Hello there, how’s it going? Just a quick post from me tonight, the Hubs cooking tea, DD is in bed & Destructo Dog aka Bailey isn’t trying to eat me or the house…for now :D
Every time I came across this photo in my huge pile of photos waiting to star on a scrapbook page, it always struck me how little my DD looked in the photo, she wasn’t exceptionally small at that age (3). She was just walking about halfway down a very big garden & I was at the other end with my camera. But, still she looked little & small & vulnerable, a tiny person trying to find her way in a really big world, and that is entirely where this layout came from…
I love the layered look & have used some left over bits of patterned paper to add a few layers, I ripped all the edges on the patterned papers & inked them with Black Soot Distress Ink, to make them stand out more against the vibrant pink cardstock, I also chose fairly neutral papers for the rest of the layout based on the pinkness of the cardstock. (is pinkness a word? if not, why not?) All of the papers are from a Quirky Kit
I’ve added some silver star punchinella or sequin waste – whichever you prefer :D on either side of the layout, just a little, the edges are hiding under the patterned paper. As the majority of the photo is green grass with only a small portion of the photo having anything interesting on I decided to put my title on the photo as it draws the eye in DD’s direction. The journaling reads…
Just in case you’re having trouble reading that I’ll translate (Mum says my writing is awful & she can’t read it… it makes perfect sense to me lol)…
You looked so small walking in the garden by yourself, it made me want to scoop you up & hug you forever… it’s such a big world when you’re a very small girl.
There is another reason I’m glad I scrapped this photo & chose that particular memory, one day she’ll be a teenager, she’ll be too cool to hold her mums hand, she’ll know it all and she’ll always be right (erm, this sounds familiar) but this will remind me that once she was little & she would hold my hand voluntarily.
Well that’s all from me for tonight, thanks for stopping by, it’s been lovely to see you & thanks for taking the time to leave lovely comments, it always makes my day.
Take care & hope to see you soon.
C xx