ValerieT Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 All About Me - the Early Years This month’s ScrapGirls Forum game is a scrapping one that’s all about you! During the month we will be visiting your early life and creating layouts which upon completion can be printed and made into a book about your childhood. This walk down memory lane will involve a task with reminiscing and journaling on the first day and a layout posting on the second. In between we’ll be asking you to post your progress and thoughts in the thread. There will be no surprises or requirements beyond creating layouts and postings. The layouts and themes will be focusing on your life before your teenage years. Each daily layout prompt will contain a few questions and ideas, but you don’t have to answer every one, as they are designed to get you started thinking and writing about your early life. JOURNALING is the key to telling your story, but it doesn’t have to be long and can be a list, captioned photos, paragraph or entire page about the topic. If you do have photos you can add and scrap them as your layout, use just journaling or a combo of the two. And, if the day’s topic doesn’t relate to your experiences, feel free to adapt or change the page to meet the story of YOU - the idea is to end up with a book that tells the story of your early childhood. When planning your layouts and book, it might be easier to choose and limit yourself to a few collections or templates to work with so your book is coherent through the month, but it is fine to use a different theme for each page. Each completed Layout and requirement is worth one entry in the prize draw. At the end of the month we will do a random draw and you could win one of 5 $5 Gift Certificates for the boutique So, let’s take a peek through the looking glass, visit your childhood days and create a book “All About Me - the Early Years”! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieT Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 There will be no actual task today, but feel free to chat or ask questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessrunningfingers Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 This really sounds interesting. I will certainly participate as much as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Sounds a good challenge. I need to get back to sorting through the photos in my other's albums so this might be helpful to use some of the photos which include me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm going to try to keep up with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'll see what I can do...it sounds like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc72 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Sounds like fun, can't wait to see the tasks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Sounds like it will be fun. Looking forward to seeing the layouts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraYB Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Uh-oh--gotta call mom again for photos. I've collected info on the entire family except me. A challenge is RIGHT! Sounds like fun, Valerie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in N.Z Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Sounds a fun game Valerie Don't know if i'll get them all done as we are away next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 September 2 Wednesday Task 1 This month we are exploring your early years. To begin, “A Star is Born” and it’s YOU! Tell us about your birth. What month were you born, what day? Were you told a story about your arrival? How much did you weigh and how long were you? Were you born in a hospital or at home? What is your full name? Were you named after someone - is there a story to how or why you were named? Did you have a nickname? Journal the story about your entrance into this world and start a layout. You might have baby photos, a birth certificate or other memorabilia you’d like to include on your page. You can erase the year if you don’t want to share your age, but today’s task is to write the story of your birth and naming. You can journal in a list, paragraph form or use captioned photos but be sure to tell the beginning to the story of you! Reminder: This walk down memory lane will involve a task with reminiscing and journaling on the first day and a layout posting on the second. You are welcome to use photos, but it's not a requirement and you do not have to answer all the questions, they are meant to get you started and thinking. SOooooo.... Start your layout and the story of YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Do we share here what we will journal on our page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Not for today, Anne Marie. You are fine to start your layout and do as much as you can. Tomorrow will be a layout posting day with some sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hmmm, definitely has me thinking. I'll have to email one of my parents to get the story straight. I know my dad was away either ice fishing or hunting when my mom first went into labor. But I can't remember which it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 That will be an interesting story, Carla! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraYB Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 The gears are grinding -- unpacking boxes gives me plenty of time to come up w/ the story. Off to find the photo boxes . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessrunningfingers Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Task #1 I remember one interesting story about the day I was born, and I have started journaling about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nica Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Oh boy! A whole month all about me!?!?!?! lol I think I can...I think I can...I think I can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'm so lucky my mom wrote down my birth story soon after I was born. It is in the scrapbook I put together as a young teen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in N.Z Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'm so lucky my mom wrote down my birth story soon after I was born. It is in the scrapbook I put together as a young teen. How wonderful April. All i know is it was the FA Cup final at Wembly the day I was born and my Dad missed it Will have to give this some thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 September 3 Thursday Task 2 Finish & post your layout in the "All About Me" September Game gallery. Share in this thread your thoughts about creating a book about you and your early life. How are you planning on creating your book? Are you going to use one collection or many? Are you scrapping in a 12x12 size or one more suitable for printing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Here's my layout 1 I’m excited to have a book about me so hoping to be able to stay current with this month’s game and layouts. I’m scrapping my book in a 12” x 12” size but would print it in 8x8. So far, I am planning on using Syndee’s “Stories We Tell” August SG club as it seems to have lots of pieces to scrap a story! If needed, I will fill in with other pieces or collections, but I don’t want to get slowed down looking for other collections to use. I’m also going to try to keep my layouts simple so that I finish them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 This is a wonderful idea for a month project. This will be double trouble for me...I have a twin brother!!!! I will try to join in and keep up but we are going to be away on the boat allot which means no internet to post LO's This will be a great book to tell my Grands about the younger me!!!!!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'm so lucky my mom wrote down my birth story soon after I was born. It is in the scrapbook I put together as a young teen. Lucky you...that will make it easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorac Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'll do the best I can on this. I'll be in Los Angeles from 9/24 to 9/30, moving my stuff out of storage and onto a truck for the trek cross country. I'd say that it was about time, as its only been seven years since I moved back to New York from Los Angeles. Can't wait to get my desk here. Got the spot all set up for it. I've got lots of baby photos and also photos of me as a young child before I turned into a teeny-bopper. They're already scanned onto my computer, so they are safe and sound. Of course, I still have the original photos, most of which are b&w. I have my birth certificate scanned too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 The gears are grinding -- unpacking boxes gives me plenty of time to come up w/ the story. Off to find the photo boxes . . . Moving is so much fun....NOT!!! I look forward to seeing those baby photos of you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'll do the best I can on this. I'll be in Los Angeles from 9/24 to 9/30, moving my stuff out of storage and onto a truck for the trek cross country. I'd say that it was about time, as its only been seven years since I moved back to New York from Los Angeles. Can't wait to get my desk here. Got the spot all set up for it. I've got lots of baby photos and also photos of me as a young child before I turned into a teeny-bopper. They're already scanned onto my computer, so they are safe and sound. Of course, I still have the original photos, most of which are b&w. I have my birth certificate scanned too. That's great Carol! Can't wait to see the little you and share your story. Good luck with your move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Can't wait to see and share in everyone's story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessrunningfingers Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Task #2 This really is going to be a fun project. I did a "Week In My Life" album for a scrapbook workshop I went to a long time ago, and it was fun also. I will create these pages 12 x 12 but print them 8 x 8 probably. Since I have 4 kids, 8 grandkids, and 3 greats with another on the way, I will have to print a lot of copies, but I might just make that a project for Christmas. Now, off to work on the first page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 This really is going to be a fun project. I did a "Week In My Life" album for a scrapbook workshop I went to a long time ago, and it was fun also. I will create these pages 12 x 12 but print them 8 x 8 probably. Since I have 4 kids, 8 grandkids, and 3 greats with another on the way, I will have to print a lot of copies, but I might just make that a project for Christmas. Now, off to work on the first page. That's a great idea, Joyce - your book would make a wonderfully special Christmas gift for your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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