Funny the way things start
These two girls will never really know just how grateful I am. At the time it seemed silly: two fifteen year old students laughing at their teacher’s sudden shyness around a certain employee in a record store. They said I was flirting. I said I wasn’t. They said I should give him my number. I said I wouldn’t.
So they did.
And that was that.
Quite how these two became so wrapped up in my social well being, I’m not too sure. Cassie was actually never in my class, but she was on the cheerleading squad I coached. She was the energy and the organisation that kept everything going. I really do believe she secretly cornered girls who thought about skipping practice and made sure that one way or another, they showed up. Beks was certainly in my class. She was one of those students that made me come home and study because I needed to have more than just what was in the lesson plan. If you ever want to talk film critique with a fresh perspective, oh my goodness this is your girl. (She is also the girl that comes to school with a stack of DVDs, sits them on your desk and says I cannot believe you haven’t seen these. And now in retrospect, I can’t believe I hadn’t either.)
Somewhere between cheerleading practice and this summer, they grew up. They now laugh at the silly adventures we have had, from last-minute study sessions in Starbucks to meeting Busted) (and more importantly, Busted’s grandmothers!). But they have serious lives with universities and bills to pay and yet they are still the loveliest of friends. With that perfect little balance of not being so alike that they always see eye to eye, but being alike enough to care and understand and goodness, they are just lovely.
So now I feel pretty darn lucky to still know them and even luckier that they were my bridesmaids. They are now going to separate universities — one east of our house and one west of our house. It has not gone unnoticed that this means our house should be a central meeting point! (They have also checked out and endorsed our local pub so I think this may help the cause.) Because aside from gushy scrapbook pages (and blog posts), I like to tell these girls that they are fabulous to their faces. Because they are. And it never hurts to be reminded. They have certainly done the same for me over the years. It’s what we do.
Oh: I should explain. This starts a random series of wedding posts with photos, scrapbook pages and the words on those pages. To be continued as time & scrappish inspiration allows! Pretty wedding photos by Ben Roberts Photography.
xlovesx
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A little reading
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(Should you wish to take the full course in your own time, you can do that at any point on the calendar! You can find all the details here.)
I look forward to seeing some of your still-life images on the forum.
Digital? What's that?
With a bit of luck, we will get a DVD in the post tomorrow filled with our official photos. They are not very much in the formal of official. We love this.
Tomorrow is also the day when the first eight rolls of thirty-six pictures will be ready at the developers.
To go with the 75 polaroids we have in a jar on our coffee table.
And we have eight more rolls of film that we need to finish because they still had a few more frames left.
Modern technology? What’s that?!
But if you’re all about the modern technology rather than the polaroid, you might want to check out the People Imagery workshop from Cheryl at Feel Good Photos. Class starts today so go quickly!
Also: thank you so much for the well wishes. We haven’t stopped smiling yet!
xlovesx
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Married!
Indeed! Saturday came and went and eeep, there is so much to tell. And although there were ten million cameras present, I only have a couple pictures at this point. So there will be many notes and many photos and many crafty wonders to share.
As soon as I have pictures to put with them!
(Thank you Bev for this one!)
Until then: eeeeeeeeee!
xlovesx
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Scrap your Day!
August’s album prompt is now available here for your scrapbooking happiness!
When you finish your August pages, comment here to let me know so your pages can be included in our round up next month!
(Also: Learn Something New starts on the first of September—that’s Monday! Sign up here if you want to play along and make a book as we go back to school in an entirely different way than PE class and second-hand textbooks. 30 prompts plus extras for just £8. I’d love to see you in class!)
xlovesx
ETA: Reposting as this clearly wasn’t working! Which means no pretty pictures for today…I suppose we’ll live, though I do prefer pretty pictures!
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Tomorrow is the twenty-fifth!
So it is Scrap your Day time for August!
August is just a little busy for me this year so I don’t have a round-up of July pages for you today! So sorry—will be back with the round up next month. But I do have a photo fact sheet for you! Just click to download this month’s photo challenge.
Then remember to charge your camera and have fun snap, snap, snapping away tomorrow! Stop by to download this month’s album prompt—it will be online tomorrow too.
Wishing you a fabulous weekend and a very happy twenty-fifth!
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xlovesx
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Hurrah for the weekend
It’s not quite as fun as more wedding stories I want to share, but I still wanted to give you the heads up: all archived classes are on sale in the shop this weekend. Archived just means that these are scrapbooking classes that have already run and won’t be run on a set schedule in the future, but you can still sign up and download all the materials to work on the project at your own pace. You still get access to the forum for that class, but it may be a bit quiet (though actually, it may not). You could always convince a friend to sign up too then you’d have a guarantee of someone to talk to!
The sale is for this weekend only and includes:
When I Grow Up (including guest artists Joy Madison, Rosemary Waits, Nisa Fiin, Marcy Lambert, Jen Tillman, Stacy Fike, Alissa Fast and Natalia Harandon)
You Think You Know Me (including guest artists Anne Parry, Cheryl Johnson, Venessa Matthews and Kristina Contes)
There’s No Place Like Home (including guest artists Kate Bucci, Beshka Kueser, Allison Kimball and Barb Novak) (There’s also a kit to match.)
Worth a Thousand Words
My Freedom
Sale prices are valid just until Sunday night and only when purchased through the store, which means your transaction will be in priced in pounds. But the store takes cards in any currency, and you can even check your local currency against the pound here if you’re wondering what that price is in ‘real’ money.
If you sign up for a class during the sale, you will receive access to all the class materials on Monday. (If you’re new to our classes, you can speed this along by registering your name and password for our forum where you will be able to access the classes.) Your access to the class is permanent, so you can sign up now and leave the project for a rainy day if you like.
Sheesh, that’s more detail than I first thought! So here’s the short version: Hey! Stuff’s on sale! Cool!
Have a fabulous weekend! Happy scrapping!
xlovesx
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