One of the most challenging and interesting things you can do with your scrapbook layouts is ask questions of yourself, and see if your creative exploration can help provide some answers.
At this time of year, we tend to turn inward and become philosophical about the past and the future. We wonder if we’ve made good decisions, done all we could do. We try to predict the future, dream about what we might create, build and nurture.
This month at Scrapbooking from the Inside Out, we’re exploring the theme of UNCERTAINTY.
Our December kit, UNCERTAINTY, provides a special opportunity to explore what you don’t know…yet. Life is full of mystery…some of it is unknown, and some is unknowable.
How do you handle the ambiguity, confusion and unpredictability that is a natural part of the complicated lives we lead. Your life is what you make it – complex, rich, and imbued with the color YOU decide.Our DT created some great layouts on this subject…check these out:
Design Team Coordinator Melissa Elsner wonders if her future will head in the direction she dreams of…living in Chicago and making a living in scrapbooking and graphic design. She doesn’t know if or when it will happen, but if it will, she has to first ask herself the question!
Jamie Long wonders how life will change for her in the future when, inevitably, she will be separated from her canine soulmate. It’s hard to imagine life without someone we love dearly. She wonders in her journaling if her question is silly, but any animal lover knows it’s not.
Laura Croft asks the universe whether her dream of becoming a mother will happen, and how it will take shape. She wonders whether her challenges will be met with support and perseverance. Writing about the journey allows her to ponder the directions that are available and manage the uncertainty ahead.
Mette Kallander ponders her essential humanness and wonders if she’ll make the right decisions as life progresses. Like the rest of us, “she’s only human” and her path will take twists and turns.
Every month we create a kit that uses the freshest supplies along with all the symbolism you’ll need to help you tell your real story. Our industry-exclusive FREE Inspiration Page provides you with a multimedia support system – including deep journaling prompts, a music playlist, quotes, photos and evocative challenges to make your tender heart and creative mind and hands flow.
We’ve also got an amazing, deep and real community of women just like you who want to share what truly matters most. And with our kits, there are no sneaky add-ons to buy – just the perfect amount of stylish new paper, beautiful and meaningful embellishments and crazy-good variety!
So what question would you like to ask yourself? If you don’t ask, you certainly won’t find your answer…are you ready to be brave? Leave a comment here and tell us your question, and you’ll be entered to win the UNCERTAINTY kit. And do come join us online and grab your kit and our free inspiration now…we would love to welcome you and join you on your journey. Come on by and Explore Your Inner World!
- Rachel Kaufman
What does the future hold for me? Will I find the career of my dreams or continue to wander? Will I have a home of my own or continue to live with friends or family? This cycle has gotten old and stale and I am ready for change. Please let it come soon!
Should I move to California or stay in Chicago?
What would happen if I just walked away…
Where will my creativity be next year?
Will he ever be mine?
Will I ever move, change jobs, have some money?
Where do we go from here? That’s my question–I think I really should scrap about it….LOVE:) Thanks for sharing!!!
Will I ever find the perfect words to tell you just how very much I love you?
Will I ever learn to do things on time?
gorgeous layouts! Will I make a living at writing?
is this where my life starts again? i certainly hope so, it’s been a rough four years…
How can I best tell my story that will put our lives in perspective giving them significance and meaning for our children and grandchildren?
I wonder what I will do when my kids are grown?
Right now I’m working part time and really love it
but the opportunity has come up for full time so………..
Should I stay or should I go?
as the kids are growing and moving on, I wonder how empty I will feel in my empty house.
What a great idea! I could do this for my baby girl’s scrapbook – “What will she be when she grows up?”
Will I ever find true happy again?
Will I ever write children’s books? Can I?
Why can’t I have confidence in myself! And, thanks for a chance to win!
How do I learn to see the sunshine again?
Where will these feet go? Okay, so it’s referring to my little bitty baby’s feet, but it’s something that I often wonder.
If I don’t earn a promotion, what job do I want to do?
Great kit, and beautiful layouts. Over the past few years, I’ve always had this small nagging feeling of something being incomplete, and would like to explore that scary feeling more. I would ask, ” what’s missing?”
The question that weighs heaviest on me is: What will happen to the foster baby I raised who went back to his birth mother after 26 months? And related to that are a long string of questions that include: Will he be OK? Will she be able to parent him? What will he be? And will he remember me?
Whether you get the job you want really depends on your answers during the interview, even so during this economic crisis!
Awesome layouts, my question..Do I qualify for the uncertanty kit if I live in New Zealand?
When am I going to land my dream job and start using my degrees to their full potential?!