Today is the first day of the Blogging for Scrapbookers class with Shimelle. And I'm up-to-date! Ha! ha! I always start out with the best of intentions but invariably fall behind with Shimelle's classes and I have only ever managed to complete two of them. Well one day down and 14 prompts to go. Can but hope!

I have signed up to do Shimelle's new class 'Blogging for Scrapbookers' which starts next week. I started looking around the internet for a new background for this blog and found this lovely watercolour one. Still having one or two problems with the editing of the header but hopefully I will be able to sort it out. The font and size of the header are out of proportion with the space for it. Hardly a crisis though!

I am really hoping that the class will spur me on to use this space more often.

Well, it certainly hasn't been posting on here!!!

I'm taking part in three Circle Journals on UKS and two swaps. The swaps are nearly at an end now. Next week I should be posting the 'gardens' I've made for the 'In this garden' swap.





This one is a fairy garden.

I also belong to Scrapbooking from the Inside Out ~ an American Kit Club ~ where we scrap on a given emotion or personal theme each month. This month's theme is Strength. We get given 6 or 7 challenges within the month for layouts. The journaling can become very personal which is why most of mine is hidden journaling :)

For this layout I set myself a personal challenge of making the journaling the main focus rather than the photos.

On UKS I am part of the Chunky Fat Book Swap. We had to decorate 4x4" thick 'pages' on a theme chosen by each team member. Here are 6 of the 8 I have made.


I hope the people I've made them for will like them. It's really hard making things for other people ~ especially ones you don't know!

I can't believe it's 4 months since I last wrote on this blog. Such a lot has happened in that time including a wedding in Florida and a party to celebrate here in the UK.

I found this and thought that it would be a great addition to my blog. You are supposed to make everything that you have done bold. If you decide to do this, please leave a comment, so I can check out your list.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you had to a charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art form from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day