Digi Picks 5/6/06

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!
I am up bright and early to head out to a crop.  I hope you all get time to scrap this weekend!

Kit of the Day
Wow. I feel so pressured today.  Who will be the pick of the day for NSD?  Will this be a memorable moment or will it be lost in all of the other hoopla?  Well, I decided to go surfing the sales this morning and something caught my eye that made me remember what scrapping is about.  It is about preserving our memories and cherishing our pasts.  How better to do that than to spend time with our grandparents (if you are so blessed as to have them in your lives still).  Ronnie McCray has the cutest darned kit called Granny and Papa's House that is a tribute to all those things "grandparent".  Lace and brooches for Granny and bandannas and chicken wire for Papa!  I love the mixture of feminine and masculine in this kit that harmonize so beautifully just like a couple that has lived a lifetime together.  The elements in this kit are just gorgeous!  It is a simple tribute to simpler times and immediately evokes that feeling that only grandparents can give us.  Thank you Ronnie!!!!

Layout of the Day
Childhood ends so quickly. and that sense of wonder at the world, and the ability to exist totally in the moment is replaced by cynicism and speed.  I look at Gracie so often and wish that I could keep her just as she is now, but I know that won't happen.  What I can do is preserve those perfect moments of childhood as a reminder of how I should be.  Ksharonk has preserved just such a moment in Beach Girl .  The photos of her beautiful daughter at the beach at sunset are so precious.  I love, love, love the large ghosted photo of her looking out to the horizon!  It seems like she is looking into her future.  The journaling is so heartfelt and poetic.  It captures the moment without too much exposition...we just feel it.  The embellishing in this layout enhances the feeling and the photos with out taking away the spotlight.  This is what it is all about folks.  Happy NSD!

Comments

[ksharonk]

Thank you ... it is a great thrill to find my layout as Digi Pick of the Day! :)