hello all! it’s spring! i can’t believe how much lighter i feel. this winter was r o u g h. but happy times are here again. finally.
had a really hard time with this layout. originally i was going to use a 2×2 square grid page protector because i had a lot of detail shots from the week that i liked. for some reason i can never come up with something i am happy with in that format. drives me crazy! furthermore, i had this photo from a breathwork gathering that was square and i didn’t have access to the original image to make it un-square. i don’t usually do 4×4’s so i was perplexed, but the photo was a non-negotiable b/c the negative space between all of our heads is in the shape of a heart! to say i did the shuffle on this one is an understatement. somehow, after many permutations this is what happened. don’t ask me how. i really like it because it’s something i wouldn’t have planned this way. just one of the ways we follow our intuition to achieve goals we never would have imagined. i did some penciled journaling with watercolor in an attempt to match the paper from my sabrina ward harrison journal (the trust card). had to include a photo of my haircut because i am smiling. that never happens! i have a hard time hiding my RBF in photos. yet another reason i need to get out of this city.
i love this layout for two reasons. one: i finally used this page from an old veer catalogue! i have been hoarding this for at least 7 years, right? agh. feels good. two: the “on my desk” shows a tarot card spread i did for myself after some breathwork, during which i had visions of the card in the center. the empress! i love when life is synchronicitous like that. gave me the chills! the bottom left is a photo from the event (breathwork in a geodesic dome!!) that i really liked and hadn’t been able to fit in the previous week’s spread. of course i had to get a pic of the oils at my favorite store, enfleurage. i’m a little obsessed with essential oils at the moment!
this layout was super fun because i made it interactive! the spread itself came together very quickly. love when that happens. however, when it came time to add journaling, i could NOT decide where i wanted it. i considered so many variations, but couldn’ t make up my mind. then i decided to put it up on instagram for discussion. all the different comments i got were so helpful and interesting. i ended up with a variation on emma speller’s idea, which was to use my shadow as a boundary (def did NOT think of that!). wanda faye’s suggestion was to add the date in the top left corner wasn’t gonna work because i planned to put the date on the white card, but i knew she was on to something! i decided to use these shapes i cut out that had been sitting on my floor for weeks. gluing them down was tedious but i love the end result. the whole thing was so fun, because it almost made me feel like i was at a crop with talented, inventive scrapbookers. super cool.
this spread was super simple documentation of the week. did chalk signs for the restaurant i work for. started the 100 day project. got some photos of my artwork hanging up in someone’s home (so exciting!). happy hour with a friend. crystals. and of course, my dog.
if you guys have any questions about breathwork, essential oils, crystals or tarot cards, please feel free to ask. i love nerding out about that sort of stuff
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Love the colors in these spreads
Great post Kristi and love seeing that final version of your beach photo layout. Glad my suggestion helped!
Love the layouts…as usual they are always inspiring! Since you asked, I am curious about the essential oils. How exactly do you use them and what do they do for you? Thanks for sharing Kristi.
angie, what is your email? i will tell you all about my obsession with lavender, just don’t want to hijack liz’s blog
I always love seeing your spreads Kristi, always inspiring!
thank you guys!!!