no photos - a challenge
Have you ever had a story you wanted to scrap about, but since you had no photos to go along with it, you just skipped it? You know… that time your friends surprised you on your birthday and took you to eat at Texas Roadhouse, then secretly told the server it was your birthday, who then made you sit up on this big saddle, IN A DRESS, whipping your napkin around like a lasso, while they sang a mind-numbingly bad rendition of Happy Birthday. My friend Sue and I witnessed that very thing happen to a lady last week, and no one took a photo. NO ONE! If I’d had my camera, I’d've said, “Lady, I just took photos of that most embarrassing but hilarious moment, in case you want to scrapbook it. Give me your email address.” Word to MY friends. If you ever EVER embarrass me like that, there had BETTER be photos! 
But really, now. Surely you’ve had moments in your life that were scrapbook worthy, but you have no photos. Maybe there are traditions you have that you don’t even bother taking photos of anymore. Maybe you’ve saved a whole bunch of ticket stubs, or receipts, or gift cards, or newspaper clippings, or fabric swatches. SURELY you have stories to tell and only memorabilia to tell them with.
Here’s your challenge. This week, create a layout that features NO PHOTOS. Use only memorabilia and THE STORY. Type it out, write it out. Just tell it.
Email a photo of your completed page to me. NEW layout, people. No fair sending me a page you’ve done in the past. This is a challenge, see? I’ll post the layouts on this blog, along with whatever I come up with.
There’s a prize in it for you.
November 14th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
I did it!! I had a blank page in my Disney album that I was clueless as to how to fill. I dug through our souvenirs from that trip and came across our touring plan for seeing Magic Kingdom.
Here’s the LO:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/mcmeekin/PB100002.jpg
November 14th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Good challenge - and I have just the thing to use it for. Thanks for the inspiration