Diary of a Renegade Scrapbooker

kinda obsessed with her and this song.............

 

then there's this one... can't forget this one...

she has kinda become a friend of mine. lol. we have spent so much time together (via her music and my headphones). seriously, i adore her. i relate to a lot of what she sings about. and i think her attitude is stellar! just a little pink love to share today!

have a good one!

so i'm not naming my posts anymore. takes too much thought! and i am all about simplifying these days! :)

i can't believe i am posting again so soon. but i had a rare day off today and felt in the mood to blog so here i am! 

the weather has been really getting to me lately. cold and practically always raining! i got these boots not long ago and i am in love with them. they keep my feet dry and warm. you need that here in seattle!

i snapped a few photos from around our place today. daily shots for my "35" book.

our cozy bed....so hard to get out of on these cold mornings!

we always make breakfast if we have a day off together. usually huge feasts and afterwards we sit like lumps on the sofa for a while! lol!

christmas candles....

we moved one of the garlands we made and put it with the paper lanterns. i love them much more together!

our little white tree. it makes me smile.

i made some pages for my "35" book i wanted to share! i am loving the process of making this book. i need to slow down though or i am going to end up with two volumes! LOL!

i love the details on this page....

 

the basic plan for the book is to add journal entries, art pages, whatever i want throughout the next year. mainly it will be a place to hold myself accountable for achieving the goals i have set for myself in the coming year. 

projects like this remind me why i scrapbook. when i picked scrapbooking back up in the last year i thought i wanted to be on design teams again and scrapbook to get published. although those things did begin to happen for me...i didn't and don't have passion to do that. it takes the fun out of it for me. i just want to make stuff for the creative release. not to make money. not to be on a team. and not to see my work in a magazine. those things can be wonderful. but for me, right now, i don't have the desire. i am getting back into making things "just because". when that pressure is off i find my art grows. and that's what it's about for me.

scrapbooking.

an escape. a way to immerse myself in something that i love and for a brief amount of time my worries disappear. it's a hobby. and one i love immensely!

hopefully i will be back soon! but if not have a wonderful christmas!
peace,

kate 

 

it's been a while! :) i hope you are enjoying your holiday season so far!

i haven't been around the blog in a while. i have been super busy with work. and life. which has been pretty good of late. i can't complain! 

i celebrated my 35th birthday last week. gah! can't believe it. crazy. but wonderful. there really is nothing like being a woman in your 30's. i truly feel this next year.....it's going to be MY year. the year i finally get myself into the place i need to be...setting myself up for my future and the path it is going to take. i am SO excited. everything in my life is coming together so nicely. working hard and setting goals is paying off. it won't be long. and we will be settled in chicago ready for the next chapter in our lives!!! you know, i am pretty proud of myself. of what i am accomplishing right now and the woman i am becoming. i feel wiser, stronger, calmer and more clearly focused than i have in a long time. i feel better about ME. and i am a reveling a little bit in that lately! so happy birthday to me! here's to the next fabulous year!

in celebration of this year i started a mini book! i plan to work on it throughout the year. i adore it already. i am using all green, white, gray and black in the book. i love the colors and i love the "style" of it so far! here are a few peeks....

 have a great weekend!

peace,

kate