introspective

It's been a very introspective summer and that is a good thing.  It has also involved lots of crafting too ~ another good thing!

Currently I've been participating in Big Picture's Big Idea Festival which provides a daily one-word prompt for 12 days!  It has sent me scrambling for photos as well as for supplies but it has been a lot of fun!  I love Big Picture classes and this one is free so that's great as well!

I bought the class' products which included this great 6x5.5 inches (chipboard) mini-album.  I've never worked on an album and my scrapbook pages are always 12X12.  It's been an interesting challenge trying to squeeze my response to every prompt onto a 6x5.5 page or two!  On this particular layout, I used scrap Moda fabric and the scraps were from the first aprons I ever made.  I even sewed the fabric onto the chipboard, something I have never done before, but I used a "jean" needle on the machine so it didn't even squawk!  Today's word is "nesting" so I'm busy planning my next layout in my head.

In this class, I "met" Karla who is test-trying a new product, My Memories, made by Polaroid.  She's made some wonderful layouts which she has posted on her blog using this product.

I am interested in this product because of my experience with test-trying Photoshop Elements 9 on my iMac in June.  I was curious about Elements because I wanted to do hybrid scrapbooking or, if I really liked it, full digital scrapbooking.  Needless to say, many hours later, I gave up on trying to teach myself Elements on a Mac (as the product is obviously geared towards PC users).  Karla's blog is featuring a My Memories give-away in case you are interested in learning about this program and/or, if the winner, testing it out yourself!  Good luck!