Precious things.

Firstly I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to each and every person affected by the Victorian bush fires that are happening at the moment. I am overwhelmed by the confronting images of tragedy that I am seeing each day on the news and saddened by the stories of loss. I am praying for this crazy moment in time to be over so those affected can start to heal.


I have been poring over some old photos (i have so so many unscrapped) that I have in storage boxes and have been finding little gems! Isn't it just the greatest when you find a photo that you totally forget was taken and it just brings back heaps of memories of that exact second in time. I love the way our brains work in this way, you are looking at a photo but you can also recall odd details like smells, music that was playing or special words that were said. This makes me want to scrap faster (as I know I'm way behind) because I never want to lose the thoughts that flood back from one single photo, the quicker I get them down the better.


I found at http://www.aliedwards.typepad.com/ these new journal cards that I hope will make me scrap faster. Here is a layout I did using the cards. ( my scanner chopped off the side, it is actually java cardstock all the way around). Good times tag is Heidi Swapp index tab.

journal words read :
It was Byron Bay in Jan of 1998, It was about 10pm and we were having dinner at the noodle bar. I can still see myself sitting across from you taking this picture. It was stinking hot and we sat out on the footpath and I can smell the Byron sea air combined with flavours of our yummy dinner & the night street air. As I look at this picture. I can hear very funky buskers playing next to our restaurant & see ourselves doing a bit of a dance in our seats. You were eating chicken Laksa and we were laughing about the way we say Laksa 5 times fast. We were definitely in love and held hands over the table. We talked about bands and our favourite songs the whole night. The streets were packed with people having fun, it was noisy, so noisy and we were just loving the atmosphere….such good times.

I also found these cute picture of each of my kids having a loving hug with their "wraps".

I can't wait to scrap these all together.