Path of Life

Every decade, the path of life. 

This was the first layout I did for the class Twelve.  I have done over 60 so far and I plan to add them as I get feedback from my class gallery at  Big Picture Classes.  Sometimes after I photograph a layout I see ways to improve it.  In this case I later added gold ink to highlight my decades' path.  The color I chose for the topic "Me" is red because it is a bold primary color and if I don't consider myself #1, then I can't go any further exploring my family history and memories. 

I shopped my stash and found a box of "finished pages." It was from a class I took several years ago at The Scrapbook Page, a local scrapbooking store in Shawnee, Kansas.  It was actually a Christmas-themed page, but I like to think outside the box, and just focused on the background color being red.  I added photos and made a few modifications. I am liking the color themes and I can see how the ephemera can bring continuity to the project pages.  Combing through my photos and continuing to find new stashes in various places around the house punctuates my need to further pursue photo organization, i.e. Photo Freedom, with Stacy Julian's Library of Memories.