Yes I've been busy!!! Dave has been away for a few days at his brother's wedding so.... while the cat's away the mouse scrapbooks!!! LOL
Operation 6: Colour - I LOVE colour!! Colour is a really big thing for me. I definitely go through phases with colour. At one stage everything in my house seemed to be blue... I had blue carpet, curtains and wallpaper (it was a rented house) so I went and bought myself a blue sofa! Most of my clothes are black or denim... and the bits of colour that I do have in my wardrobe seem to be browns or neutrals. My craft room has quite strong colours... and I love it! I was in a bit of a 'girly mood' when I did this operation so I've gone for pink, purple and turquoise! So here's my page for this operation:
Operation 7: Make a bold statement! I really enjoyed this operation... thinking bold has never been a problem for me (yes I did know that Mum!!!) The only thing that I've never really thought boldly about is ME! But I'm learning to... Over the past couple of years I've made a lot of changes to myself (most of them for the better) and now I'm very comfortable being me so here's my statement: I am ME!
Operation 8: Something Old - I've done quite a bit along this line... I've journaled about my doll I've had since I was 2 and I've journaled about inheriting my great-grandmothers dressing table but I've never journaled about the fabulous print I inherited from my grandmother! This print was hanging up in my grandmother's house for years... it came out of a newspaper from 1906! When I was a little girl I used to lie on the floor and look up at it and it always made me feel good. It was on the wall about a tall archway and I'm pretty sure that not many people even really saw it there but I always loved it. My Dad's family have Romany Gypsy ancestry and this print came from my Mum's Mum so it has double meaning for me:
Operation 9: Take it or Leave it - advice that is! I had to laugh at this one... there have been times when I've taken others advice and ended up in a real mess and times when I didn't listen to others and ended up in a big mess... but overall it's when I haven't listened to that little voice inside myself that I've ended up in the worst trouble! So now I make a point of listening to my heart and believing in myself and things usually turn out reasonably ok most of the time! I'm trying to instill this advice into my girls as well because I think if you're true to yourself then at least you can say you tried!
So now I'm all caught up and ready for the next operation! I'm having a great time with these operations and my journal is filling up pretty quickly :) Thanks for all your comments because they do mean a lot to me!! Have a great week :)
3 comments:
Well done on catching up they are all wonderful!
Wow Shell, that's awesome!! Good catching up game here!!! Love love love all your pages, but I really like the grungeboard on #9.... gotta get my own out of the drawer, see if I can use it this week!!!
Hi Shell
I've just been scrolling through your posts about your operations - I think I might have to give it a go. What really struck me just now is when I realised that the print of your grandmothers that you wrote about was the same one you used on your ATC cards last year - now that I know how absolutely special to you that print is I shall treasure your ATC card even more... and I already thought it was just beautiful to begin with. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.
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