Me: The Abridged Version Part 3

A couple of months ago I signed up for a class over at Big Picture Scrapbooking and today it started! I'm actually thinking about signing up for more classes in the near future because of their amazing selection. I wanted to show off what I've done for this class so far. The class is called "Me: The Abridged Version". It's a 4-week class and by the end of it, I should have an encyclopedia-type scrapbook that describes different aspects of me, from my point-of view. Each letter will have an entry with something that I feel describes some aspect of my life - important people, places I love, or things I love to do or can't live without. I'm doing this project as a digital scrapbook but it can be done by hand. At the end, I plan on getting it printed and bound as a photo book. I wanted to share my first page. Although I haven't chosen what I want to write for the letter "A" and have no pictures yet, I'm pleased with what I have so far. What do you think? Would you do something like this for yourself?

  

"Me: The Abridged Version" Part 2

In an earlier post, I talked about how I signed up for this class with Big Picture Scrapbooking and how super excited I am about. Even though the class doesn't start until September, I just completed part of the pre-class assignment. I still haven't read the book, but I did complete the tag book. The purpose of the tag book is to help me think about things in my life that start with each letter of the alphabet. When it comes time to make the scrapbook, I'll pick an idea I've jotted down and that will be the topic for that page. For example...for the letter "A" I've written down Arian, one of my cats. For "P" I have pizza, one of my favorite foods, and Papa - what I call my dad. And to capture the nerd in me, I wrote down Harry Potter for the letter "H".

The tag book was actually really simple to make. When I signed up for the class, they supplied me with the templetes for the tags. I just printed out on card stock and added my own embellishments. If you know me, then you know I'm all about love - hence the hearts. What do you think? Have I inspired you to make your own?

"Me: The Abridged Version"

I recently signed up for Big Picture Scrapbooking. I heard about it on a forum that I frequent and decided to check it out. I've actually signed up for some of the free classes and so far I like it. It has definetly given me some inspiration. What I'm most excited about though is a workshop that I'll be signing up for. The workshop is called "Me: The Abridged Version" (hence the blog post title) and I'm can't wait to get started on it...even though it starts in Sept! The main premise of the workshop is that as scrapbookers (or lovers of them) we tend to scrap about things outside of ourselves...our friends, family, places we love, etc. Through 4 weeks in this workshop, I'll be creating an A-Z scrapbook all about ME!! I think it's the coolest idea to actually make a scrapbook reflective about myself as opposed to the things around me. Can you tell I'm super excited. If your interested, I suggest you sign up too. I plan on posting the pages I make. I can't wait!