Workdesk Wednesday - #4 ~ Scrap Happy

It's that time again!

And actually, I've had the same thing on my workdesk all week this week, because since Monday I've really enjoyed going through some of those old photos and preparing pretty pages for my scrapbook. I took photos of each page I've done this week so that I can post the pages in the order I create them, before tonight I'd already done the three pictured below.

It's actually really nice to be able to do quick, small projects, like single pages, that make up part of one, much larger project, like the whole scrapbook. It means I can come away from crafting without feeling like I have an unfinished item and without feeling bad for not being able to add to what I've done. Win,win!

Tonight's workdesk was a nice, bright page to show off the special bond Jedward had with my mum. You can see from the photos below what the process is for me creating a page.

The right hand side of the above sort of shows my process. Picking what I want to work on, choosing the photo and colours and then getting an idea of the layout I want to go for. After that I just kind of wing it. I didn't use the little bunting strip in the end, but that's okay because I'm thinking of saving it for the next birthday page I do.

Until next time!

Remembering Jed

Sorry it's late guys, I was feeling pretty under the weather yesterday and actually I have something a little special to me that I feel like sharing today so I thought I might as well rest up on Sunday and post today instead.

Today marks a year since I lost my first guinea pig, Jedward. She may have been a little pet but she had a massive personality and obviously I've been thinking about her a lot lately.

It's important to me to revisit my happy memories without having to use a computer, regardless of their subject matter and a few years ago I started a scrapbook for Jedward that I haven't really entered into much. I made the cover and the first page before I even moved out but the second page I didn't create until a little while after I lost her. Sometimes it's difficult for me to craft things that are so personal to me but even though it makes me sad that she's gone, it's nice to relive those fun times by creating cute layouts and making her a tribute fit for the diva she was.

The polaroid style prints were a birthday present last year and I love them. I use photo corners so that I can take them out of the scrapbook at any time if I want to but as I include an image, I'm writing the dates at the bottom, just because sometimes it's nice to see just how long ago something happened when you reminisce.

Hopefully, now that there's more time between the initial heartbreak and now, I'll be able to add to this scrapbook a little more often and enjoy some more trips down memory lane.

I hope this wasn't too much of a downer for you folks because making this actually made me a lot happier this evening and I'm really pleased with how the layout turned out. I need to get photo prints for Eclipse so I can work on hers as well and it's reminded me to make sure I take as many pictures as I can of the below three cuties. I will always have pets and these scrapbooks are the nicest way I can honour them.

Every moment is precious, whether it's with a pet, a person or just a pleasant moment or place in time, so treasure them and if there's not enough space on your walls for that many framed photos, still print them out, make an album or a scrapbook. Turning pages is a lot nicer than clicking a next button.

Until next time.

Workdesk Wednesday - #3 ~ Pretty Soldier

It's that time of week again! And we're kind of back to where we started because I haven't had a chance to do anything more with that Sailor Moon applique project since my very first Workdesk Wednesday two weeks ago. Until now...

It's going to be a short one though because it's already late and I'm pretty tired so it's like quick overview time type thing. Yeah.

Since I'd done most of the prepwork last time I was able to trace my design using baking paper to make my templates, it's a nice, cheap alternative to actual tracing paper that you're bound to have lying about the house and it works just as well. I drew around those onto the felt I was using and then managed to stitch the first layer of felt onto one of the hoops tonight.

Next time I get to work on these I'll be sewing that second hoop, cutting the next layer of felt and stitching all of that down before it's time to add the gems and beads as the finishing touches and then neaten up the back so they're ready to hang up or sell.

Until next time!