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Our January Top tens of 2010

We are excited to be documenting our monthly Top tens of 2010 with you!  We hope you are taking the time to play along with us.

Wendy Smedley:

Designer: Wendy Smedley, featured product: Quite Contrary

Wendy is changing up the top 10 a bit (see, you can do whatever you want for this project)!  Wendy is focusing on a word a month.  Her word for January is: Cozy. 

Trisha Ladouceur:

  

Designer: Trisha Ladouceur, featured product: Lush Red and Black

My thoughts for this book are to focus primarily on journalling rather than photos. Because journaling is my weak point (have I mentioned that I really do not like to do this?! LOL!). My intentions are to try a different journaling style each month but for
the this month, I kept it very simple and simply used ten different words to focus on various goals for 2010. Baby steps are a good thing, right?  I am hoping to keep the colour scheme consistent and use the LUSH collection of papers, ribbons and embellishments in the red and black.  I even combined 2 LUSH albums so I would have enough pages for the year.

Some fun things to note:
* My front cover is actually the last page turned upside down.
* I hand cut the flocked flowers sos they could serve as an
embellishment rather than being in the background.
* Using and epoxy brad was the perfect finishing touch!

I plan on keeping this album VERY simple and I think I am off to a good start:)

Tiffani Smith:

 

 

Designer: Tiffani Smith, featured collection: Quite Contrary

I plan on having a super chunky album by the time the year is through, so I designed a page per number to really focus on the pictures.

Amber Packer:

 

 

Designer: Amber Packer, featured collection: Penny Lane

Our January can be summed up in one word: basketball.  Whether it’s Jr. Jazz, University of Utah or watching Uncle Geoff.  I have kept my January pages simple.  There are 5 total.  I plan on mixing my collections and the way I go about documenting each month.  I like that I can add to January if I think of something later.

We’d love to see what you have come up with.  Please add a link to your project in the comment section of this post.

so happy to be here

Hello everyone, my name is Wendy Smedley.  I'm happy to be spending the next few weeks with you. I have been a fan of MME since the beginning, in fact I have some fun older layouts for your entertainment that are below, anyway a little about me.

 

photo by Cathy Zielske

I am... (in no particular order)

• scrapbooker
• mother of five boys, four of which are teenagers
• married to my own UPS man
• weekly church goer
• avid reader
• addicted to scrapbook product
• aspiring photographer
• web junkie
• admirer of beauty
• living with a ping pong table in my living room (just ask Tiffani)
• admirer of fabric
• pet owner
• collector of matryoshka dolls
• fan of Costco
• energized by scrapbookers
• excited to use and share the yummy new MME products
• lover of flowers

 

Now for some vintage My Mind's Eye layouts, ready?

Check out that title, and no their is no pool in this picture, just some sunbathing!

This Christmas Joy layout is circa 2001... check out the vellum!

Notice, more vellum and some sweet die cuts.

Now I am getting tricky... mixing the alphabets and fonts.

This has to be my favorite vintage MME layout, the title is so dang cute. I remember how exciting it was to have colorful printed die cuts and frames. Today MME continues to innovate and I am eager to play with their current product. In fact I made the layout, Teen Rules, today using new product.  I am currently drawn to a linear layout design, such as this one. 

Hope the journaling made you laugh, it is so true, life with teens is full of rules.

Enjoy!

Leave a comment welcoming Wendy by next Wednesday and you'll be entered to win Wendy's Favorite Things!  A few of Wendy's favorite things are: Blue Lush, Little Boy Blue and Life Stories journaling cards.