It's All About Me Blog Train

Today is the day. It's all about me. Me. Me. Me.

Hopefully you have found your way over from Amy's blog, so welcome to my part of the blog hop.

This is a project that I've been working on the last few days, and will be working on for the next few I feel! (Procrastination is my middle name after all...). You can find all the details on it here at Mel's blog, along with all the other participants if the train gets derailed somewhere along the way.

I'm pretty much digital all the way now, although I don't seem to be able to get rid of any of my traditional scrapbook supplies. Perhaps I'm a hoarder (shock... horror... not good!). Pretty much most of my supplies are from Songbird Avenue's De-Lovely kit, which you can find here.

As I've already hinted at my project isn't complete. So far I've managed to draft out what I want to include, have produced a few digital pages for a few of the prompts, but I am also missing some photos for which I'm waiting on my camera battery to recharge before I can take them. I plan to get them printed via Photobox into a small stylebook so each page is set up for printing at a size of 7" x 5.5". I will upload all the other pages as I finish the project over the weekend.

Prompt 1
What's your favourite indulgence (treat, dessert, beverage)?

Prompt 2
If you had one free afternoon to do anything you wanted, what would it be?

Prompt 3
What is something you use every single day, something that you could live without - but wouldn't want to?

This one is easy. It would have to be my iPhone. I use it for everything. I use it for my Couch to 5k training running programme. I play games on it. I listen to music. I pretty much use it for everything bar making phonecalls or sending texts! LOL. I'm just not much of a mobile phone person. Don't get me wrong I do use it as a phone, just not as much as I use it for everything else!

Prompt 4
What is something you buy in bulk, just to make sure you don't run out?

Toilet roll. 'Nuff said...

Prompt 5
Where in your home do you love to be?

In bed. I love my bed. I love my bedroom. I love the furniture, the colours, the quiet space that's just mine and Richard's. (I want to be there now but I'm typing this up in preparation for it going out at 7am!).

Prompt 6
What in nature most inspires you?

The sea. The smell of the salty air, the sound of the seagulls. It all takes me back to my home town. And I particularly love the beach in the winter when the sea is wild and there is hardly anyone there. It's a great place to just sit and be.

Prompt 7
What store wouldn't you want to live without?

This was a hard one as I'm really not much of a shopper (who knew...?). So I would probably have to say Sainsbury's as without grocery shopping, well, we'd all starve! LOL.

Prompt 8
What is a little thing you do, to spread cheer to those you love?

This has become a bit of 'thing' in our house now. I love to make my family's boring sandwich lunches special. I always cut their sandwiches into little triangles. I usually then make 'mountains' out of them by standing them up vertically, crust sides down on the plates. And then I add 'specials' - Noah particularly likes 'specials'. They really are only little extras, like Babybel cheeses, a couple of cocktails sausages or small egg/bacon bites. Richard just cuts the sandwiches in to 2 rectangles, straight in half, right down the middle and I expect they taste just as good... but I love to present them nicely to them - and I know it does make them happy because when I prepare packed lunches there are always cheers!

Prompt 9
What is your happiest colour?

This varies but for the last while it's been turquoise closely followed by pink (but NOT Barbie pink - yuck).

Prompt 10
What book has given you a new perspective on life?

The bible - obviously. Lots of tips on how to live your life in there.

Prompt 11
What is your favourite season?

Winter. It never used to be, not until we lived in Canada. I love the white crisp look of snow. It's magical. And, particularly in Canada, when you mix that with bright blue, clear skies I'm happy, happy, happy. I also would rather be cold than hot. If you're cold you can always add on more layers. When you're hot, well, there is only so much you can take off!!!

Prompt 12
What symbol, character, motif or design do you love?

Prompt 13
Do you have a collection?

In a word. No. I'm not much of a collector, although I'm still debating whether my traditional paper scrapbooking supplies could be classed as a collection. I collect the stuff, don't use it and won't get rid of it. So what do you think? A collection or not?

Prompt 14
What is something you are really good at?

Now this is where I show my insecurity as I can't really think of anything I'm really good at. I've thought about writing about my work (I'm pretty good at that), or digital scrapbooking (but am I really good or just so-so?), or what about cupcakes? I was never good at cookery in school but in the last couple of years have discovered a love baking. To be exact a love of baking cupcakes. I have some nice photos of some of my cupcakes so I think I'm going to say I'm really good at making cupcakes.

Prompt 15
List three words that describe you?

Mother, wife, runner (had to include running in this project somewhere, didn't I?). I plan on using 3 photos, one of Richard, one of the children and one of my smelly running shoes.

OK, that's all for now, but I promise I will update with the completed project in the next few days.

Time now to pop on over to Cheri's blog to see how she's interpreted the project, I know I will be.