Scrapbooking layout - the blue playdoh

How fun is this - a bit of paints splashed on the page, and a story is captured forever. Yay me!

The story is about how Tassie stuck blue playdoh in her ear when we weren't looking and it asn't known about until a couple of months later during a random visit to the doctor.

Monday - scrapbooking mojo's back

Saturday night saw the return of Scrapbooking Mojo. When things get hectic at home, and all I can think of is the endless projects I haven't done, it all gets a bit overwhelming and creativity comes. to. a. stop.

However, I decided to do a layout on Saturday night just for the fun of it and that did the trick. I did four. On Sunday I did another. Then I had an idea. I knew I needed a list for February - with achievable goals to complete. The problem was that there's no room for a noticeboard in the study, and I can't always get on the computer. Then I realised I had a noticeboard on my desk all along! It's from Officeworks and has been there for ages to protect the desk, but holds a large pad of paper I've never used. So now it is the noticeboard and there's a good incentive to clear off my desk so I can see what's next to do!

This blog post at Ali Edwards really helped with my mojo too. Check out the links to One Really Important Word and How You Can Tell All Your Photo Stories this year. Pure inspiration.

Sunday - she draws

I'm fascinated by how Tassie's drawings are progressing. She can now write her name and does interesting spiky faces. Not bad for three. She, Angus and Daddy were all unwell today so we had a quiet day at home without Gandy, and Tassie practised her drawings. The DVDs from the library got a good workout. And last night Mummy found her scrapbooking mojo again!

Saturday - quiet day

The babies and Daddy all felt unwell this weekend. So Daddy sat and watched Bananas in Pyjamas from the collection of DVDs picked up from the video shop. Tassie says, "I'll be lonely," if we're not spending enough time with her.

Do you like Ian's t-shirt... I used an iron-on image of Bob Dylan, his favourite artist.

More on the photobook

Mostly I just uploaded photos straight from the computer and made them whole-page size. But there was a bit of photoshopping here and there, as you can see with the picture of Angie crawling at the park. That was a fun one to do! I also used some of the masks that came with the program, where the photo looks painted on. Lots more photobooks to come, I think. Stay tuned!