A quick reminder... All bookings for Live, Scrap, Play! can either be made at each of the individual stores or simply by downloading the booking forms from the Live, Scrap, Play! site here. All details are on the booking forms.
I am really excited to have just seen the paper that will be part of the project - thanks to Scenic Route, our awesome sponsor. Check out the great colours of the Sonoma range here.
Have a great weekend.
{L}
... so excited to confirm details of Live, Scrap, Play! 2008
Come and Play! with Stephanie Ackerman, special guest at Live, Scrap, Play! in conjunction with Scrapbooking for Hope.
So thrilled to welcome The Scrapping Studio, Scrapbook Emporium, Beautiful Scrapbooks and Scrapachinos as hosts of this year's events.
Contact the host stores for additional information. Download booking forms here.
Saturday, 11 October
The Scrapping Studio - Boksburg
Tel: 011 913 4498
Email: scrappingstudio@xsinet.co.za
Click to download booking form
Thursday, 16 October
Scrapbook Emporium - Fourways
Tel: 011 465 9349
Email: scrapbook@iburst.co.za
Click to download booking form
Friday, 17 October
Saturday, 18 October
Beautiful Scrapbooks - Benoni
Tel: 011 425 4817
Email: Liane@beautifulscrapbooks.co.za
Click to download booking form
Saturday, 18 October
Scrapachinos - Boskruin
Tel: 011 792 9326
Email: belinda@scrapachinos.co.za
Click to download booking form
Live, Scrap, Play! is a charity event in conjunction with Scrapbooking for Hope. Funds raised will go to Reach 4 Recovery in support of breast cancer awareness.
Looking forward to having you play with us again.
{L}
In all the stress that = life, I often come across such words of wisdom that are so perfect for the moment...
Photo: Spioenkop Dam
As soon as this week is over... it will be back to updates of this year's Live, Scrap, Play! events.
{L}
...the week has been a bit of a blur, and the next probably won't be too much clearer - publication deadlines for T&A are looming yet again!
st at Live, Scrap, Play! and an awesomely talented friend Stephanie.
Photo: 10 Oct 2007
Not exactly weekly 'wise words', just my thoughts as they are today....
Photo: Sabie River, Jan 2008
Good old big mouth - remember that Chomp chocolate TV advert from waaay back?!
So on that playful note... there are lots of behind the scenes preparations for this year's exciting scrapbook events - there will be Live, Scrap, Play! with Lara (you can read more about on the Polka Dot Chicks blog or here), and we're pulling in my Scrapbooking for Hope to raise funds for breast cancer awareness.
So local girls, get your stores excited about hosting an event (12-18 October) with the talented Stephanie Ackerman. You can check out some of her creativity here and here and here.
We're so excited to be hosting this creative 'simply complicated' gal!
{L}
A week of introspection... influenced by, amongst other things, exploring inspiration and aspirations as prompts in the My Freedom class.
These two photos are pinned on the wall to my left along with wall art that reads "Life!".
Photo: Grand Canyon sunset
Pondering on these wise words this morning. Amazing what "nice" words can do {wink}
The photos, and I have hundreds, don't do fair justice to the absolute magnificence of this place. The beauty of God's creation literally took my breath away at each look out point of the Grand Canyon. Many moments of personal inspiration.
One of my favourite columns in Time & About is "Inspiration Station". Readers are given an everyday object and asked to create a layout inspired by said object, selecting design, colour scheme or a single element. It's so interesting to see how differently people interpret their inspiration.
Where do you find inspiration, what inspires you?
On the creative front I've got a little behind on the prompts for "My Freedom" this week, hoping to catch up in the next couple of days. And a layout to create for tomorrow's class, fitting that in today amongst the echoes of the kind words!
Hoping to post pictures sometime soon.
Time... the commodity that’s in hot demand.
I have wished for more hours in my day, but that really wouldn’t help as I would still have too much to do in my day. There was no choice but to embrace the 24 hours I do have. In doing so, I have recently had to do some serious decision making to fit it all in - the work, the play, the charity - and remain sane!
It’s all one thing - scrapbooking - but I have to compartmentalise to distinguish for myself which is which. So today it’s a decision to make a bit of time for me to play. I signed up for Shimelle’s My Freedom class, with the hope that I will actually have the time to do it!
In the spirit of finding or making more time....
And physically on my desk (or just under it) is a nice pile of goodies ready to go to The Hearfelt Project.
Thank you to all who have already sent or delivered supplies for this awesome project that I mentioned here, I am planning a little trip to see the ladies at Heartfelt and will update with more details.
Please carry on sending... I would love to be able to have a continuous supply to give to the ladies!
News just in: Check out the Heartfelt News where we have received a little mention. It makes my heart happy too.
{L}
I love how this awesome scrapbooking industry brings good causes across our paths. And if there's some way that I can help... I just LOVE it!
Today's Wednesday Wise Words are in support of a "beary" special cause. A dear friend of mine, MrsC is collecting teddy bears for the Teddy Bear Clinic in Johannesburg. The Teddy Bear Clinic is an outpatient facility of the Johannesburg Hospital and the Department of Paediatrics and offers a variety of support services, counselling and care to sexually abused children. During each of the five visits, every child gets to choose a teddy bear to take home. You can read more about it here.
MrsC and Threadbear have challenged a group on the international forum - ToyVoyagers to assist in collecting teddy bears from all over the world. They are pretty close to the target, but I know with the help of blogworld we can help collect 1000 bears to give to the Teddy Bear Clinic.
Here are a some of the bears that have arrived at MrsC's doorstep from all over.
I paid a visit to Threadbear and "bear central" earlier this week, just in time to see one of many loads of bears come out of the wash and get fluffed up to dry in the sun. Every teddy gets a coordinated ribbon tied around its neck after receiving any amount of TLC necessary - seams sewed, eyes fixed, noses re-shaped etc.
Threadbear was recently nominated as the Toy Voyager of the Week.
So... if you have teddy bears - new, previously loved or even knitted - please show your support to Threadbear and his mentor MrsC as they bless the children who visit the Teddy Bear Clinic. You might even get your schools involved with a knitting drive, teach them to knit - something for kids to do during school holidays, any size big or small! It's easy to pop them into a padded envelope and mail them, or if you're in the Jhb area you might like to deliver.
Mail to:
P O Box 785
Douglasdale
2165
South Africa
And for you crafty people out there here are a few links to patterns:
Make a teddy
Bev's Country Cottage knitted bear
Bev's Country Cottage crocheted bear
Care wear patterns
Tripod little teddy
Thank you beary much!
{L}
Ribbon jars... these are mostly for looking at, for throwing the offcuts into and also for digging into when I'm prettying up a small gift or a tag or something little. Just the bits and pieces. I'm playing, finishing off three mini books and so have some ribbons which need a home. The rest of my "collection" is also colour coordinated either in large plastic containers, on two long rods or on cards. Oh yes and my whole new supply of Bazzill's new ribbons, is right here next to me. Can't get enough ribbon - really.
Hope it's been a great Youth Day here in SA.
{L}
...it's the weekend and a long weekend here in SA with Monday, 16th being Youth Day.
Here is something really exciting for you to think about over the weekend...
Creative Journey - one of the Scrapbooking for Hope 2008 events - with special guest Stephanie Ackerman.
Download additional information, itinerary and booking forms here or email.
Scrapbooking and sightseeing all for a good cause.
Enjoy the weekend
{L}
Always leave
enough room in
your life to do
something that
makes you happy,
satisfied, or even
joyous.
~ Paul Hawken
... yes today is technically Tuesday, but this was on my desk on Monday...
... an email from The Heartfelt Project. You can check out my previous post for more info.
If you're wondering what you can collect for them, here is a list of products the heartfelt ladies primarily use:
- felt (lots of it!)
- thread (all colours)
- needles
- buttons
- ribbon
- beads (all types)
- stuffing
- the ladies are continuously working on new designs so any other fabric / crafty type things you can think of will be most welcome.
Here are some of their gorgeous products
Thank you for warming my heart!
{L}
...I really don't like goodbyes (at all). Had to say goodbye to a very special scrapbooking friend today, leaving for overseas. She has an album full of memories, we have some more photos from the day and every time we all get together to scrapbook, she will be in our thoughts. Miss you already E.
It's at times like these, when we're feeling sorry for ourselves that we should look "out there" and see what we an do - eyes off self (yes, easier said than done sometimes).
Check out The Heartfelt Project This is the place for a handful of African women who go to work full each day full of pride and hope. Creating heartfelt designs out of love and strongly believing that they can make a difference - not only to their own lives but to the lives of the community in which they live.
Each heart sold by the heartfelt project helps to feed and clothe the ladies and their families. It also gives back to the community by donating a small portion to a local charity to help fight TB, HIV/AIDS and look after children and old aged men and woman within their community. Its aim is to heal the hearts of people who don't have the opportunities we have on a daily basis. And to fill not only the ladies hearts but many others with hope.
You can buy their heartfelt products online. But... I'm sure some of you crafters out there have some felt, ribbbon, beading, embroidery floss etc that you have lying around waiting for a special project.
I'd like to set a challenge out there - to collect as much as we can. It's all really light stuff so you can pop it into a large envelope and mail it to me. Once I have a nice big bag of goodies, I will send it onto The Heartfelt Project.
So come on generous scrapbookers, crafters, knitters, sewers - let's see what we can do.
Mail to:
P O Box 785
Douglasdale
2165
South Africa
Looking forward to sharing this heartfelt love.
{L}
