Homespun layouts

Last month I had an article in Scrapbook Creations on the carry over of the homespun trend into scrapbooking. These are the layouts that I made as examples of the various trends that seem to be occurring in our daily living, and which are translating across into the scrapbooking world.

I discussed the trend toward gardening and growing our own produce.



There are loads of scrapbooking products out with a gardening theme - including Cosmo's Garden Variety (used here) and Webster’s Pages Nature’s Storybook.

I covered the popularity of home cooking:

Journaling: Grandma made you a huge platter of cupcakes for your second birthday. Oh wow!

LOL, look at Jamie's little eyes just level with the cupcake stand. He was fascinated with those candles! I used Webster's Pages Sweet as Cherry Pie line for this page. But there are a number of scrapbooking lines out with cooking as the theme including BasicGrey's Nook and Pantry and Graphic 45s Domestic Goddess.

I explored the popularity of sewing, knitting, patchwork and crochet.

Journaling: Mum made all her clothes, even her wedding dress. She taught Sonia and me to sew too. Sonia still does. I got caught up with other things. I really should pick it up again.

In this layout I focused on my mother as a seamstress. The layout is based on a background of raw calico.

And I discussed our move towards buying locally, attending farmers' markets and having fresh produce.

Journaling: When we were kids we always had chooks in the back yard. They lived in a little ramshackle chicken coop that dad built for them. I remember that I hated having to go in there to collect the eggs. I also remember that the roosters were often fierce and chased us around the yard! But it was wonderful to have chooks.

I'm off to drop Jamie at kindy! See you.
Kathie