Something from *Almost* Nothing Class

I just signed up for a new class: Shimelle's Something From Almost Nothing. It is a class designed to help me use up all of my scrapbooking supplies! And it starts today----YAY!!.



I actually had to sit out a paper train at a crop on Saturday because I just have SO MUCH paper. I love it, but I need to use up what I have. Paper flowers, buttons, brads, and stickers. I could be a candidate on that show, hoarders. Its crazy!!

The pre-class challenge is to show some pictures of our stash of stuff....



Here is our basic supply list:
They are...in no particular order...
Cardstock
Patterned paper
Ribbon
Buttons
Chipboard
Metals (brads, eyelets, label frames - that sort of thing)
Flowers (hands up: who has full jars of basic paper flowers?)
Stickers (both letters and designs)
Page protectors
Transparencies

Her classes are emailed in a PDF form to my email so I can work on the prompts whenever I have time, they never expire. This is great for me right now since I will be gone next week--I really love her classes, they are great!

Are you taking any classes right now? Are you taking this one with me? I would love to know!!

One Real Day

Yesterday's prompt for my class 'Blogging For Scrapbookers' challenged us to write about one really good day that we can remember. Wow. This was difficult for me. Not because it was difficult to think of a day, just difficult to write about it. You see, the best thing about my 'great day' is that it was normal. It was the sort of day that I wish I could have with my mom every time we are together.

It is one of the only memories I have like it. Even on that day, I was overwhelmed with tears because I was so happy for such a normal day. My mom and I have a lot of issues (I am sure many people can relate) and next week she is having a big surgery and I am probably going to have to help her a lot afterwards. I have been struggling with my feelings about it as I have a lot of resentment towards her, but I am going to do the best that I can because I know that it is what I should do.

I am sorry that I am being a little bit vague with this post, but I am sure more of the the story will be told over the next few weeks.


For this page, I typed the journaling in word and used mostly Earth Love for the embellishing.

Blogging for the Scrapbooker Class at Shimelle

Today I was browsing through a long list of posts on my google reader and I came across Shimelle.com...(one of my favorite blogs) and a new class 'Blogging For Scrapbookers' was starting today.

On a whim, I decided to sign up and give it a whirl. Not that I need another thing to do and keep up with, mostly for the inspiration and the drive to be a better blogger.

My goals include, writing better blog posts, connecting with other bloggers in a more meaningful way and using my blog as a way to inspire others to find their creative side.

Over the next three weeks, I will be studying the class notes using the class as a jump start for my mojo....I have had time the last 3 days to create...but I have just wanted to sit on the couch and watch t.v.

So, I need the motivation. I need someone to force me to tell the important stories that I am just not inspired to tell without a class or a challenge.

p.s. I subscribed to an online photo editing software picnik.com and I am completely in love with the ease in which I am able to edit, add text and modify my photos. This picture is from a photo shoot I did this weekend....I love it! I haven't ever considered myself a digi scrapbooker, but I definitely love the idea of combining text with my photos...So I am pretty sure I will be doing quite a lot of that through this class.

Hope you are having a wonderful week. The forecast looks gorgeous here for the next few days!!