What I loved the most about designing and scrapbooking this Friendship Album, was discovering how differently each contributing friend perceived Carol, the birthday recipient. It prompted me to contemplate how my friends might perceive me, and led me to reflect on the importance of friendship in general.
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Martha's double-page layout was titled "Passion." She created the lovely black & white artwork on the left and chose the gray background paper. Inspired by her work, I designed the companion page on the right, and added all the red embellishments to provoke the feeling of passion in the viewer. Here's a close-up of Martha's artwork:
I love Martha's words to her friend: "To Carol, whose diverse passions lift my spirits." Then she added verses that described the two aspects of Carol's personality that she admired most. On the dancing side of her drawing she added: "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme the honky-tonk life," and on the meditation side, she wrote, "In dwelling, live close to the ground, in thinking, keep to the simple..."
Another friend, Margot, loves the subtle, quiet way in which Carol nurtures and cultivates her friendships:
Margot's loving letter to Carol spoke about how much she admired that quality in her friend, and I added a lovely poem about the virtues of planting a tree to reinforce the message. The scrapbook layout was given a duel title: "Nurture" & "Cultivate" and the photos I used were (appropriately) of Carol's yard and garden. The background paper and flower embellishments support Margot's message and help tell the story.
What words do you think your friends would use to describe the best things about you? What qualities do you admire most about yourself?
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