duds or doubles

In little 5-10 minute pockets of time
3 keyword photos
4 choose photos for the next spread, edit them, and put them into a separate folder.
5 drop the photos into two appropriate page layouts from the ones I've already prepared, write the text and it's done.

Let's see how it goes! I know there's a strand of scrapbooking gurus who suggest that 'being caught up' is an unnecessary pressure, but unprocessed stuff hangs heavy on my back and I like to travel light. So any hints for keeping up to speed will be very welcome, whether you're a on-the-go scrapbooker, or of the sit-down-once-a-week mould :).

 

Memorandum Monday 11 July, the Welcome edition

I think this might just encapsulate the whole weekend, as I join in with Sian's lovely meme over at High In The Sky ...

Deciding that we were both fit enough, with a bit of special assistance at the airport (what with my shoulder problem and - more importantly - Himself's recently broken foot), there was a wonderfully warm Irish welcome at my cousin's wedding, and the enjoyment of catching up with twelve aunts and uncles and seventeen cousins. And as if we weren't high enough on excitement on Saturday, there was the huge pleasure of being welcomed by Sian, the Accountant and The (Definitely) Not So Small One on Sunday morning. After wonderful coffee and chat, we even had time for a quick snap or two ...


It was a bit hard to know where to look with photographers on both sides! So, several firsts this weekend: first time accompanying Himself as he was wheeled through the airport, first time for him to visit my much-admired and talked-about blog companion-in-arms and her lovely family, and first time away together and out of the country for, well, ages ... Wishing you a warm and summer-y Monday!