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Words To Live By

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been participating in an online scrapbooking workshop called “Words To Live By.”  Every day they supply a word and then participants create a scrapbook page (or any other type of layout) about how they experience that word in their own lives.

It’s been a really fun little scrapbooking project and a great way to explore these concepts.  And perhaps most importantly, it was a great way to occupy my time these first couple of weeks that Kelsey has been away at college. 

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I approached this project with reckless abandon.  It’s completely over the top – even for me.  LOL  I just love this ‘Out of Print’ paper collection from Basic Grey.  I paid no regard to “rules” about balance and composition and I mixed patterns like crazy.  I just had fun with it and I’m happy how it all came together.

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As it turns out, this project has been very cathartic and this album represents the culmination of everything I’ve learned about myself during the past year.

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Thanks for letting me share.

Peace, Kelly

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Hi There! I’m Kelly. I am a wife, mom, light seeker, homemaker, and storyteller. From an empty nest to an abundant life, all it took was a little time, a lot of faith, and the courage to see my life differently.

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