Blog: Note To Self | Monday - Ali Edwards Design Inc.

Welcome to our Note To Self Story Play week! ⁠

"Note To Self" is one of many storytelling tools in our toolbox. Here's what I Iove about this particular lens for memory keeping: ⁠

⁠+ A "note to self" is honest. ⁠

When we write to ourselves we tend to skip the performance. We don't have to explain everything or make it sound important. We can simply acknowledge what feels true to each one of us individually.⁠

⁠+ A "note to self" is enough. ⁠

⁠One sentence can tell a story and hold a memory. One observation can capture a season. Stories don't have to be elaborate to be meaningful. ⁠

⁠+ A "note to self" honors the present and serves the future. ⁠

⁠It's written by today's self for tomorrow's self. It's a small act of kindness that says "I think you'll be glad you remembered this."⁠

⁠+ A "note to self" honors what matters to you. ⁠

It doesn't need external validation and it doesn't ask, "Will anyone else care?" Instead it asks, "Do I care?" and if the answer is yes then that's enough. ⁠

Here's a look at the kit I'm using this week:

Let's dive into my first project with a process video:

And here's a look via photos:

I love playing around with ideas using photos as my background/foundation.

When looking back at my photos I loved that I had these two photos of my Mom and I volunteering at our local rose garden. I cropped both photos so our bodies were in a similar location and then printed them out here at home (they are 7 inches x 8.25 inches).

For this project I took the vellum pattern paper from the kit, folded it in half, and then cut it in half to create two equal flip up elements.

I used a corner rounder around the outside edges of the folded vellum.

In my stash I had a set of ovals with flowers stamped on top (ovals are from an OLW Mini Kit). I decided to use those on the outside of the flip ups and stitched the chipboard rectangle on top.

Yay for diving into my stash!