For the past couple of days, my husband has done all of my morning duties (making breakfast, packing lunches, dropping girls at school) while I went to Yoga one day and to the gym the other day. This has made such a difference in regard to how I felt all day long, my mood has been better, I've been more creative, and in general able to deal with life's little annoyances with more humor. It is not just the fact that I exercised first thing in the morning, but, rather, the fact that I shook up my routine and it changed my perspective on practically everything. The house was quiet when I got back today and it was still early enough for me to enjoy breakfast while watching a little Oprah, to read a magazine and have some coffee, and take a long hot shower without interruption. The little things seemed much more important!
Changing perspective can be huge when it comes to your life and to scrapbooking. Do you always start a layout using photos first? Why not try choosing an embellishment that you just loved in the store and build a layout from there? Or, do you tend to avoid extensive journaling? Why not write about something funny that happened to you recently, or a funny thing your child says all the time, and then choose photos and paper from there? I typically scrapbook chronologically, making monthly layouts for each of my children. But, this week I was given a packet of materials from the store for a Design Team challenge. The papers themselves were inspiring, all my favorites - pinks, blues, oranges and lots of flowers. Very girly. I wanted to pick a giant 8x10 photo of one of my girls and use that, but instead, I changed my perspective and decided that I would use some of the papers for Clara's monthly chronological scrapbook, and did a layout about April 2009 for her. There are ten photos on this two-page layout (only one show, and because of that large number, I had to hide the journaling. But, it felt great to sit down and move myself forward with her chronological album and to use this super cute paper from My Mind's Eye.
Next up: A mini-album using these papers and featuring my favorite wallet photos from 2009. Stay tuned!
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