The Salt Lake Tribune

Every once in awhile something happens that just completely floors me.

As most of you already know, I am on the CT for The Digichick. After a minor hiatus, TDC Blog is back up and running with new challenges and workshops. Our very first challenge of the year was to scrap 10 Hopes and Wishes for 2010. I honestly didn't think I would have time to participate in the challenge, so I had pretty much given up on even trying. But I found a few hours one day so made my page. I hadn't even thought about 10 goals for the year so had to think of them as I scrapped them. I got my page done and was pretty happy with the finished product so posted it to my online galleries.

Only a few hours after posting it, Linda Fantin, a reporter from The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah contacted me and asked me if she could use my page for a monthly feature column she writes. Of course I said yes! So here is the link, if you are interested.

I spoke a little about digital scrapbooking in general and am quoted in this first page.
Scrapbooking: The decade of documenting

Then my page and the challenge are discussed in greater detail here. 
Scrapbooking workshop: Ten wishes for 2010

I want to say Thank you so very much to Linda for choosing my page to be shared in her newspaper. I am honored.

Just a few

I have only two layouts this week with new releases. But keep an eye out here around sometime on Sunday or Monday. I have something else I want to show you. 今週のページは2枚しか出来なかったでけど、また日曜日の夜、月曜日の午後ごろ他の見せたいのがありますから。

This first page is another page using my friend's beautiful daughter's photo again. Get used to it, there's going to be a lot more. One of these days I would LOVE to have Solveig Boergen take my family's photos too. 1枚目はまたお友達の娘の写真を使ってページを作りました。私の家族の写真も Solveig Boergen　にお願いしたいけど。。。

The second page is from when my family and I went to a place named Oshino Hakkai early in December. My husband and I had been there years ago on a date when we both lived in that area. The place is famous for its view of Mt. Fuji, its deep and icy cold spring water pond and its free soba restaurant. It was the first time for us to enjoy it all together as a family.2枚目は12月に山梨県忍野八海に行った時から写真です。数年前に二人だけでデートで遊びに行ったけど、この間は初めて家族として。富士山の景色や、深くて冷たい池や、無料でおそばを食べる所として有名です。

What a Happy New Year for me

A few months ago a layout of mine was chosen to be published in Scrapbooking.com Magazine. I'm thrilled to say the least. Here's link to Scrapbooking.com's homepage, and here's a link directly to my layout and article.

Yippee!

数ヶ月前に、Scrapbooking.comの編集長からメールもらって、最近作ったのページをScrapbooking.com 雑誌に乗せたいと仰いました。びっくりして、すごく嬉しくてもちろん乗せて下しを返事しました。良かったら、ここに見て下さい。

Art Attack

Layouts galore

(TDC Blog Train freebie is two posts down.) 

It's been awhile since I've posted any layouts here. Busy with the holidays and all that. I want to start of the new year right and get things caught up, so here are the final few layouts from leftover from last year.  年末はバタバタして、しばらくレイアウトは掲載事が出来なかったです。去年から残っているレイアウトは少しがあるからちゃんと展示します。

First up, here is a page I made with the incredible Limitless - Open Sky collaboration set by The Digichick designers. TDC デザイナイー達はコラボセットで作ったページです。

Next are some pages I made for new releases at The Digichick. 次は Creative Team のレイアウトです。

 

 

Here are a few pages I made for Christmas presents for my family in America. This is my beautiful niece and her precious family.  アメリカの家族クリスマスプレゼントとして作ったページです。芽衣子の家族です。

 And finally some pages I made just for fun.　そして、遊んで作ったページもあります。

 

 

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the web and taking a look at my pages. I always appreciate your visits.

Happy New Year

(TDC Blog Train is one post down.)

In Japan it is the tradition to send new year's greeting cards to friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, students, etc. Its the Japanese way to express your appreciation for the past year, and hopes for continued friendships in the new year.

I really like this tradition as it forces my family to all get together in front of the camera and take a family photo. Seriously, we all get in the same photo only about once a year in order to make these new years cards.

Its written in Japanese so my Japanese friends already know what it says. In English, basically it goes something like this.

"Happy New Year. I sincerely wish you great happiness and a wonderful year."