AEzine Challenge: everyday beauty

I have an altered composition notebook (I bought 5 or 6 when they were 25 cents at Walmart). Anyway, I'm on my 3rd one. I divided it into sections. I have about 7 sections in this one. I have the general memory/things I want to scrap about section. One for quotes and title ideas. One for art ideas, or techniques I want to try. One for SB sketches and one for card sketches. Everthing I need for inspiration. It's amazing. My kids' favorite jokes. My grandparents ranch where I spent my summers (and played house with the neighbor and we had a baby Ewok). Everything I can think of. Sometimes I come to my computer and type up a bunch of journalling from my notebook, print it on nice white cardstock, and I have my journalling ready to go when I want to scrapbook. It's the best way- with the journalling first, rather than pictures or supplies starting me out. HTH!

I loved this challenge! I had some technical difficulties when I was making my page, but it turned out to be my favorite page page I've made in a long time:
http://wendolonia.com/blog/2007/05/06/beautiful/

I took up the challenge to scrap myself and why I am beautiful. At first I felt a bit awkward--how to describe myself as beautiful. But I had the photos that I had taken of myself and I loved them as they showed my personality. This helped me get over any awkwardness.
Thanks for a great challenge.
http://web.mac.com/stephen.hoadley/iWeb/Being%20More/Emily%27s%20Blog/09663480-4C3B-4B4C-9C2F-6CBD8942A07E.html

Hi Ali!
I did 2 of the 4 challenges. Thanks for the inspiration as I would never have thought of doing tyese type of layouts - especially with a layout about me calling myself "beautiful"!
http://jenniferalfonso.blogspot.com/

I did the challenge on creating a layout listing things about myself that are beautiful. Here it is:
http://www.paperclipping.com/2007/05/14/design-101-use-repetition/

As always, a great challenge Ali! Thanks and here's mine:
http://lizness.typepad.com/a_little_life/2007/05/beautiful_you_c.html

The NSD challenges prompted some photographing and blogging, which resulted in a couple layouts about things that were unfolding last week. The leaves and flowers were exploding in New England, so it was wonderful to be reminded to stop and admire spring as it was unfolding. Love your mom's peace blog by the way.
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1152691
I didn't exactly do the beautiful me idea, but adapted the 1,2,3 concept.
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1152819

I think everyday beauty starts every day with being real... especially being real with yourself. As the old saying goes, you can't genuinely love others till you love yourself. I'm a writer at heart. I write about my life. It's all for me.

For me it was a case of using all the beautiful product I tend to "save" .
Also took the opportunity to capture a couple "beautiful" stories.
Always love these challenges...thanks!!
www.ahafermann.typepad.com

For me it was a case of using all the beautiful product I tend to "save".
Also took the opportunity to capture a couple "beautiful" stories.
Always love these challenges...thanks!!
http://www.ahafermann.typepad.com

This challenge made me appreciate even more how beautiful my life really is. Thank You!
http://rondapalazzari.typepad.com/helpmeronda/2007/05/ae_challenge_ev.html

Great challenge... it made me sit and take care of me for a moment.. THANKS

thanks for the inspiration:
http://idanasi.blogspot.com/2007/05/chipboard-letters-looks-better.html

so, I couldn't quite swing the "I am beautiful" page. But I took a step closer...this is my first layout about me. It wasn't as hard as I thought.
http://3peasinbrooklyn.com

I started a notebook and one of the things that I jotted down was my daughter (she'll be 5 this Friday) asking me to tell her stories from when I was little as her bedtime stories. This started a while back, but your challenge made me take more note of it and the memories it has brought back. Now she knows some of the stories by heart and will request "the one about the time Auntie Heidi and Cousin Steve broke the pool and the whole backyard flooded." Now I have a mission to track down some photos that are reminiscent of some of these stories and do at least one layout about them. Going through all the stories she asks me to tell her I could do many, many layouts! Thank you Ali!!

Ali, I tried to combine the everday beauty challenge with memories that are brought back to me by the things I find in everyday beauty. I also incoporated the challenge of using a supply that i'm afraid to because it is so pretty, and I used the metal flower titles for that challenge. I hope im making sense. I had some technical difficulties and the page didn't turn out quite what I hoped for since I had four kids trying to help me too...but here is my blog spot in case you want to check it out. jackiedstone@typepad.com

Yep, had to partake in this one. My stuff is here:
www.lifelovepaper.blogspot.com
And I just loved Kristina's interview, too cool.
Have a good day,
Tina

Ali,
I did a "Beautiful Everyday Challenge" Always I love your challenge which gives me a chance to create & think about my life at the same time. Thank you. Beauties around me give me joy & happiness: real magic.
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?gallery=1&cmd=display&layout_id=1154082
Chieko

Ali, thanks as always for your great challenges and inspiration. It's a really busy time for me with the school year winding down so I didn't have time to track but I spent time I did have (driving to and from work) thinking about memories I want to document and wrote them all down. I have to agree with another reader, it is also about being real. I took some time to self-reflect on life and have thought a lot about that list from Body and Soul you sent out last Friday. Trying to create more positive life memories for documenting, and that starts from looking inwards.

Hi Ali, I did the Beautiful Me challenge. My LO wasn't very original as I used your Fisk-A-teers design. I must say it wasn't an easy one.
http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/album_display.asp?album_id=65751
Lisette