Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Scrapbooking

rowsing through scrapbooking stores has become my favorite activity away from home. This may sound sad, unless you are a purveyor of beautiful paper. And then you will understand that I can become amazed, even moved, by a 60-cent piece of 12 x 12 paper. Perhaps my newly-found hobby is related to all my younger years in the fabric store when sewing my own clothes was profitable. Instead of selecting fabric, I ooh and ah over paper.

If you are artistic, please take a look at this hobby that lends itself to many types of media in order to enhance and present photographs. Here are some of my completed pages:



My grandson is trying on my glasses in these photos. This page features ribbon and a needlework border.



My grandson wears his baby sister's pink hat. The top butterfly is stamped and heat embossed. The bottom butterfly is stamped on felt and cut out.



My grandson helps me make popcorn. I used a beautiful punch to border this page on all sides.



This monochromatic page is mostly decorated with punched out shapes.



My granddaughter will wear almost anything on her head. The tulips are stamped and then colored with pencil. The border is stitched, and the polka dot letters are outlined in dark pen.



I bought two sheets of the same flowered paper, and I cut flowers out of one to scatter on the page. These are topped with rhinestones.

There is no limit to what you can use to enhance a scrapbook page. I always begin with a favorite photo and pay attention to the colors. I embellish the theme and colors with whatever sparks my imagination. I use clear and rubber stamps, dry and heated embossing, stencils, embroidery, gel pens, decorative punches, and more.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Sarah Jessica's Mole

A feature on the removal SJP's mole on E! News prompted me to verify the story on the world wide web, and what I have read boggles my mind. "Sarah Jessica had her beauty mark removed." "Sarah Jessica had her trademark mole removed."

Good grief! When did a cancer growth become a thing of beauty? Who wants a big old wart for a trademark?



I once had a mole sort of like Cindy Crawford's, and I had it removed when I was in my twenties because I thought it was hideous. Sarah Jessica's looked even worse, like one big zit.