A farewell blog hop for the American Crafts 2011-2012 scrapbooking team
Today I officially say farewell to the American Crafts design team, as my term has ended and the new team will spring into action. It’s been such a pleasure to work with these talented ladies and some of my very favourite products on the market. (Hello? I cannot possibly scrapbook without Thickers. You know this.) You can see a variety of projects I’ve created for American Crafts over the past year in these posts.
If you’ve just hopped over from Amy Heller’s blog, then welcome! You can find further details about the full hop on the American Crafts blog. For my stop on the hop, I wanted to show you my notebook I’m keeping for Learn Something New, a little project I work on every September. This year I’m really focused on using materials I have and really should use for this project. The sorts of things we buy because we love them, but we don’t get them onto a project straight away so they can sit for quite a while until we forget about them. So an Amy Tangerine daybook is part of that for me. I have one of each daybook Amy has designed. I have used… two. One for a travel mini and one for a personal collection of tickets, notes and daily ephemera. That still leaves me several that need a purpose in life! So I grabbed this one and dressed it up just a bit so it can be my place for thinking on paper for the next thirty days. (And no, it wasn’t complete without washi tape and Thickers. Obviously.)
I’m not actually using it as a completed minibook for my album. Instead, it’s a bit of a playground for thoughts. It will go everywhere with me for the next thirty days. I’ll use it to answer daily questions from the Learn Something New prompts and to work my way from the goings on of each day to some perfect bit of learning I can take away from that day. Those thirty lessons will be recorded separately somewhere just a bit more dressy. But this is the perfect place to have no fear of making mistakes, crossing things out and thinking things through. That two part process is so very good for my soul. (Definitely worth trying some time if you’re not usually a journal-keeper. These books make it possible to keep a journal for just a short time rather than getting intimidating by something big and formal!)
Your next stop on the blog hop is Paige Evans, our fearless leader! She’s the hostess at the AC blog and keeps us all in check, which is not always easy with lots of creative people! She kept everything running smoothly this summer even though she delivered a brand new baby in the middle of it! So much appreciation goes to Paige, I tell you. Visit her and hop along to say hello to all the team members in this day of farewell.
AND HOW ABOUT A PRIZE? Leave a comment on this post and one randomly selected commenter will win an American Crafts prize pack. Entries close at the end of next Thursday, and the winner will be posted Friday.
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