Posted on September 15, 2009 by crazydaisy
My daughter Shelby is a hoot. Nearly everything that comes out of her mouth is hilarious. I love chatting with her and as she gets older, it just gets better.
Now that she’s started kindergarten she really has some cute and highly memorable things to say. Last week when I was dropping her off at school, she insisted on walking in on her own. I kept trying to help her as she was carrying a large box of goldfish snacks to share with her class. After insisting I help her, she gave in, but with a frown her face said, “Okay Mom, you can come in with me, but you have to walk that way,” pointing to a path far away from the one she was on. She’s five and already doesn’t want to be seen with me!
I was thinking yesterday it would be tough to scrapbook all the funny things she says, especially since a lot of the times I have no pictures to go with her funny comments. I have decided to create an art journal of sorts. Something that is pretty to look at and can be filled with all the Shelbyisms. I don’t want to forget all the cute things she shares with me and think it will be great to look back over her words and ideas as the years pass. I want to make one for each school year and can add her school photo to the book as well. I can’t wait to see how it comes out.
What sort of crafty thing are you doing today?
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Posted on August 18, 2009 by crazydaisy
My sweet little girl started kindergarten yesterday. I’ve been riding a wave of emotions for the last few weeks. I’m certainly excited for her, but I’m also so sad. Where did all the time go? I seriously feel like it was just yesterday that I was holding her in my arms at the hospital and she was looking up at me with those big blue eyes. She was so little, so precious and just so sweet. And then I wake up one day and five years have passed.
I’ve been surprised at how emotional I’ve been over this transition. Shelby is extremely independent. She’s been going to preschool for years now. And for my “real” job I travel quite a bit and have had to spend time away from her countless times. We’ve adjusted to life as we know it and Shelby is totally comfortable talking on the phone with me each night no matter where I’m at in the world or video chatting with me online. That’s just how our life works. So, I shouldn’t be so sad to send her to kindergarten, right? I guess it’s not so much that she’s away from me during the day, it’s really what it represents: my first born is growing up. In a blink of an eye, I’ll be dropping her off at college. I’m not ready for this.
This is one of the main reasons I scrapbook. I don’t want to be 60-years-old an unable to remember what Shelby looked like on her first day of kindergarten. I don’t want to forget how I felt sending her off to school. I want to be able to recall what she said after she returned home on Day 1. I want to record our story and save it forever.
Why are you scrapbooking today?
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Tagged Crazy Daisy Kit Co., Family, journaling, kindergaten, memories, recording memories, scrapbooking, scrapbooking kit clubs
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by crazydaisy
I was reading Ali Edwards’ blog this morning. She posted an adorable picture of her kids under the title “Right now.” After sharing what she was doing right then, Ali challenged her readers to grab their cameras and do the same.
My sweet baby boy, who is hanging out with me in my office.
So this is what I’m doing right now.:
* Still in my PJs, working away in my office
* Prepping for a workshop in Atlanta next week. My first post baby business trip. Coop will be heading out on the road with me.
* Cooper is loudly snoozing away in his swing (also in my office)
* Cassius, our dog, is curled up in a patch of sun and taking a nap of his own.
What are you doing right now? This would make a great scrapbooking page. Take a photo and then use your bullet items as your journaling. It’s a perfect snapshot of your daily life. I love it.
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by crazydaisy
I want scrapbooking to tell my story. When I look back, I want to be reminded of where I’ve been, who’s been on that journey with me, and what I’ve learned along the way.
This is the essence of why we scrapbook, yet finding the words to tell that story is often the most difficult part. I have the pictures, and they tell a lot about what’s going on. But what about the journaling? How does a scrapper work through writers’ block?
I’ve started looking around for inspiration to help me better tell the stories of my family in words. I found this cool site, The Creativity Portal, which has some Imagination Prompts.
The prompt I got when I stumbled onto this site was “What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think back to being 18?” Holy cow, memory lane! Most of my teenage shenanigans involved my Crazy Daisy partner in crime. The prompt made me think about just how far we’ve come in 17 years. And that got me writing down what was on my mind.
- Jennifer (left) and me, not too far from our 18th birthdays. Jen doesn’t know I’m posting this!
Also on the Creativity Portal are a variety of links to other prompts such as seasonal writing prompts (at a loss how to scrap your Christmas photos yet again?). I personally liked the Thanksgiving writing prompts. Who knew there were so many ways you could approach that wonderful day of gratitude? My Turkey Day layouts will never be the same.
I’ve also found that one of the best ways to be a better journal keeper is to actually start keeping a journal. How can you add relevant and meaningful journaling to your layouts if you aren’t recording the adorable things your children say each day? Often, you won’t remember them when it’s time to commit them to your pages, and that’s lost content out in the ether.
Finally, one of the best bits of advice my editor ever gave me was that if I was going to be a writer, I need to read. With each book finished, the easier it became to share my ideas. And if I’m going to share my ideas through scrapbooking then I need to be reading about scrapbooking. I make I part of my daily media diet to peruse the blogs of scrappers I admire to constantly fill my mind with crafty ideas. The words and inspiration will come. I promise you that.
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