What is your theme song?
In order to answer the first ?OW of 2009, take a moment to reflect on the past year. Feel free to reflect on your lifetime up to this point. Considering all your highs and lows, which song would you assign as your theme song? Or, if you have a few in mind, name one song that would be the hit single on your soundtrack. Please keep in mind that I am not asking for your favorite song, but a song that may define either your life or your current identity. (Lyrics and any video links are a plus!)
For example, when I first saw Brandi Carlile's music video for "The Story," not only was I immediately captivated by the raw emotion she conveyed, but I made an instant connection with the lyrics. Rather than a theme song, I'd say I have an ongoing soundtrack for the different chapters in my life. This song is part of that soundtrack because it probably best encompasses all of my reflections on life and love in the past year.
The Story by Brandi Carlile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq-ZmAYLeB8
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true... I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Oh because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do and I was made for you
You see the smile that's on my mouth
It's hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
No, they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what I've been through like you do
And I was made for you.
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true... I was made for you
Ohh yea it's true... That I was made for you
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
BWC #1 (of 2009): "Git 'Er Done!!!!"
I am like many of the rest of you... setting goals and in a purging/organizing/productive kind of mood for the new year. Hopefully it will last... I'm optimistic but only time will tell.
In honor of this new mood, I challenge you to pull out a project/layout/something that is half-done or has been lingering in your mind and just GET IT DONE! I'm going to be vague in the requirements here because the goal is to have a finished project that you are happy with rather than something else cluttering up space in your scrap area or in your mind. (If you are unlike me and are totally on top of things, Kudos to you. In that case, create something new for us to admire!)
Can't wait to see what you gals come up with.
Special thanks go out to:
The galzz who shared their favorite 2008 layouts:
Lisa's "Great Britian Vacation"
Marlene's "What Would You Say"
Chris' "07 Tree"
Also, a great big shout out to the gals who alerted the fashion police with their holiday sweaters: Marlene, Sharon, Deborah and Amanda
(Check out the photos on the main thread if you haven't already)
Hope I didn't miss anyone... let me know if I did and I'll be happy to correct it.
In honor of this new mood, I challenge you to pull out a project/layout/something that is half-done or has been lingering in your mind and just GET IT DONE! I'm going to be vague in the requirements here because the goal is to have a finished project that you are happy with rather than something else cluttering up space in your scrap area or in your mind. (If you are unlike me and are totally on top of things, Kudos to you. In that case, create something new for us to admire!)
Can't wait to see what you gals come up with.
Special thanks go out to:
The galzz who shared their favorite 2008 layouts:
Lisa's "Great Britian Vacation"
Marlene's "What Would You Say"
Chris' "07 Tree"
Also, a great big shout out to the gals who alerted the fashion police with their holiday sweaters: Marlene, Sharon, Deborah and Amanda
(Check out the photos on the main thread if you haven't already)
Hope I didn't miss anyone... let me know if I did and I'll be happy to correct it.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
QueZZtion of the Week: 12/28
To get everyone starting off the New Year, share with the galzz (if you don't mind) your resolution(s) for 2009. If you don't believe in resolutions, that's just fine by me. Instead, share with the rest of the group your good advice for making this year's resolution work.. or share some support for their upcoming hard work.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
BWC #26 (12/21/08) Your Favorite Page from 2008
kudos to Sharon for a fabulous response to our last BWC "What Makes The Holidays Special and Meaningful to You".
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For the final challenge of the year let's reflect upon what we scrapped this year. Which of your pages from 2008 are you the most proud of? Please list Your Favorite Page from 2008 and I'll add them here. Please also share why you like the page.
Gelidy Gelato said... I got this pattern paper in a LSS raffle. It was something I never would have bought for myself but it was absolutely perfect for this subject. I created the briefs in Photoshop and had to search the internet for wings, angels, as well as a photo of a building that resembled the actual building. I tried two popular scrapbook trends chipboard & doodling for the first time. Finally I entered this page into a challenge, my first challenge. This was a big achievement for me and the page I am most proud of from 2008. It is humorous and was made from just three photos (and really boring photos at that).
MaRLeNeF said...
My favorite page from 2008 is my SHCG BWC #15: What Would You Say? layout. I love how it turned out, it's very girly. I also love it because I didn't go crazy trying to figure out how to put the page together, I just went with the flow and it all came together on its own.
CMLeach said... It was between my newest LO or a no-picture, reflective journaling LO. They both have such interesting aspects to them, and it was such a hard choice to make. That being said, I picked my "07 Tree" LO (the brand-new one) because I feel like it is one of my greatest artistic endeavors. There's just so much going on, and yet I feel like it all just...works. There is sentimental value to pieces within the LO (both in the ornaments in the picture and in embellishments used) and it just gives me a wonderful feel to look at it. It makes me want to continue the Christmas season...just on and on...
QueZZtion of the Week - 12/21/08
Okay, my Celebrity Crush QOW from last week was a dud so I'll ask another queZZtion - Talk about the last time you DANCED, both in public & in private!
The last time I danced in public was last Thursday, at my company's big holiday party. They allegedly scaled back for this party, which meant a DJ instead of a band, but that was awesome because after the initial quiet phase, the dancefloor became PACKED for the whole night, I was told moreso than it ever has been! I believe the 1st song my friends & I danced to was Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" & the last song of that set was Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" (I HAD wanted to dance to Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back" earlier but I was in the middle of a new glass of wine & involved conversation so I put it off). It was great spirited fun - all ranks of employees were shakin their groove thangs when not chatting, eating or drinking!
The last time I danced in private was when I was cleaning up after scrapping yesterday, youtubing old songs I love. Alice in Chains' "A Little Bitter" always gets me going... I'm such a rock star on that bassline when I'm alone! :p
The last time I danced in public was last Thursday, at my company's big holiday party. They allegedly scaled back for this party, which meant a DJ instead of a band, but that was awesome because after the initial quiet phase, the dancefloor became PACKED for the whole night, I was told moreso than it ever has been! I believe the 1st song my friends & I danced to was Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" & the last song of that set was Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" (I HAD wanted to dance to Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back" earlier but I was in the middle of a new glass of wine & involved conversation so I put it off). It was great spirited fun - all ranks of employees were shakin their groove thangs when not chatting, eating or drinking!
The last time I danced in private was when I was cleaning up after scrapping yesterday, youtubing old songs I love. Alice in Chains' "A Little Bitter" always gets me going... I'm such a rock star on that bassline when I'm alone! :p
Sunday, December 14, 2008
QueZZtion of the Week - 12/14/08
Goin' light 'n fluffy 'n girly in this week's... This has been asked in various sb.com tags but not here - talk about a celeb crush you had while growing up!
For me, my Beatles-fans older sisters turned me into a fan at an early age, & I had a big fondness for Paul McCartney by age 3. But, as some of you already have heard, I had a HUMONGOUS crush on Sting growing up. I LOVED The Police, knew their albums back & forth, pored over all their lyrics. I had aspirations to be an actress & when Sting started in his movie career, I was sooo jealous of all his leading actresses, I thought, that could be ME if I was older & lived in NY, LA or London, LOL! My desires were tied together in a dream that was not just romantic (he would be more of a man than any boy in suburban Houston, & rescue me from the normalcy of my life, etc), I wanted to WORK w/ Sting, hahaha! Granted, I had a healthy dose of real life crushes too, as well as other celebs I liked, but Sting was the frontrunner.
A few years ago, when visiting my parents' house, my husband found my adolescent journals that talked about all of this - he DIED laughing over the girlhood melodrama in those pages! Then, when I got into Sting's son's band (Fiction Plane - they're really good), DH would walk around the house saying "Sting's out, Sting's son's in!" LOL (PS I don't think these infatuations played a part in my playing bass later in life but it's pretty coincidental that that's the instrument I eventually was drawn to).
Okay, your turn! :)
For me, my Beatles-fans older sisters turned me into a fan at an early age, & I had a big fondness for Paul McCartney by age 3. But, as some of you already have heard, I had a HUMONGOUS crush on Sting growing up. I LOVED The Police, knew their albums back & forth, pored over all their lyrics. I had aspirations to be an actress & when Sting started in his movie career, I was sooo jealous of all his leading actresses, I thought, that could be ME if I was older & lived in NY, LA or London, LOL! My desires were tied together in a dream that was not just romantic (he would be more of a man than any boy in suburban Houston, & rescue me from the normalcy of my life, etc), I wanted to WORK w/ Sting, hahaha! Granted, I had a healthy dose of real life crushes too, as well as other celebs I liked, but Sting was the frontrunner.
A few years ago, when visiting my parents' house, my husband found my adolescent journals that talked about all of this - he DIED laughing over the girlhood melodrama in those pages! Then, when I got into Sting's son's band (Fiction Plane - they're really good), DH would walk around the house saying "Sting's out, Sting's son's in!" LOL (PS I don't think these infatuations played a part in my playing bass later in life but it's pretty coincidental that that's the instrument I eventually was drawn to).
Okay, your turn! :)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
November Trakking
BlushPea
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