Save the Dates!

So, I've been working on my save-the-dates for months, doing and redoing the magnet image, but finally there is a final product! On the front of an aqua card is the magnet, which I've printed myself. Just the magnet was boring, though, so I've added some swirly stamping. It's amazing how much that little touch changes the look of it! On the inside is a little save-the-date mini-poem that Mom found. I've just printed the text four to a sheet and then cut and pasted them into the cards. It's quite a process, but at least it's getting me warmed up for making the actual invitations!

Good start.

It's only been 2 days, but so far this new year I've got a pretty good start creatively. I've done my two days worth of pages for the Get a Load of This Challenge on bigpicturescrapbooking.com and I'm excited to keep working through the rest of the month. I've also journaled a bit- although that creative component is coming along slowly. And tonight I doodled a journal cover. It's just on a piece of copy paper, but I used the technique shown in a book Mom gave me for Christmas to fold it over the cover of my journal- really a technique I already knew, but hadn't thought of for a journal cover with a spiral binding. This doodle style drawing is something I've been doing for a long time, but I think I'll start trying to do it more. It's really fun to see what happens when I put a black pen to paper... and of course adding color makes it even better, at least most of the time! This still has a bit more white space than I wanted, but I can always add on later.

A big 2008.

Happy New Year. It is now 2008 and my mind is bubbling with all the resolutions I'd like to make and things I'd like- and am going- to do. In just a few months, I am going to move into my first owned place. And in the fall, I'm getting married to one of my best friends. In addition to those big events, I also want to be more creative and healthy. I don't want to waste too much time in front of the television and I want to take walks with Casey like we did a bit this summer... plus much more. For the creative part, I'm starting the year right with a scrapbooking challenge on BigPictureScrapbooking.com. Mom invited me and I'm really excited to participate- it involves doing a scrapbooking page each day in the month of January- that's 31 pages in 31 days. It will be a great way to get my creative path started for this year. I also want to post to this blog more, but hopefully I'll find a more direct path to take with that as well. All in all, it's going to be a big year, and I'm so excited for it!