1.11.11-
- I'm back to tell about my fun inspiring weekend -
{It all started with a stack of magazines, alot of glue sticks, lots of scissors & of coarse cupcakes!}
This has been a NeW YeaRS tradition {introduced to me years ago by my Schmoopy} for me & I got my 3 sisters & girls involved. This year was A&E's first time making a magazine collage & they had a BLaST! {they loved it so much they made 2 each} The idea behind it is to just look through a wide variety of magazines & rip out anything that speaks to your heart or inspires you. It can be a photographs, quotes, colors ANYTHING. Then once you have a stack of torn out pages the fun really begins. You cut out the picture or words that you were drawn to & glue them on a piece of card stock {choose a color that you like}
How you do this is completely up to you & then Voila- you have a creative inspirational piece of artwork to inspire you for the year ahead!
{I keep mine in the front cover of a binder that I see EVERYDAY!}
The point is to put these pages somewhere you will see them each & every day!
One word of advice- Don't put a time limit on this project. We started at 7:00 at night & soon realized by 10:00 that we were all getting tired & didn't want to rush & cram it all together to finish.
So we decided to just carry it over to the next day- good idea!
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| -The beginning of the night- everything is nicely organized & tidy {it didn't stay that way for long} - |
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| -loved this little ADORABLE Hot Cocoa Cupcake my sister got from Dippidee in A.F.- |
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| -Let the creative process begin!- |
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| -ooh, I LOVE to see the word parties!- |
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| -The end of the Night {a little messer & untidy!} be prepared for LOTS of garbage & scraps to throw away in the end- |
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| -My finished project!! Loved all the colors & every little saying on this page. Can you find the little Flourish I added to my page to remind me of my OLW for 2011? - |
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| -Em & her pages- love her creatvity!- |
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| -Miss Mace & her pages. She put hers in school binders. Such a great idea! I'm glad she looks at them each & everytime she is in class during the day or stuffing them in her locker ;) - |
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| -Audji's pages, she ReaLLY wants a dog!!- |
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| - A happy group of girls! Thanks to A,B & V for spending 2 days with us Quigley girls. Loved every minute of being creative & positive with them. Love this project!!- |
The best part about this project is once you are done & you take a look at what you have created, you can really learn a lot about yourself & what really inspires you.
{maybe its a color you are drawn to, sayings, or a word that has power to you}
I love looking back at the ones I have created the last 6 years- each year is different & unique.
I truly enjoyed watching my girls do this & loved learning something new about each one of them & each of my sisters too.
It is a simple amazing & beautiful thing to do!
{M}
Thanks for inviting us! We had so much fun. I can't believe how fast Emmers was, how Miss Mace cut out EVERYTHING and Audji fit that many dogs in.
ReplyDeleteThat cupcake was legit. They are a must next year!
Love ya!
Hi Melissa, I loved this idea, I am going to have to do this with my girls. I am thinking Austyn would love to do it too!! You are just full of the funnest ideas. I love to check your blog every day! Love Ya, Becky
ReplyDeleteBecky- Yes, you should do this with all your girls. I'm sure A would like doing it to. My girls liked to look through The Friend too to find things for their collages. Just an idea :)
ReplyDeleteI love this Meliss! I had a good laugh when I saw Audrey's collage full of dogs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for inviting us. It was so much fun! I put one of my collages in my binder at school and I love looking at it everyday.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea. I love how you make opportunities for people to create something all their own. And, I saw the marshmallows on the hot chocolate cupcake and immediately got up and went to the kitchen to get some marshmallows to eat.
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