LSNED catching up!

My third week of learn something new was much busier and ended up being a week of note taking and then making pages later on.  Actually this has been good as I have been able to pinpoint some smaller lessons and focus on just one picture or story.  

One really nice thing about this project is that my book helps me to see more what is my style of scrapbooking.  Quite simple, titles are important, I like some embellishments but not too much. 

Some of my favourite pages this week :

More Sunday skills :)

This week I decided I would try a mixed media / art journaling type page for my LSNED book.  I was really pleased with the result, especially finding a successful way to use the masks that I have, as I don't seem to be able to use them with mists!

I like the tag too that uses text from my plundered pages from Julie Kirk's etsy shop.  I liked the textures, and after years of thinking that I couldn't do art because I can't draw, I feel like I produced something quite cool :) 

Sunday skills!

Inspired by Shimelle's top tips my sunday skill to learn was scrapbooking quickly and efficiently instead of spending ages fiddling about with the tiny details.  I gathered some supplies and tried to work quickly in stages, I cut the papers and photos  to size, made the embellishments, went off to organise the children and break up a fight (!) and then came back and placed it all and stuck it down before I could change my mind.

I was really pleased with the result and feel like I have developed a new skill :) 

So then I was on a roll and made a back to school card for my colleagues in record time!

I was particularly pleased with the t and e that I had to make from other letters - who knew a c and a 7 would work so well?!

Now all I have to do is print some pictures for my LSNED mini book which is coming on nicely despite having post its instead of photos!

Merci beaucoup!

Yesterday's LSNED prompt was about gratitude and it made me think about this little notebook I made as a gratitude journey earlier in the summer and then wrote in about 3 times and left on the side!

I did some teaching yesterday for the first time this year, I am doing basic French at Madeleine's school for the year 6 children and it was such good fun.  I had forgotten how much I love being in the classroom and this bit of volunteer teaching will be a real tonic for me this year.  The children were really enthusiastic and said Merci at the end of the session!  Today I have relearnt how much I love to teach my subject and how at home I feel in the classroom. I am grateful to have a job I really love that I am good at :)

Although my page for this lesson isn't done yet I have started by stamping lots of mercis over the paper ready for my journaling.

Learn Something New Every Day

This class is turning out to be a really good way for me to think about and appreciate the everyday :) 

I am also trying to scrap as simply as possible doing a little every day.  I cut 6x6 pages for each day from a selection of papers and have printed some journaling cards and tags as well so I can write up my reflections each day and assemble the pages with post it notes for my photos that I will print later in a batch. 

I just have to work out how to shrink my images so I can post them in the class!

A plus tard!