Wednesday, February 1, 2012

January OLW Blog Hop

This is my first blog hop and I've very excited to be participating.  I hope everyone is enjoying it!

So this is what I did for our January project for OLW. 


We were supposed to use an 8x11 page and so everything would be rectangular instead of square.  I like rectangles, but I have a strong aversion to 8x11, so this year is 8x8 and square.  :-)  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  We were supposed to define our word and write a little of why we chose this word and what we hope to get out of it. 
So far I've worked on dressing Gracefully, which included getting rid of my two favorite skirts because they really are too worn out to gracefully wear them in public!  Sad, sad day. 
Grace has so many different definitions and meanings.  I almost chose gratitude for my word this year, but I went with grace, so I thought it was fun on the online dictionary I used that they had a little paragraph about how the word "grace" comes from the same word as "gracias" and "grazie" and all those lovely words that mean "thanks" in other languages, so I'm counting Thanks with the rest of the definitions and trying to be more thankful this year.  I've gotten a bit distracted from my word as the month has gone on.  It's been a busy month and I'm sure I could have used more grace for it all, but maybe February will be better!
Thank you for stopping by and I'd love a comment!  Be sure to visit the next blog on the hop. 

Sharyn www.lavieenchic.com
Jill http://jillconyers.com
Lynn www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com
Jenn www.studiojenn.blogspot.com
Carmen http://www.carmenpaulsorthner.com
Marilee http://rose-brier.blogspot.com
Kristina http://hrinspirationfromthe403.blogspot.com/
Cindy C http://www.cynthiacrysdale.com
Kelly http://mindingmynest.com
Cheri http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com
Amanda http://scrappnbee.blogspot.com
Cindy http://seriousplay.typepad.com
Brooke www.everysnapshot.com
Naomi www.poeticaperture.com
Melissa http://www.smudgetime.com
Karen http://breathenowsmile.blogspot.com
Melissa S http://blog.mshanhun.com
Devon http://www.youhadmeatneurotic.com
Donna http://holimess.blogspot.com/
Dawn sunshineandcreativity.com
Katrina www.katrinasimeck.com
Sam http://learncreatedo.wordpress.com
Monica http://scrapinspired.com
Kimberlee http://scrapsandsass.blogspot.com
Missus W http://mrswookieswanderings.blogspot.com/
Kaylea http://www.myscrappylife.com
Nikki Www.inkyart.com.au
Erin http://erinsparkes.typepad.com/optimstic-fascination/
Jo www.curlyscrapbooker.blogspot.com
Coley http://coleybelle.blogspot.com/2012/01/focus-word-for-2012.html
Beth www.thesingularlyordinary.blogspot.com <----------You are Here
Veronica www.veronicanorris.typepad.com <----------You go Here
Jamie http://jmpgirl.blogspot.com/
Monica B http://questtoperfectimperfection.blogspot.com/
Lisa http://backtoallen.com/writers_blog
Rebekah http://istampscrapcraft.blogspot.com/
Jan http://mysimplelittlelife.typepad.com
Veronica http://www.veronicanorris.typepad.com
Cate www.lifebehindthepurpledoor.com
Stephanie www.scrapworthylives.com
Orange Gearle http://orangegearle.blogspot.com
Tere http://terecontodomicorazon.blogspot.com/
Junelle http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/
Ruth http://suburbansahm.blogspot.com
Becky www.becky-handforth.blogspot.com

11 comments:

  1. Nice collage and really like that you are making it your own style!

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  2. A beautiful page, enjoy your OLW journey!

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  3. Beth I love your word. It is so special. And your page is wonderful and good on you for doing the 8x8. That is what it is all about. Can't wait to see where it takes you!

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  4. Love this! Of course! ;) Good for you for jumping way ahead of me in the scrapbook world! :) Loved seeing you this past week and can't wait for another visit -- IN THE SUMMER!! LOL!

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  5. Love that you made it a size you like. Lovely work!

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  6. lovely take on this month's project. i like seeing how different everyone's style is and how we all do a little something to make it our own. can't wait to see where grace takes you in 2012. welcome to the blog hop! xoxo

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  7. Fun to see your banner of tags across the top, wonderful quote and well done on doing your own thing!

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  8. Oooo, I'm loving the word grace - am putting that in my mental notes to possibly use for next year. I can see lots of potential with that one. I love your square format - and that you're doing your own thing! It looks great! Blessings on your grace-full journey!

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  9. Thank you all for your encouraging comments. This blog hop has been a lot of fun!

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  10. Great word and there was no accident that it also means thanks. Perfect! Don't worry about not staying as focused as you had hoped, that is what this class and this blog hop are for - reminders to get back on track. I love how you already have a positive outlook that hte new month will be better - very graceful! :)

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  11. I like how you transformed this to an 8x8 page. Thanks for sharing your word. I can't wait to see what you do with this!

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