Top 11 Projects of 2011

Happy New Year!  I love this time of year... the food, the socializing, the excitement, the more relaxed schedule....all of it.  As much as I hate to see another year slip by so quickly, reflecting on the previous year I am invariably reminded of so many things that have shaped who I am today.  I am reminded of how much was accomplished and learned each year and that makes me excited and sometimes proud.  Looking through photos I am astonished at how much the girls have grown in such a seemingly short time.  There are also those not so pleasant moments where I wasn't at my best or even close, but there were things learned from those moments as well so I give them their due also.   If you'll indulge me tonight, I am going to take this opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months of my favourite hobby by posting my Top 11 Projects of 2011.  Here they are, in no particular order.

1.  A cover spot on the Winter, 2012 issue of Scrapbooking & Beyond magazine:  This came as a complete and total surprise a few weeks ago. 

2.  This is my favourite of all the mini albums I created last year.

3.  I worked on the design team for Imaginise all year and this is my favourite layout of the year.

4.  My favourite altered item of the year, another Imaginisce project.

5.  This year, I checked off another bucket list goal - to have some work accepted for publication in Creating Keepsakes magazine.  This mini album had a two page feature in the Summer Travel issue.

6.  This is another of my favourite mini albums of the year.  That fox is just too cute!

 7.  I took an interest in hairbands and clips this year.  These are some of my favourites.

8.  My youngest daughter celebrated her 1st birthday last February.  I'm not sure what it is, but there is something about this page that I love.

9.  This page made the list for a couple of reasons.  My girls started skiing for the first time last winter and absolutely LOVE it.  This 2 page layout speaks about their new found hobby. This was also the first page I created using a Cricut machine.  Northridge Media liked this one as well and published it in the November issue of Cricut magazine.

10.  I did a product spotlight for GCD Studios last spring and this is one of the pages I created.  I love the whimsy of all the characters on the page.

 

11.  Last but not least, I added this page because I love that the page was made almost in its entirety from scratch.  From the red frame to all the layers of lace and sequins to the scallop border made from a series of cut circles - it was all pieced together to create the whole. 

So there it is...a quick glimpse into a year of crafting.  I have no idea what 2012 has in store for me, but I hope it is more of the same doing what I love.

Cheers and I'll see you next year!