New!! BOM Challenge #01

I’m a big advocate of the Book of Me idea but we always seem to be the last person we scrap about. A while ago, when I was still paper scrapbooking, I started my book of me.

Check out the cute door handle on my BOM!!

Anyway, friends and family have often glanced through my BOM & even though I haven’t created a lot of pages, I know from their reactions, that they love reading my stories.

I’ve created a few digital pages as well and tend to do something as the mood fits, rather than follow a chronological process. Some funny, some a little more moving and some quite random…but they all include a little slice of who I am, so that my kids – and their families will know a little something about ME!

Anyway, as a challenge to myself and to you…I thought I would run a monthly “Book of Me” Challenge on my blog.

All you need to do, is complete a layout & upload it to a gallery, then leave a link here in the comments.  I will post the layouts here so that we can all enjoy them & use them as inspiration. Each month I will choose a random person and they will get a $5 coupon to my store. (If for some reason you don’t want your layout posted here, let me know. Sometimes the content may be too personal to share & I would hate to stop you recording your stories because of this).

Anyway…my first challenge to you is an easy one. It’s the proverbial Top Ten list.

Making lists is an easy way to record memories – and we don’t have to think too much about how things sound etc.

I’ve made this little card which you can use if you want to, but you don’t have to.

I want you to make a layout using the Top 10 idea, and if you want to, you can use one of the following prompts.

1. Places I want to visit

2. Things that make me smile

3. Pet Peeves

4. Favourites – ie movies, or books, or tv programs

This can include photos or not…the whole idea about a BOM that it’s about you! So it’s your chance to have fun with it…be creative!

OK – this challenge will run until the 15th February and I will have another challenge for you then. On your marks, Get Set….GO!