make my LifeBuilder book

I took all the materials I’ve been collecting for-ev-er outside yesterday to the picnic/project table. I’ve been looking at this one picture of a stone cottage on a Caribbean Island and feeling so incredibly drawn to it! Yesterdays goal was to get one page of the LifeBuilder book done; the “home” page. I sorted through the thick stack of home pictures I’ve amassed, choosing the ones that I felt most enthusiastic about. I laid them out in various ways, adding extra fold-out parts and no matter what the arrangement I’d end up cutting out, overlaying or otherwise reducing the overall effect. So? The point is to have an image that stimulates your heart and imagination. So I hunted around, found a big piece of poster board 16” x 22” which worked great! After I got all the pictures on I put it in the hallway so I see it several times every day! I am very gratified I let my dream expand and grow instead of chipping away at it until it fit into some small, preconceived thing.

I’ve been collecting pictures, phrases, handmade papers, colored pens, decorative brads – time to start actually making it! Tomorrow I’ll be taking care of my grandpa most of the day – so after I get the minestrone soup simmering I’ll have lots of time to do this! The house there is perfect for projects – great views out the breakfast-room window and a nice teapot!