I am a messy person. That is a fact, thoroughly supported by all that know me. My levels of mess sometimes appear to be magical; I can put something down and it will honestly disappear for a few minutes, hours or even days, depending on how hard I search and how desperately I need said item.I am so messy that, even now as I type, my arms are resting on open notebooks, a mini mini-album I am making for a friend, scissors, gel pens, Forever Friends cutouts for another half started mini-book.
As part of the "doing and showing" plans that I started yesterday, and instead of the entry that I was supposed to be giving as part one of the online blogging course, I have done a quick-ish digi page to share. The digi-kit was downloaded free from Two Peas in a Bucket, called Boho Chic designed by Brandy Buffington. The photo was taken in January when I got sidetracked into the digital SLR photo bug. I was nearly finished making a birthday card for a close friend, and had reached the picture-taking phase. However my desk was so crowded with crafting gear it would have seemed far too much to clear it. So I decided to place the card on top, triumphantly emerging from all the clutter, and took the picture - mess and all!
See what you think about the layout. Comments always welcome. Next post should see a return to the blog course.
Elliefantasy
Blogging is something that I have umm-ed and aah-ed about for a little while. Partly because I believed that I had very little to say, but mostly because I have a feeling that it is something that I will start in a blaze of inspiration and then either forget about or get frustrated with when I remember that I have burdened myself with another time consuming activity. But for the moment I am stepping into the blogosphere, enjoying all the attacks it is making on the unsuspecting English language, and throwing my two-penneth into the pot.
As way of an introduction, this blog is partly just a record of things that appear in my head so as to ease the burden on my OH who suffers through an unrelenting stream of random and often unneccesary bonkersness, but also to prompt me to transform some of that bonkersness into the form of Scrapbooking. This blog will promote the idea of "doing and showing" rather than just "organising to do" and "commenting on the organisation that preceeds the doing" which has previously been my habit. The reason or inspiration for starting this blog now has come via spotting an online class for blogs relating to scrapbooking or scrapbooking related to blogs done by Shimelle Laine. So we'll see what I can manage. I am hoping for something that looks pretty, is slightly informative and at the very least will increase my "doing" total for the year.
Elliefantasy xxx
