February in Focus: OLW Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

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Welcome to to my stop on the One Little Word blog hop for February. If you’ve come from Margie’s blog, welcome! The full list of blogs is at the end of this post.

The Giveaway

My special giveaway this month is a brand spanking new Ella Publishing ebook on Stamping – scroll to the post below to enter!

The Prompt

We were asked to take 9 photos over the month to document/express our word. Even though I’ve not taken a lot of photos this month, I managed to find 9 that represented what I’m focusing on right now. I just should have found a photo of Phill to include!

I am sure I’m missing a few focus points (eg faith and sewing) but I like this reminder of what my life is about right now!
  • Baby Nano
  • Emily
  • Us
  • Phill’s new hobby (coffee making/latte art)
  • My health
  • Growing friends
  • Creativity
  • Scrapbooking
  • Gardening
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More posts about my One Little Word adventure:

  • One Little Word in Focus OLW Blog Hop: January 2012
  • One Little Word January Blog Hop
  • One Little Word September Blog Hop
  • One Little Word August Blog Hop
  • One Little Word July Blog Hop
  • One Little Word June OLW Blog Hop
  • One Little Word April Self Portrait
  • One Little Word–My album so far
  • One Little Word 2011–Grow
  • One Little Word 2011

    About the Class

    Ali Edwards sends out monthly emails with a prompt for the month and you just complete it as you are inspired to throughout the month. Did you know that the One Little Word class is open all year?

    Want more OLW inspiration?

    Head over to Sharyn’s blog.

    Here’s the rest of the stops in the One Little Word blog hop:

    Thanks again to Margie for organising this hop!

    Happy hopping!

    Melissa
    *Thank your for using affiliate links to support my blog*

    PS. My Big News!

    I’m so excited to share with you that I’ve been invited to teach at True Scrap 3! I’m the only Aussie instructor and I’d love to see some fellow Simple Aussie Girls there!

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    • Have fun and get the project done!
    Join me for plenty of inspiration for your next project, or that little extra kick to get those UFOs done!

    Join me for the most awesome scrapbooking event EVER!

    I’m so thrilled to be teaching at True Scrap, and know it is well worth the $127 you pay to get in no matter what kind of memory keeper, scrapper, crafter or photographer you are!

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  • 11 comments

    1. I really like how you turned this into a 12×12 (it seems?) the colours go great with your photos! Excited to see that you do cross stitching!! I love doing it… only prob is I have a pretty modern taste when it comes to my house haha so I never do anything with the finished ones..

    2. Beautiful photos Melissa.  I love the summery colors, they are a great contrast to the wintery colours I'm seeing in New England (US).
      ~Marilee

    3. Pretty papers – I'm enjoying spring here in London but that sunshine and garden is very tempting. I'm looking forward to TrueScrap3.

    4. wonderful photos this month & your layout is super cute. i love the color palette. sorry it took me so long to comment, i've been out of town since the hop went live. see you next month! xoxo

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