It’s been a pretty quiet week so far with the girls back at school so I thought I’d share some more of the layouts I’ve been working for LOAD. I’m really enjoying the challenge of this class and it’s definitely been taking me out of my comfort zone and getting me to try new things.
Yes, yes, I know, I seem to always be tidying up the scrapbook room. But this time I did some major reorganising and tried to be ruthless with getting rid of old products.
Before:
After: Under the desk looks messier as the extra containers are the ones full of stuff to give to the kids or donate. I’m also on the lookout for some extra storage that will fit nicely under there.
A close up …before…
and after…
Before …still need to go through the drawers and cupboard… I got rid of the tub (which stored stickers by theme – now in clear trays in the photo above. Also moved the letter stickers (above).
After….the embellishment drawers got moved off my main work area.
Before….
And after….bought all five purple boxes that Office Works had in stock and hope I can pick up some more (and relocate the baskets)
I’m so much happier with how this looks – it had gotten too cluttered. Now I’m inspired to get on with my UK album – I’m up to Scotland now :-).
Okay, I’m doing a combined post today about two classes I’m currently taking. The first is LOAD (layout a day). I’m really enjoying the challenges and so far have completed 3 out of the 3 days.
The second class is Picture Spring. I actually bought this class 6 months ago and have been waiting for Spring to come along (in Australia) do the photo prompts. But this morning I got an e-mail to say that BPC are offering this class as a self paced class – meaning you can start at any time. So wish I’d know this was going to be an option as instead of the daily e-mail coming into my inbox I have to go check out the achieves to get my prompt for the day. And I’ve also already paid for Summer and Fall!!! Oh, well live and learn. Here are the photos so far.
Day 1 – Beginnings
Day 2 – part of morning routine (I’ve photographed my morning tea making so much I thought I’d do something different)
Day 3 – 30 steps from where your camera lives
I’ve been making it a priority to try and do a bit of scrapbooking most days – usually for an hour or so after lunch, and before the girls get home from school. I’ve also signed up for a few online classes to help get the creative juices flowing. The next one to start is Shimelle’s Learn Something New Everyday. Class hasn’t started yet so there’s still time to sign up.
I’ve decided to use an 8×8 felt album that I had lying around. I have to confess I signed up for the class last year but never actually did any of it. Luckily you only pay once :-).
In addition to working on the trip album I’ve been doing some other layouts as well.
I’ve been going through my ideas folder so this next one is a scraplift from Gretchen. Love that girls style :-).
