Shane’s girls will be getting in around Noon tomorrow! Everyone here is so excited! The time is going to pass waaaaaay too quickly but we will surely take advantage of it! They fly back home with their Mom on Wednesday. I will share photos for sure!
So this is my “Joy Journal”!!! I planned on having a page created too to post with it but this week has been kind of ugly for me. I should be getting over the first-trimester yuckies here pretty quick. I am 13 weeks now. Okay….back on topic. I started thinking about all the different scrapbooks and albums I have full of layouts. I caught myself thinking about my children and their children down the road that will sit and flip through them. I found myself asking will they KNOW me by looking thru these albums? Some pages yes. But most of them are layouts of the kids or events. Which IS GOOD! Don’t get me wrong! I just want to take the whole “book of me” and my thoughts a little more seriously for my posterity’s sake. So I came up with this “Joy Journal”. I am one of those people who needs a theme to work with or I will go crazy with a million different topics. I thought it would be cool to always scrap and journal about the different things in my life that bring me JOY. There are so many things. I am excited about working on a page a week for this. This will be my “In[s]piration Friday” project for quite a while. Or at least until I get bored again. HA HA!!! If ya wanna join in and you haven’t worked in your BOOKS OF YOU for a while…….COME PLAY WITH ME! I’m not going to challenge you….just maybe inspire you. Who Knows? My album is a 6×6 size. Perfect for small photos and lots of journaling. I will be scrapping with some friends tonight so I hope to get a page done and added to this post.
These are a couple of Birthday cards I got done this week for the card contest going on over at the Paper Salon Blog. Lots of good stuff always posted over there…..check it out when you get a few! Okay….I gotta bake some Snickerdoodles I promised my girls. Hope everyone has a good weekend! Enjoy!
October 5th, 2007
October 6th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Maddy Says:
I love them all, but the 1st b-day card is my FAVORITE!
October 6th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Stacy Says:
I’m lovin’ your Joy Journal idea. Thank you for inspiring me.
October 6th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Delfina Says:
Your book is such a great idea. I hardly do any pages about my self. Good luck on the contest. Those are some cute cards.
October 7th, 2007 at 1:32 am
lisa Says:
those snicker doodles rocked the house! but i don’t remember a joy page getting done. prolly cuz you had to be the seeing eye dog biotch for some old blind woman! lol just sayin’!
October 7th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Shirley Fyfe Says:
Love your journal and the cards - especially like the idea of highlighting the number too!
October 8th, 2007 at 10:09 am
kaelene zapata Says:
Ya, next time could you make just a few less snickerdoodles . . . I think I ate one for everyone who wasn’t there!!
I’m gonna do that Joy journal thing — great idea, my friend!
Enjoy your time with all the girls rockin’ the house!
October 8th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Denean Says:
Those cards are too cute!!
October 12th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Deanna Says:
Oh man way to make my mouth water. I miss your snickerdoodles. I love the book and the cards. Next week my goal is to get my ScrapBox put together and my room organized. So I hope to start participating in the Friday stuff with you.
Thanks for the motivation.