This is ME….so far

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I can always tell when something really, really touches me….gets through, so to speak….if one of my first thoughts is that I’d really love to scrapbook about that thing. Music does it a lot…and poetry…and watching kids…and having God speak to me.

The other day in church we were singing a song that I’m sure we’d sung 100 times. One line in the song really got me this time….”There is no shadow in your presence” It struck me that there are a lot of shadows in my life and sometimes more than others. Things in my life that look dark, or hopeless, or negative. And it also struck me that when I’m seeing shadowed things….it’s because I’m standing between those negative things in my life, and the Light Source. If I would only turn around….to face the light, the shadows would all fall behind me, and I wouldn’t see a life full of shadows – I’d see only the light of God. What a different perspective that would be.

I just got back from teaching this weekend at one of the best weekend crops I’ve ever attended. It was a national charity event with $$ going to Children’s Hospitals so that in itself was a great thing and I got to go with Maria and spend the weekend hanging out with her – another great thing! I was so nervous teaching…especially my first class which was someone else’s designs and not a kit I put together….but all in all I think my classes went well. And the ladies that came were amazing….really put me at ease. It really is amazing how different everyone is and yet how connected you feel just because you share something scrapbooking.

Anyway, some of the people who took my last class (An 8×8 coil-bound calendar) asked if I’d post pictures of my calendar because it was such a HUGE project that no one finished in the classtime. So, here are my projects that I taught – and I’ll let you follow the links if you want the detailed, complete project pictures. I’ll put those on my ART blog.

Here’s my first class – a layout entitled Glimpse designed by Jen Backler for Cosmo Cricket. I changed my version of it to more reflect my style (I love clustered embellies and lots of white space) and I used a horizontal 5×7 picture.

“Glimpse”

My version:

Jen’s original:

My Back-to-School mini-album (pictures of all the pages inside are here: My Art Blog)

My 8×8 Coil-bound Calendar (pictures of all the pages inside are here: My Art Blog)

I’ve said it elsewhere but I’ll say it here too – Thanks SO much to the organizers of CSC4K – Sarah for the initial idea and the year & 1/2 of work she’s put into this….and Char for the Winnipeg crop – Wowzers, you’ve outdone yourself!!

Yesterday was my last day of babysitting. I’ve been watching kids in my home for nearly 7 years….since Cale was born. Wow. Today I start my new job. So far I’m a sub-for-hire EA at my kids’ school but hopefully the -for-hire part will happen soon and it’ll be mine. It’s part-time, only afternoons, everything I needed in a job. God provides!! I’m nervous and excited at the same time – or is that the same thing??