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Maximize your stamps Day 3 Home decor projects

It´s time for some home decor inspiration all made with the digital version of the "Eat more cake" stamp set from Kellie stamps.

For my home, I like to add simple designs that I can make myself. And it doesn´t get any easier than with a digital stamp! For this poster I simply opened a WORD document on my computer and added the "it´s your day" stamp from the set to the document and centered it. For a little more interest I added a border around the actual image (also in WORD) before printing it. I printed on A4 paper, but I am going to also be printing this on a larger paper size later. Here I have just added some washi tape to attach the poster to my wall. Doesn´t it look fresh and fun?!

Here I have added the same poster into a simple easy frame and put it in two different places in my home just to show you how nice it looks in a frame too!

Kim made this lovely banner with the digital version of the stamp set. 

Besides using digital stamps as photo overlays or bases for journal/filler cards, there are bound-less ways to use these modern, amazing tools for memory keeping. I also created this 'Celebrate' banner. After downloading the whole word,  I split each letter into its own file so it would be easier to maneuver them in my online Cricut software. Enlarging each to about 6 inches tall, I electronically cut each letter in pink and also it's shadow in a darker shade to add depth. Attaching to a white square of cardstock, the short pentagons on bottom part of the flag in stripes and dot grid gold, add just the right amount of accent to this all purpose banner. From birthday parties to everyday instances we commemorate,  it's a welcome addition to our house party decorations!

I have one more quick and easy project to share. These cute flags are so cute to add to a bouquet of flowers as a hostess gift or to a houseplant too.

I just printed a few of the sentiments aligned to the left to have room to fold them in half. Then cut them in strips and cut the little banner edge, folded them in half and with double sided tape I attached them to a grill stick.

See? Quick and easy is my middle name! Well maybe not easy :)

 

What would you make?

Maximize your stamps Day 2: Birthdays

Welcome back! Today I am sharing a few ways you can use the stamp set Eat more cake from Kellie stamps to make cards, layouts and party decor for birthdays. Let´s go!

These first projects are made by myself. I´ve made a wrapping paper by using a WORD document, setting the paper to horizontal and then adding in the two digital stamps happy and birthday as you can see. For a little bit more interest I chose to make the middle row a bit bigger and use a bright pink. You can easily change the color of the stamps in a digital editing program such as Photoshop. I have used the free website picmonkey.com for that. 

I also used Picmonkey for the card shown here. I started out with a 4x6" canvas and added the stamps at the top there several times and changing the color/opacity level on a few to create the faded stamp effect. The cake stamp is an older one from Kellie stamps that is not longer available, but you could add any birthday related stamp or embellishment really. 

Here are two fun cards made by the owner her self, Kellie. Here is what she says:

Over the other weekend Diane was sharing her watercolour cards she'd made.  It got a lot of us inspired to start creating and so I grabbed out my forgotten watercolour paint set and tried a few things that weren't working. But then I remembered watching a youtube clip  from Amy Tan, here.  After that is all just came together and I love it. 

Tracey made this cool card! 

My intention was to make it look like a lightbox.  It took way longer than I thought (silhouette dramas) but I am really happy with how it turned out.  I have made the messages on acetate that can be removed to give it more of an authentic look.

Diane is the one who made all the fabulous brush script in this stamp set! 

I created this layout to celebrate my 35th birthday and there is no better way to make a layout special than with a WHOLE LOT of stamping in my favourite colour: rainbow! I threw some stitching in there as well and I have a very special layout for my special day!

My fellow swedish DT member Magdalena made this fun and different birthday layout.

My daughter turned seven in August so this stamp set for perfect to use for my traditional birthday interview project. I also wrote a bit about her day.

Cecily made two fun party pieces! 

To create these coordinating birthday pieces, simply grab some digital stamps and create your sentiment, then attach them to coordinating cardstock or card base and you're ready to roll. I chose the traditional 'Happy Birthday' but there are loads of things you could say!

Make sure the two words are fully attached to each other for easy trimming and then accentuate the black and white words with a pop of color–or confetti like I've done with this card!

 

Tara made this cute pocket page spread. 

I made my own journal cards using the Letterglow app, changing the colors for boys/girls. I am going to be doing an IG giveaway for a pdf of the journal cards.

 

Isn´t this just a fantastic use of just one stamp set?!

Ok, so we have birthdays down, tune in tomorrow to see some home decor projects!

Maximize your stamp set Day 1

 

 

 

Hi and welcome to this week´s theme that will be all about this stamp set! Besides being a team member here at WCS, I am also a design team member for a stamp company called Kellie stamps. Kellie comes out with one or two sets a month and I am always so inspired by them and make a ton of projetcs with them. This week I wanted to share how I and several of the other design team members at Kellie stamps have worked with this stamp set. We have worked both with the physical set and a digital set. 

Let´s talk about the set for a minute. As you can see it´s a birthday/party themed set with words like happy birthday and so on, but the fun think is that most of the stamps are mounted on their own so you can use them one by one making it easy to make other projects with them too! 

Here is a sneak peek of what is coming this week! Ah, I get all giddy when I see all the fun projects in this collage, don´t you? Be sure to pop back in here all week to see more. Here is the schedule:

Monday: Introduction

Tuesday: Birthdays 

Wednesday: Home decor

Thursday: Giveaway post!

Friday: Non-birthday ideas

 

I have to write a small disclaimer telling you that eventhough I do get this set for free as a CT member, I really do love Kellie stamps and have created with the stamps sets many, many times. I also want to write that there are other really great stamp comepanies out there. 

Lisa

Scrapolympics Day 4

It's day 4 and we are so very excited for today's event. It's a big one and quite possibly our favorite. Right up there with swimming and gymnastics and our winter scrapolympic skeleton race. We have two teams that are ready and raring to take part in the relay.

The goal for this event is to take the "baton" from your teammate and use it to create your own layout. Then pass it forward and see where the third teammate takes it. For all our competitors today, there is little more exciting than being inspired by one of your favorite scrapbookers. Let's get started.

Team One consists of Amy, Lisa, and Aliza. Here is there awesome relay.

Here is what they each had to say about their layouts and their inspiration.

Amy began with a goal to incorporate the journaling right into the title. Or the title right into the journaling. For her, it all started with the pink card and then went from there! Amy's beautiful layout is proof that you can totally use pink on a boy's layout.

This layout then went to Lisa. She writes, "As you can see I scaled down from Amy's great page. Whenever I do scraplift and/or use another page as inspiration I make them into a page that is me. So I can be super inspired by a page that is super busy with sewing and a lot of embellishments, but that is perhaps not my style." Such a great reminder that we can look beyond the details (or in them) to find things we can use.

 

Lisa's layout then went to Aliza who made hers. She says, "I loved the simplicity of Lisa's page, but I had a large photo and a small story that I wanted to use at the time. So, I simply swapped the elements while keeping the basic design the same; My journaling is a small square, while my photo runs the length of the page. I tried to include some bits of stamping on the edge, as Lisa did, but I am a big scaredy-cat when it comes to stamping. So, I went with washi tape and stickers instead. Using those embellishments  also helped me spread my color scheme around the page."

What a successful swap of sides and elements. And what a terrific sets of layouts from Team One.

 

Next is Team Two, consisting of Jenny, Dee, and Marnie.

Jenny got the race started with a bright and cheery layout with lots of journaling strips and delightfully layered elements around her photo.

 

Dee took this layout and essentially turned it on its side. She mimicked the photo matting, and kept the strips for journaling. The difference in perspective makes it seem like a whole new "sketch."

Lastly, Marnie turned it again (not realizing that is where it began!) for the journaling, but maintained the horizontal photo. She also kept the journaling strips, and maintained Dee's 10 point journaling.

Team Two did a great as well. Much too close to call. We will determine it to be a tie, and we will cross the finish line holding hands like the marathoning German twin sisters. Oh, the Olympics warm our hearts. ♥

Will you join us in a relay? And if you need some teammates, we will gladly play along with you!

Scrapolympics Day 3

Welcome back for day three of our Olympic celebrations.

Today we are participating in the marathon! The women's marathon is already completed and the winning time of 2:24:04 was posted by Jemima Jelagat Sumgong of Kenya. We challenged Marnie and Aliza to see how many layouts they could create in the same time.

Aliza came in strong with two layouts. Here is what she had to say about her marathon.

I totally lost track of time for this particular challenge. I started a few times, and scrapbooked for a "while" each time. Because the fact of the matter is, I can only really complete one layout in a two hour period. I am just slow. Especially because it often takes me a while to write and print out my journaling. However, I did make these two layouts with a two hour stretch in mind. They were probably completed in some time frame that resembles two hours.  I think that is the best I can do.

To keep things moving at a steady clip, I used the same basic color scheme, and some nice simple grids. My first layout, about my son turning 18 and filling out his voter registration, does not have any journaling. I am hoping the photos and title tell the story well enough, because I think I am finding it too hard to write about him right now. He is leaving home in a few weeks, and I just can't. But, on a much lighter note, while not thinking about my son leaving to spend next year abroad, I have been soaking in every moment of Olympic gymnastics. With the NBC app, it is a totally different watching experience, and I love it. 

Aliza, you ran a fabulous race. Though both grids and white space loving, your layouts each feel unique. And we are so sorry your house is losing its eldest teen. :( We are here with tissues and warm embraces for you.

 

Marnie finished two layouts as well. Here is a snippet of her interview:

I really thought I would finish more than two. I have friends that used go to crop nights and would finish ten or twelve layouts. I guess I thought that if I was all alone for a couple of hours with no distractions that it would magically happen. But it didn't. I went at my usual plodding speed. I'm not sure why I thought it would be different, but somehow I thought it would be.

She continues:

I think my proudest achievement was finishing two layouts that don't look at all similar. That's huge for me. I often find that if I make layouts in the same night they resemble each other more than not.

 

How about you? Will you join us in a marathon effort? Collect your supplies, set your timer and see how far you can get in 2 hours! We would love to see your results!!

Until tomorrow...

Scrapolympics Day 2

Welcome back for day 2 in our Olympic celebrations! The beaches here are spectacular, the weather divine, and our fellow athletes are keeping us up late with their tales of running with scissors, and trimmers that just don't cut straight. ;)

We hope you enjoyed day one and are so glad you are back from more. Today we have Synchronized Scrapbooking.

 

Synchronized Scrapbooking

Our second Scrapolympic comes from synchronized swimming.

 

Here is the official Olympic history statement.

An aquatic ballet, synchronised swimming has been delighting Olympic audiences with its grace and rhythm since Los Angeles 1984. It’s a women-only discipline with duet and team competitions.
::source:: 

 

For our Synchronized Scrapbooking event, we have chosen to compete in synchronized duets: reigning in the creativity of an entire team seemed like too much of a feat. Beyond Olympic sized proportions! Writeclickscrapbookland will be represented by two teams who will each take on a sketch and will do their best to stay true to the sketch so as to stay in sync with their partner.

 

SYNCHRONIZED DUETS = PICK A SKETCH, PARTNER UP & FOLLOW THE SKETCH CLOSELY

 

 

Our first team is Amy and Lisa. They worked from a sketch based upon a layout by Cari.

 

First, let's take a look at Amy's layout. She stayed true to the horizontal strips, the three photos, and the decorated top corner. She added a bit of artistic flair to the bottom with a journaling spot. The makes the judges very happy for they expect Amy's layouts to be filled with meaningful words that more than perfectly substitute for any piece of patterned paper.

 

Next, Lisa's layout. Another strong performance by Lisa! She also maintained the horizontal tranquility of the original and gets bonus points for the use of a circle in her upper right hand element. Her three photos are not only perfectly aligned but radiate with floral beauty so divine we can almost smell the lovely aroma.

In her post performance interview, Lisa noted that she hadn't much to say, but that she loved how this page turned out. Before leaving the arena she added, "Isn't it a great thing when something you've created comes out even better than you planned?!" Yes, indeed.

 

Let's take one last look at Team One and their medal worthy layouts.

Writeclickscrapbookland is off to a terrific start on day 2.

 

 

Next up is Team Two consisting of Dee and Marnie. They worked from a sketch based upon a layout by Aliza.

 

Let's first look at Dee's part in the duet. Dee used the sketch to document part of her recent vacation to Portugal. She loved this quiet and relaxed afternoon at the pool and had so many fun pictures that the sketch was perfect! Her journaling talks a little about the afternoon. It looks so lovely. (Do you think we should all tag along next year?) In evaluating her precision, Dee gets high marks for meeting each of the segments of the sketch. Her margins are unusually accurate for someone limited by paper trimmers. Hooray, Dee! Exceptional work!

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Studio Calico) + label sticker (Studio Calico) + ink (Stazon) + pen (Project Life)

During her post performance interview, Dee excited explained, "This layout was definitely fun and easy to make. I use sketches quite often to create my layouts, but usually I don’t follow them as closely as I did with this one. But since the assignment was to follow it as closely as possible, I did! ;-) I love how it turned out!" We love it, too, Dee. And you!

 

Lastly, Marnie's layout. She took the opportunity to document some dance photo day candids. Because the sketch was so neat and tidy, the layout didn't get as overwhelmed as it may have with five glittery colorful photos. We are impressed by her restraint, knowing she prefers the single layout photos, we wondered if she was going to switch up the photo block. No deductions will be taken as she stayed in sync with her partner's five photos. And she does receive a small bonus for getting her title to shine in a cohesive way.

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (American Crafts, Just Jamie) + journaling strips (Crystal Wilkerson) + fonts (Bebas, DoodleBasic)

We caught up with Marnie fleeing the arena (perhaps still embarrassed for having fallen asleep during yesterday's events...) when she quickly blurted out that she did have some trouble reigning in her urge to switch out a couple of the photos for patterned paper, but that she couldn't possibly stand another setback. We hear you, and are with you, Marnie. Everyone loves a good comeback.

Team Two finishes strong with excellent synchronicity. Here they are together in stunning beauty.

 

Phew! We survived day two without any falls or disqualifications. We hope the wind wasn't too strong for you and that your papers weren't blown from your table as much as the divers were from the boards yesterday! :)

Until tomorrow!

Welcome back for day 2 in our Olympic celebrations! The beaches here are spectacular, the weather divine, and our fellow athletes are keeping us up late with their tales of running with scissors, and trimmers that just don't cut straight. ;)

We hope you enjoyed day one and are so glad you are back from more. Today we have Synchronized Scrapbooking.

 

Synchronized Scrapbooking

Our second Scrapolympic comes from synchronized swimming.

 

Here is the official Olympic history statement.

An aquatic ballet, synchronised swimming has been delighting Olympic audiences with its grace and rhythm since Los Angeles 1984. It’s a women-only discipline with duet and team competitions.
::source:: 

 

For our Synchronized Scrapbooking event, we have chosen to compete in synchronized duets: reigning in the creativity of an entire team seemed like too much of a feat. Beyond Olympic sized proportions! Writeclickscrapbookland will be represented by two teams who will each take on a sketch and will do their best to stay true to the sketch so as to stay in sync with their partner.

 

SYNCHRONIZED DUETS = PICK A SKETCH, PARTNER UP & FOLLOW THE SKETCH CLOSELY

 

 

Our first team is Amy and Lisa. They worked from a sketch based upon a layout by Cari.

 

First, let's take a look at Amy's layout. She stayed true to the horizontal strips, the three photos, and the decorated top corner. She added a bit of artistic flair to the bottom with a journaling spot. The makes the judges very happy for they expect Amy's layouts to be filled with meaningful words that more than perfectly substitute for any piece of patterned paper.

 

Next, Lisa's layout. Another strong performance by Lisa! She also maintained the horizontal tranquility of the original and gets bonus points for the use of a circle in her upper right hand element. Her three photos are not only perfectly aligned but radiate with floral beauty so divine we can almost smell the lovely aroma.

In her post performance interview, Lisa noted that she hadn't much to say, but that she loved how this page turned out. Before leaving the arena she added, "Isn't it a great thing when something you've created comes out even better than you planned?!" Yes, indeed.

 

Let's take one last look at Team One and their medal worthy layouts.

Writeclickscrapbookland is off to a terrific start on day 2.

 

 

Next up is Team Two consisting of Dee and Marnie. They worked from a sketch based upon a layout by Aliza.

 

Let's first look at Dee's part in the duet. Dee used the sketch to document part of her recent vacation to Portugal. She loved this quiet and relaxed afternoon at the pool and had so many fun pictures that the sketch was perfect! Her journaling talks a little about the afternoon. It looks so lovely. (Do you think we should all tag along next year?) In evaluating her precision, Dee gets high marks for meeting each of the segments of the sketch. Her margins are unusually accurate for someone limited by paper trimmers. Hooray, Dee! Exceptional work!

12 x 12 | materials cardstock (American Crafts) + patterned paper (Studio Calico) + label sticker (Studio Calico) + ink (Stazon) + pen (Project Life)

During her post performance interview, Dee excited explained, "This layout was definitely fun and easy to make. I use sketches quite often to create my layouts, but usually I don’t follow them as closely as I did with this one. But since the assignment was to follow it as closely as possible, I did! ;-) I love how it turned out!" We love it, too, Dee. And you!

 

Lastly, Marnie's layout. She took the opportunity to document some dance photo day candids. Because the sketch was so neat and tidy, the layout didn't get as overwhelmed as it may have with five glittery colorful photos. We are impressed by her restraint, knowing she prefers the single layout photos, we wondered if she was going to switch up the photo block. No deductions will be taken as she stayed in sync with her partner's five photos. And she does receive a small bonus for getting her title to shine in a cohesive way.

12 x 12 | materials patterned paper (American Crafts, Just Jamie) + journaling strips (Crystal Wilkerson) + fonts (Bebas, DoodleBasic)

We caught up with Marnie fleeing the arena (perhaps still embarrassed for having fallen asleep during yesterday's events...) when she quickly blurted out that she did have some trouble reigning in her urge to switch out a couple of the photos for patterned paper, but that she couldn't possibly stand another setback. We hear you, and are with you, Marnie. Everyone loves a good comeback.

Team Two finishes strong with excellent synchronicity. Here they are together in stunning beauty.

 

Phew! We survived day two without any falls or disqualifications. We hope the wind wasn't too strong for you and that your papers weren't blown from your table as much as the divers were from the boards yesterday! :)

Until tomorrow!

Scrapolympics Day 1

Welcome to our Scrapolympic celebrations! It is week two of Olympic fervor around the world, and we are so happy to bring back our own Scrapolympics. For what is better to do than scrapbooking whilst watching our favorite sports heroes have a moment of joy.

This year, we will be celebrating with 5 different events, one daily. Like last time, each day will will describe the actual Olympic event, and then we will introduce the write. click. scrapbook. twist to each of the events, showcasing the talents of our own talented athletes, or designers!

The Olympics are a time of unity, celebration, and awe. Seeing athletes succeed after years of dedicated training inspires us to do better. We find parallels to our own craft, as we learn and grow in what we do, we perform better and faster. As the old saying goes, imitation is the best form of flattery. So we imitate their hours spent by spending our own countless hours crafting pages. We imitate their skill honing by learning and studying design, photography, and color theory. We aim for success, just as they do.

Let's get started on our fun fun week of Scrapolympics. We look forward to increasing our Olympic knowledge and creating some amazing layouts together this week.

 

Sprint

Our opening event is the sprint. In the summer olympics, there are many kinds of sprints: the canoe sprint, women's cycling sprint, men's cycling sprint, women's team cycling sprint, and men's team cycling sprint.

The canoe sprint is the least well known to our team. This is what the Rio page has to say:

Competitors race on flat water in kayaks or canoes in this sport, which made its Olympic debut at the Berlin 1936 Games. Twelve gold medals – eight for men and four for women – are up for grabs on Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas.::source::

 

And while the  short distance swims and runs are specifically listed as sprints, we think you will agree with us that they qualify for the theme.

For our sprint today, we will be creating pages as fast as we can.

SPRINT = CREATE A PAGE AS FAST AS YOU CAN

Sharpen your trimmers, pick out your supplies, dress in your most comfortable scrapbooking gear, and get ready. Take a very deep breath. Focus. And go!

Today, representing Writeclickscrapbookland we have Team Quick & Speedy consisting of Lisa Borbély , and Marnie Flores.

 Our sprint team is excited to race for the finish line in record time. On your marks, get set, let's go!

 

 

Writeclickscrapbookland is thrilled to have Lisa representing them on their sprinting team as she is masterful at creating simply stunning pages. She was happy to join the quick and speedy team to be able to to inspire you to make a quick page, too.

 Here is some advice from our expert sprinter, Lisa.

I am a fast scrapper so for me this wasn't a big challenge. But I wanted to show you a few tips on how a page can come together in 30 minutes or under. First, I usually have my title and story when I start a page. Often I print the title from my computer first as I did on this page. I also mostly have my design figured out fairly quickly and for this I often use an old design from myself. We all have layouts that we really love and I re-use the same design all the time. Another tip for a quick page is to keep to one color scheme, then it all goes together without much effort! As you can see I have done some embellishment on this page, so it doesn't have to be bare just because it's fast.

Lisa, not only is your page on point but we love the little panda napkins in the background. And we are wondering what time dinner is... that food looks delicious!

 

 

In the qualification round, Marnie did well. Returning to her tried and true format of horizontal 11x8.5, and making use of one of her favorite product lines, her layout came together in record time.

Here is some advice from our second sprinter, Marnie.

My pages are usually quite plain, but don't mistake that for fast. Fast comes for me when I have a photo I love that has a story behind it, ready to be told. I am also best sprinting in my favorites. Favorite style, favorite products, favorite fonts, favorite comfy clothes. Distracted scrapbooking is molasses scrapbooking. 

 

Marnie, your page is delicate and soft--though we think you should feed that cute dog!

 

However, Marnie ran into trouble in the finals.

 

Sigh. In the finals, time was not on her side. First, her photo dimensions felt off, so she had to resize the photo. Then, she did not like the paper she had selected to go along with her layout and had to go shopping. We all know that there is no sprinting in scrapbook shopping. She had run overtime for so long that she fell asleep mid-event. Egad! Writeclickscrapbookland applauds her for finishing but is headshaking that she fell asleep mid-sprint. Usain would never do such a thing. Ever. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

 

 Which brings us to the end of day one. Please join us in our week filled with fun and laughter. Gold medal excellence and rainbow ribbons for effort. We applaud them all.

 We look forward to seeing your Sprint pages.

Until tomorrow...

Until Next Week...

Hi, again. You made it to the weekend! Thanks for coming around this week and listening to my stories of feeling overwhelmed,  of working to make time and space to do the things I love, and of trying new things. I just wanted to close the week saying to keep on telling all those stories (I know I am preaching to the choir here). 

Here are a couple of mine that I made this week. Just words, pictures, and some pretty paper. Ahh. It soothes the soul.

When I wasn't scrapping this week, I have been watching an absurd amount of Olympics, and I have loved every minute of it. Those gymnasts have made me cry on several occasions. If you love the Olympics too, stay tuned for next week....

New To Project Life

Welcome to Wednesday, everyone! Yesterday I my new non-scrapbook related endeavor (dance), and today I will share something new I have been tackling in scrapbooking.

I've been admiring Project Life, and all things pocket paged for a while, but I always felt overwhelmed by it all. The demands of "keeping up" with the weeks, and filling in so many pockets. This year,the Project Life App has helped to make pocket page designing feel more manageable. I have been working with 6x8 pages, because when something is overwhelming to me, I like to start small. I also decided that I would not try to catch up if I missed weeks. That did not turn out to be entirely true; I have sometimes worked on a few weeks at a time, but there is a month or two that is not represented in that album. Oh, and it doesn't start until February.  "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good." Those are some fine words.

And now, without further ado, some of my Project Life pages. It's been a great way to tell some stories and photos that might not make it into layouts. 

Thanks for stopping by!

So, What's New?

Hi, all. It's Aliza here again today. Yesterday, I mentioned that this past year has been all about managing time, energy, and commitments. I was feeling like I had too much of the third, and not enough of the first two. So I found the things that I enjoyed the least (and those things for which I had a choice in the matter), and deleted them. It felt like hitting the reset button, so I could rebuild a more manageable schedule.  

One of the things I have been trying to make more space for in my life, is dance. Dance is something I loved as a child, all the way through my teen years. I just never studied it in depth. I had assumed that I totally missed the boat on this, and to be honest, it was the one thing in life I regretted. (I figured one regret is not a bad number.) But, then I started going to class.  At the time, I wasn't sure if I would be committed enough to keep on going week after week. As I mentioned, time and energy are limited, so I just wasn't sure I'd manage to keep up with it. But, I did. And, I've even had some opportunities to perform. 

I actually have a scrapbooked record of this whole process, which is pretty cool.I didn't intend to make a collection of dance layouts, I simply scrapped what was going on in my life at the time. But all together they create a pretty complete narrative; from not dancing, to starting out, to struggling, and to performing. 

 

So what is the takeaway from my little tale?

Get yourself in your pages. Tell your own stories, even if your story right now is, "I am tired," (as mine were yesterday). What you are doing, how you are filling your days, those are all important, especially when all those little moments are added together.