Remember the Moments

Remember the Moments, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I loved making this page.

I do not love that I have completely forgotten from whence I stole the idea for this layout.

Arrrrgh.

Said the pirate.


Super simple to make. I found a round metal saw blade thing in the workshop and used it as a template to make the circles of ink. I just unscrewed the tops of 2-3 spray inks and used the tube to make circles.

Very therapeutic.

Then I adhered my two photos and some die cuts, added a feather and a bit of journaling, and called it done.


I saw a scrap page Marcy Penner had done where she wrote not only the date, but also the day name (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and the exact time she took the photo. Not only had she recorded a memory, she had recorded a MOMENT in time.

I loved that.

So I'm trying to record more moments of my summer as it slips into autumn.

With that idea in mind, I took these two photos with my cell phone. The one on the right is a little spittlebug who landed on my Bible while I was sitting outside reading. The photo at the bottom is a butterfly who landed on my bookmark and stayed quite a while.

Simple, small, quiet moments of summer.


I used lots of different stuff for this page...Bazzill cardstock, BasicGrey die cuts, MAMBI stickers (that's the big one in the middle), Dylusions spray inks, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer stencil and various enamel dots.

And someday when I stumble upon the original page again, I will credit the person.


Thanks for the visit today!

~Cynthia

WITL--Day 7 (Saturday)

WITL--Day 7 (Saturday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And here I am at the end of my Week in the Life. Ali Edwards runs hers Monday-Sunday, but I did Sunday to Saturday.

So Saturday found me outside quite a bit. A lovely cold front came through and we got our first taste of autumn.

Left side...

Having fun taking photos with my cell phone (Leaves on the porch)

Right side...
Having fun taking photos with my cell phone (Leaves on the porch and shadows of my feet on the brick steps)

Yes, my Saturday was full of no work and all relaxation. Well, I did rake up some leaves and order the pizzas. I think that should count as work on a Saturday, right?? ;-)


Even though I grabbed this album at the last minute, it worked perfectly. I even had one page left for a bit of a round-up of the week's events.

And the album is fat.

I love fat albums.

It says I went places and did stuff and lived my life. And took lots of pictures along the way.

Thanks so much for joining me on the journey.


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 6 (Friday)

  

OK, so Flickr wins another round.  Now it won't even let me upload photos *to* Flickr.  I am, once again, blogging without a net!  ;-)

BUT...my photo is here and therefore I have defeated the evil Flickr Empire once again!

(Insert evil laugh here.)

So Friday found me...

Left side...
Eating Nature Valley granola bars (The Pretzel ones are just so-so.)
Wearing flip-flops while filling up the bird feeders and bird baths
Taking pictures of our second resident bat (He's that little brown blob there in the lower right.  He's jacked up between the house and a downspout!  Way cuter in real life!!!)

Right side...
Taking a lovely morning hike
(When I made this album a few years ago, I conveniently added a waterfall-type photo holder.  Good thing, because I had lots of photos from my hike and I put lots of them in the album!)
Me and my boots on the gravel road (I hike that section to look for wild turkeys.)
An oddly over-exposed shot of a thistle flower (Very sunny morning!)

Yeah, that's right--two feet shots!  That's for Sally!!  =D

Friday has one other page for morning stuff and then three pages for evening stuff.  This part of the day was the prettiest!  ;-)


Only one more day left for me!  I started my week on Sunday and I'll finish Saturday.  Thanks so much for stopping by--especially if you're here via Ali Edwards' site!


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 5 (Thursday)

Sorry for the horrible photo, but it looks like Flickr isn't working at all this morning!  I'm blogging this without a net, so to speak.  Or editing software.  Whatever.

But...welcome to Day 5 of Week in the Life.  I'm playing along with Ali Edwards and a bunch of her friends!  ;-)

Thursday found me...

Eating Chinese food (that's the menu sticking up on the left)
Weathering a Severe Thunderstorm Warning (we only got sprinkles)
Photographing the lawn boy through the curtains  ;-)
Wondering why my neighbors are having a party and I wasn't invited (Ha.  Not really!)
Loving the fluffy white clouds drifting lazily by
Rereading the book "Just Like Jesus"
Wondering why I continue to photograph my feet (I've done a foot/shoe pic everyday this week!)

On the right side (which isn't completed yet because my photos are still drying) I'm putting a little photo homage to "Burn Notice"--a TV show that ended Thursday night.  I've watched and loved that show for 7 long years.  And I'm not ashamed to admit I cried at the end.  Cried.  Over a TV show.  But if you're a fan of Michael Westen, you totally get that.  :-)


OK, enough crying over spilled TV shows.  LOL!!   Thanks for dropping by today!

~Cynthia

WITL--Day 4 (Wednesday)

WITL--Day 4 (Wednesday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

So Wednesday (Day 4 for me in Week in the Life) involved more errands.

And more chocolate.

Cuz that's important.

This is page 2 and 3 of a four page spread for Wednesday.

Left side:
Grocery list
Photo of strip mall
Photo of grocery bag

Right side:
Photo of local scrap store
"Receipt" telling me how much I have left of my store credit
Wrapper from Dove chocolate (It says "Relaxation by Chocolate." Yes, please.)

The first page has a photo of a flag at half-mast at Chik-fil-a.
And the last page has a photo of my crossed running-shoe shod feet. Because, for some odd reason, I feel the inexplicable need to photograph my feet in all the different shoes I wear in all the different places I go.

And thus ends Wednesday.


Now. Go forth and document your day. It's not too late to join us over at Ali Edwards' blog!!


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 3 (Tuesday)

WITL--Day 3 (Tuesday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Oh, Flickr, Flickr, Flickr.

Must you be so mean to me?

I tried 5 times this morning to edit this photo and get it on my blog.

Sigh.

But I have triumphed in the end, you crazy Flickr!

;-)

This is Day 3 for me--Tuesday. Here is the last page from the day's photos.


My boots. I spent a little time hiking out in the hot sun.

Papa John's. Oh, how I love cold pizza!!

Ice cream. Yes, Breyer's Thin Mint *does* taste pretty darn good. (Note to self: Use bigger bowl next time.)

Cryptoquote. Must keep my brain young!

Outside. Man, I love autumn!


And that's it for Tuesday! Don't forget you can check out all the inspiration on Ali Edwards' blog here. Thanks so much for dropping in! =D


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 2 (Monday)

WITL--Day 2 (Monday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Here we are with Monday's Week In the Life. It's day 2 for me--I started my week on Sunday.

If you've dropped in via Ali's blog...welcome!! =D

So Monday found me mostly running errands and doing housework. On the left page is my alarm clock and part of my morning routine--checking the weather, including what tropical storms are lurking. Then a fun trip to Walmart for groceries.

Heh.

The right side shows my poor finger--I do believe I broke it. It's also a pain in the bum to type, I tell you!! ;-)

The (oddly appropriate) heart-shaped leaf is covering my mom's face cuz we all like our privacy! =D Then yet another shot of my feet in the sun. I did that for Sunday's page too. I think I'll make it a daily thing! LOL!!

And the next two pages (not shown) are about laundry and making a card and mailing it off and reading and dinner and watching "Fast and Loud"--I love that show! ;-)

OK, that's it for Monday for me! Thanks so much for dropping by! You can also catch up on my album and Sunday's pages by clicking over on the Blog Archive on the right.


~Cynthia

PS:  Oops!  Forgot to mention that the cute day cards (lower left corner) are from Creativity Prompt.  Avital has tons of free downloads--lots of cute stuff!