Documented Faith Project

I've been participating in Stephanie Ackerman's Documented Faith Project.  I'm not getting bent out of shape about doing every weeks' challenge.  I usually focus on this once a month, and only do what's meaningful for me. 

 

To me, it's not about making pretty pages.  I've been journaling about the monthly focus words (truth, believe and love) and the weekly verses, and digging deep to see what this really means for me.  Here are some of my pages...

 

 

  

a blank page ready for a future documented faith challenge 

Turning 4

For someone who doesn't have children, I've become an 'expert' on gifts and birthday parties for little girls.  My niece Jamie turned 4 this past weekend, so I bravely spent 3 hours at a party with LOTS of screaming shouting noisy little people.  It was great but I was also happy to leave when I did...

 

My youngest niece, Anna 

the birthday girl with granny Brenda (my step mother)

my brother Shaun and his gorgeous wife Leanne 

with my beautiful baby sister, Caron 

my oldest niece, Melissa with her granny 

oh wow!  Jamie loves her aunty Caron's jewellery,

so she got some of her own bling as a birthday prezzie 

after all the partying, it was time to cool off in the pool

 

Lifestyle Garden Show

I visited the Lifestyle Garden show in Johannesburg last weekend.  The gardens are of a high standard and there are lots of inspiring ideas.  I loved the waterwise gardens, and the interesting use of metal....

 

I don't like this artificial lawn

such a cool bench!

I'm undecided - not sure if the painted metal sticks look great or tacky...

not sure about the blue but it's certainly interesting...

this was my favourite garden - the mosaic star in the ground and the concrete blocks filled with bamboo are sensational 

 

 

Scrapbooking layouts

Here are a few more recent layouts....

 

 

I've also taken time over a few weekends to sort out and organize my completed layouts into albums, and label everything.  I'm battling to get the albums which I like (chocolate brown 3-ring albums from American Crafts) from Scrap-a-Doodles so I'm trying out the (cheaper, more easily available) Chiswick 3-ring albums - I hope they last!

and I'm in the process of designing my March scrap kit for the Scrap Addicts...

 

I loved using Lynette's Silhouette to cut out the page title.  It's a great little machine!  I'll share the completed layout with you after our March scrap weekend