Self Portrait Challenge

A Letter to Myself

This picture was taken at Heaven Sent in North Park. I'm drinking a Mexican hot chocolate!

These are actual mini scrabble tiles purchased from a junk bin at Paper Tales.

I just love the image of the little girl.

Materials:

• stamps by Technique Tuesday: Main Street lowercase letters
• Notebook card stock paper
• chipboard stickers by Cosmo Cricket: Early Bird
• Journal cards by Jenny Bowlin & Cosmo Cricket: Earth Love Elements
• red brad by Basic Grey
• chartreuse velvet ribbon

Dear Scrap Sisters,

I really enjoyed this challenge. Although, it took me awhile to get started. Every time Farley took a photo of me, I kept saying , "I'm too fat or too ugly. I need make-up." I know I'm my worst critic. So, I took Wena's advice and had Hubs snap a blurry photo. Fabulous idea! The laugh lines and wrinkles disappeared along with any other imperfections I pick at. Plus, I was over thinking the whole thing--the layout, the photo of myself , and what kind of journaling would I do.

But one night, this idea came to me. I was browsing through old journal entries from years ago. Just a mix of feelings and emotions. Silly. Melancholy. Angry. Joyful. And I noticed some of them were in letter form. I used to always write to myself or God or my sister. After that, it came very easy to me.

Thanks again for this reflective challenge and always giving me endless amounts of inspiration.

Forever yours,

Jeanette

challenge #5: self portrait:

life at 35 hi gals...i created the darn challenge, it's about time i finish it! if this looks mighty familiar to you, trust me, it is. it's a direct lift of stephanie howell's. ain't no shame in my game (as she would say)! i initially had doubts about lifting a LO for this specific challenge, but i remembered some advice a wise friend once told me, "your kids will never know you lifted it". and you know what? she's right. these LO's are created to capture a moment, a memory; and when we're long gone, i doubt it will matter :)
this was harder than i thought it would be. i had to think long & hard about this challenge: about what i wanted to accomplish, what "story" i wanted to tell, about what message i wanted to convey. i wanted to capture the NOW. after days of racking my brain, i decided the journaling was the most important aspect to me. hence, the lift. content, however, my own words (whew!) ...
i'm a new fan of the ali e. style of "self portrait". every scrapper seems to have one; so i decided to try one on for size since solo pictures are rare for me. i took about 30 shots, and this one worked -- blemishes & all. i used sc's 'documentary' kit (with pieces from add on's 2 & 3). i tried to make the rip strip flower, but to be honest with you - it was too darn hard & i just wanted to finish! maybe i'll add it on when i can find some time...

can't wait to see you all...thank you, thank you, for the constant inspiration! love, love, love you gals!

xo - W

p.s. the picture is crooked on purpose. i wanted to make sure the image "fit" the page moreso than the photo (does that make any sense?) . . . do i ever? :)