AYM By the Numbers

This month, I challenged the club to come up with 8 lessons we learned from our moms. Here are the results:

Carla M. used the zentangle technique on her "mom" letters. She said it took her a few hours, but was a lot of fun to do. Basically, it's intricate doodling. It does look like fun.

 Erin---I really like how she journaled down the right side and used the old lace behind her "mom."

 Carla B. amazes me at how quickly she puts her layouts together---and they always look great.

Jeanne's layout---as my sister, I think it's funny that we picked one of the same pictures to use. She had more pictures of her and mom than I did. She also thought to use mom's First Communion picture.

Janet's layout has some great old pictures. I always envy the people that have pictures from their childhood. We just didn't have that many. I don't think my parents owned a camera until the 1960's. Anyway, I like how Janet used the patterned paper to cut out her letters to match the skirt on her doll.

I really like how Susan covered her "mom" with the plaid paper and used the "8" as the center of the "O." She read her journaling to us, but hadn't yet typed it up for her page. 

Karolyn's layout. I have to say, I am always jealous to see what she does. She has THE most amazing memorabilia from her childhood. She made a pocket on the right that has all kinds of fun things from when she was little to go along with the lessons she learned from her mom---including sewing---she used an old pattern to cover her "mom."

This is Pam's layout. Several of us journaled down the side of the page. She covered her "mom" with the lime green printed paper that was in the kit. I like how she decorated it with the flowers.

My layout. I incorporated my doll in to the title by cutting a row of paper dolls to spell "lessons." Susan and I had the same idea of using the tickets as the base for our numbers.

A few more things:

 This is Carla B.'s layout from last month.

 Susan had a good idea. She tied bows on to each of her strap hinge albums and attached initials to signify who the album belongs to.

Next month's assignment is to tell 3 stories from elementary school. I'm anxious to see what they all come up with. I included lots of fun school related items in the kit---pencils, assorted school papers, school bus die cut, penmanship paper for journaling and several other fun things.

I'm trying to get a photo of my grade school, but I'm not sure I'll be able to.

Photo Scavenger Hunt

I have the AYM photos to post, but I'm going to post these first. I'll post the others tomorrow.

Carla M's. journaling: For this month’s scavenger hunt I looked through my old photos and found three out of the five photos in my travel photos.  In the Hammock photo, Jim and I are enjoying a day on a private island owned by Norwegian Cruise.  We were on the cruise with my friends Mike and Alesia.  In the Boundary Waters we found a beautiful water lily blooming.  Jim and I are inside the Coliseum in Rome.  We were on a business trip for my work, but we had a little time for fun and exploring.  The water fountain is the Dancing Fountain in Dubai, which we plan to visit early in 2014 to see our daughter and her family.  My page would not be complete without a photo of one of my grandchildren.  Here we have Adrian Bibb on a little fire truck. 

 Carla B's layout. At 9 a.m. she had me take a photo of her on the porch swing. She drove in to town to find a fire station. She met the fireman, Wilson and took his photo. She went to Walgreen's to have her pictures printed and was back for my class by 10 a.m. Then, she had her layout finished by the time we had our AYM meeting at 1 p.m.

A Year of Memories Paper Doll Challenge

The August assignment was to document "8 things your mother taught you."  Along with the August kit, I presented an optional challenge for the club. Many decided to participate. Now it's your turn to vote for which doll you like the best. I'm going to try to point out specific things for each doll as only one person sent a description for her doll.

Number 1:

 Meet Pamie.  I'm wearing a plaid pleaded skirt made of plaid paper.  My coordinating kelly green blouse has white stitching down the front, white button with pink thread, rolled paper for piping on the sleeves and a scalloped collar, all made of paper (with the exception of the buttons and thread, of course).  My accessories include a string of white pearls, a knit hat in pastel colors of pink and green to match my skirt and a very stylist watch.  I am also wearing brown flats to match my brown leather purse with a silver chain. My long brown hair is made of brown card stork and curled on a crochet needle for long lasting style and my makeup consists of brown mascara for longer lashes and eyelet-red (get it) lipstick.  Hope this pleaded skirt doesn't make my butt look big so I can win this stressfully contest.

Number 2:

Notice the petticoat, shoes and pink pearls. Cute hair-do too---I've been trying to get my hair like that forever!

Number 3:

 Cute blouse with collar and skirt.

Number 4:

 Cute hair bow, purse, sequin halter top and shoes.

Number 5:

 Another cute dress with petticoat. Notice the matching hair bow. The lace stockings and shoes are the perfect touch. Blonde hair and make-up to set her off.

Number 6:

 Notice the cute lacey scarf, glittery brads that hem the skirt and the hair.

Number 7:

Notice the realistic make-up and hair, lace hem and belt buckle.

Now it's your turn to vote. Just leave your vote by number in the comments or email me directly:
orgnz4u@comcast.net

I'm impressed at how much time everyone put in to this challenge. I can't wait to see the rest of the layouts at our meeting tomorrow. I'll be posting them tomorrow night.

I'll announce the winner of the challenge on Wednesday. Happy voting!