Story Play Foodie | Special Guest Denine Zielinski

Hi friends! It’s Denine, and I am thrilled to be here today to share a project using the Story Play|Foodie Kit. When the release of this year’s Story Play Collection was previewed, I knew that any project I would make with the Foodie Kit was going to have something to do with my son. Ever since he went out on his own, he has taken up cooking as a hobby, and he’s pretty good at it, too. I receive at least one photo from him each week of a meal that he made, and I knew I would have plenty of photos to tell a great story. That story will eventually get told, but I chose to pivot just a bit for my first project to tell the story of a recent visit with him and the amazing restaurant that he chose to take us to.

Since I am having a hard time tearing myself away from working in a traveler’s notebook, I decided that this would be a great story to tell in that format.

In the video below, you can see how this spread came together for me.

Here’s a look at some additional photos of my project:

As you saw in my process video, this is a double flip open spread in my traveler’s notebook. The front of the left page contains the left side of a full-page photo. On top of that, I added a title with the tiny white letter stickers from the kit + a chipboard half circle + a chipboard skinny striped rectangle from my stash.

The front of the right page contains a modified version of the restaurant’s logo. The original logo was much smaller with the name + the location right on top of each other. I played with it in PSE to separate the name + location, and add blank black space in between the two to get it to be 7 inches tall. On top of that is a chipboard tag from the Foodie Kit and more tiny white letters. Each letter represents the names of those of us who were together for this event. I separated the initials with tiny enamel dots from my stash.

When you flip open the right page, the rest of my full-page photo base is revealed. I used the Foodie Love paper for the background on the back side of the flap. On top of that is a 3x3 photo and a 3x3 sized version of the People Who Eat 3x4 Journal Card. I added a chipboard piece from my stash below both of those.

When you flip open the left page, I added a photo collage of some of our meals on top of the left side of the full-page photo base. On top of that is another chipboard tag from the Foodie Kit. On the backside of the left flap, I created pockets for three journaling cards by mounting the transparency to white cardstock after cutting three slits in it to slide my cards in. I added tab stickers with stamped words to each of the cards.

The above photo shows how the spread looks with both flaps opened up.

The Food Memory 3x4 card contains the general story of this visit with my son.

The Eating 3x4 card starts with a little introduction and then lists the dishes that we each ordered off the menu.

The Drinking 3x4 card also begins with a short introduction and then lists the cocktails that we each ordered off the menu.

As a side note, another fun thing to add to a spread like this would be a copy of the menu from the restaurant you visited. I tried to find a printable version of their menu online with no success, but I always look for one just in case. I love adding memorabilia to my pages as often as I can.

These Story Play Kits are just the perfect size for me to create a spread or two and then move the small amount of leftover pieces to my stash. This was definitely a super fun theme to work with, and I am looking forward to my next project with it.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope that I have given you some inspiration to dig into your Story Play|Foodie Kit. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment below. I love hearing from you guys! You can also find me on Instagram @denine2 and YouTube @Denine2.

Happy storytelling, my friends!