magic monday

i have seen flocks of birds before, naturally. but since this past autumn i have noticed them more and more. large flocks of birds that fly together almost like large flocks of fish together.

one day late last week i glanced out the livingroom window and saw this.

and i knew that i needed to get up from my seat and take a look. then i witnessed this. 

and...it was magic.

i searched for flocks of birds and came upon this video that is great. just keep looking it gets better :)

project life week 1

ok, maybe i should add a project to my 2012 project list...

i will attempt to make a diy project life project and here is my very first week.

i am using photo page protectors with 4 slots, so one week is 8 slots. on the first page i added 2 large photos and then journaling cards right next to them. i added the food we have eaten this week. and a magical moment i am sharing more about tomorrow. 

the second page holds a few instax photos, the weather report, journaling and movie ticket stubs. 

i had fun using small bits and pieces that were left overs from other projects and my sewing machine. 

i look forward to see where this project takes me and i will also see how long i will keep it up. as for now i look forward to next week :)

and yes, i have tried the project life idea before, in may 2011. if you click over there you can see how i made my own page protectors and journaling cards. this time i have a few digital kits by becky higgins that i print and have a stash of on my desk. 

thanks for the visit!

i wanted to let youall know i am working really hard on planning my next blog hosting week at Write Click Scrapbook and i am having way to much fun :) my week starts monday February 6th! i hope that you´ll join me! can you tell the theme? ;)

my word: magic

not really magic monday, but i wanted to talk a bit about my word for 2012.

as i mentioned in a previous post, my word of the year is magic. 

i love words. period. i could have chosen between a million words, but magic it is. speaking of words, i love reading kelles blog for her photos and stories, AND her words. she is perfect with words and how she discribe stuff beautifully. she is magic. 

a few days ago i filled in a free download from susannah conway. it is basically really good questions around your word. for example:

how does your word make you feel?

my answer: excited, full of anticipation, ready to see with new eyes, ready to make magic.

if you lived and breathed your word every day in 2012, what would be different for you?

my answer: i would let go of petty stuff, be more aware, be more risktaking, do more spur of the moment things. 

and she also wrote a few things like: this year i will say yes to: 

i answered: life, living, magic, rising early in the morning, swimming in the lake, walking in the rain, singing loud, taking advise, thinking, seeing...

and something that made me happy was that she asked me to list 4 words that support my word. now, as i said before i love words! i did not chose only 4 :) here are the words that support my word:

victorious

sanctuary

slow-pace

dedicate

balancing

embrace

curled-up

celebrate

lingering

quietly

regaining

reflect

festive

gather

unmeasurable

passionately

gain

huddle

yes,all those words come from a few of kelles blog posts ♥

what´s your word?

Re-scrap 2012 | january

ok, so lets get started shall we! here are the 3 old layouts that i will use as inspiration for new layouts this month! 

{first posted in 2010}

{first posted in 2010}

{first posted in 2007}


you are welcome to join me if you´d like :)

2012 projects

this is a project i have wanted to do for a long time. i sometime have troubles with design on my scrapbook pages. well, what troubles me is re-newing myself. i want to try new things, but i 

don´t want to make pages that are not me. and i have done pages i really love, so i thought i´d make it a priority to choose 3 old layouts every month of the year and use them as inspiration for new pages. i mean, i am not re-scrapping the event or page, i am using the entire page and/or some elements of it to use as inspiration. i will share which 3 old layouts i am working with sometime the first week of the month. maybe you could draw some inspiration from them too?!

yes, i totally stole the idea of magic monday from the ever so lovely and clever elise blaha! i have chosen magic as my word for the year and i am making an effort to actually live with my word this time. 

i hope to write a blog post about some magic i have experienced and post it on mondays. 

this is a project from the ladies at Ella Publishing. they have a photo challenge to take 12 photos on the 12th of each month and templates for layouts! i am excited! 

and lastly i am ofcourse doing the 52 photos project :)

if you would like to join in, just go ahead and join our flickr group! 

what are your projects for this year?

Write Click Scrapbook ~ January gallery!

our theme this month was "today". gosh that you can make so many things with that theme! i made 2 layouts.

first, i made a digital layout using Crystal Wilkersons Notebook template #1-4 and Funky Christmas kit. if you haven´t seen the Funky Christmas kit yet, jump on over and take a look! so many cute things in there, perfect for when you are going to make those holiday layouts now! for the journaling i used a title sentence: what i want to remember about today...and then listed the things i wanted to remember about the 24th of december. i am planning to print this page and put it in my regular paper layout album. 

however, i am terribly impatient and when my beloved printer died on me the day before i wanted to print the digital layout, i made a paper version too :) 

left side

right side

i also made a page where i listed the currents. i do this from time to time and love to look back at these pages!

now go check out the great gallery! 

ps. i might be a little early posting the link, so check back during the day to find the launch post!

new years eve walk ~ a video