The Flyers CJ - Part Deux. Heidi's theme - Favourite Book

For the second round of The Flyers newbie circle journal Heidi has chosen "Favourite Book" as her theme.
I love to read, usually have a couple on the go at the same time and one of my favourite authors is Fannie Flagg.
It all began with "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" and ended with "I Still Dream About You".
I'm looking forward to her next novel but don't know when that will be.
As I couldn't really choose between any of her books I decided to scrap my two favourites.

"The Whistle Stop Cafe Cook Book" and "Redbird Christmas".

Left page
The photo is of the cookbook and some
green tomatoes picked from my garden
 last summer.

I made a card using TH paper
and on the reverse listed all of Fannie Flagg's book titles.
It tucks in behind the flowery paper.

The stamped flower is a favourite
from PaperArtsy.

For the right hand page
I re-purposed a Christmas card featuring a red cardinal.
the redbird of the book title.
The hand written recipe is for the famous fried green tomatoes,
 the tag is hidden behind the card.

lift up the card and there's the book photo

An unseasonable post for the month of May, perhaps, but do try and get hold of a copy of Redbird Christmas reading it every year has become one of my favourite Advent traditions.

First Circle Journal - finished!

As promised last week here are the pix of my completed Flyers Newbie Circle Journal.

WOW

front cover

inside front cover, hidden tag records
the Flyers names and themes

Elaine's pages show the Shard in London.
A bird's eye view.

Jool's story.
A trip to Niagara Falls.

Becky went to Italy, alone!

Heidi's dog Rusty thought the snow was
WOW

a pocket inside the back cover
holds the sign up tags

I covered an vintique, French Geography schoolbook
with fabric recycled from a favourite faded blue chambray shirt.
On the front champagne foils, washi tape, TH letter cards,
& little yellow bicycle flags, tags and paper.

I think it's WOW.

Flyers CJ - Childhood Memories

Since joining UK Scrappers I have enjoyed doing many of the weekly and monthly challenges and learned lots of new techniques.
I know my style of scrapping has benefited from the input of all the talented people who share their experience in the galleries and in the forums, so inspirational.
I don't think I would have had the confidence to join a circle journal group, a year ago.

For Becky's CJ, theme - Childhood memories - I sorted through some old photos that my mother gave me years ago and the memories just came flooding back.
A very keen dressmaker my mum, like many other 50's housewives, liked to dress my sister Rhonda and I alike and the Simplicity paper patterns made this possible even on a tight budget.

These pages completed our Flyers Newbie Circle Journal but we all enjoyed doing it so much we're decided to go for a second go round beginning 1st May. Part deux!

In the meantime, I have a few finishing touches to add then I can post cover to cover photo's of my very first circle journal.

Joyeuses Paques.

Flyers Circle Journal - Favourite Places

When I saw the theme, Favourite Places, that Elaine chose for her circle journal there was only one place in my mind - Hilton Head Island.

 The SP and I have enjoyed so many wonderful vacations in HHI, the jewel of the South Carolina Low Country.

We have now, reluctantly, sold our Marriott timeshare on the island but I'm sure that won't stop us from going back when we next get the chance!

Flyers Circle Journal - in these shoes I don't think so!

When I first heard what Jools had chosen as the theme for her  cj "in these shoes I don't think so!" I have to admit I was flummoxed.

Then Jools told me about the song by Kirstie McColl , and I was none the wiser!

I did finally get an idea of what I wanted to do and luckily, when she received the pages yesterday, Jools said they made her laugh & could relate!

The journaling on the tag, hidden behind the photo of me wearing flip flops in the snow, reads:

In my 20's, 30's and well into my 40's I loved to wear  high heels. 

Now I seem to live in either crocs or flip flops, depending on the season.

That's why when it snowed here in January I had to say

"in these shoes? I don't think so!"

My WOW Circle Journal - Becky's pages

Today, the first pages for my WOW circle journal arrived, from Becky.

The theme of my circle journal is "sights that made/make us go WOW"

on the back of this gorgeous tag is Becky's WOW story:

I was about 24 when I went to Italy.

I went on a coach trip, on my own

but I definitely did not regret doing it

all I could think of when I went to the different places

seeing all the architecture and the terracotta roofs

was

WOW

Thanks Becky for sharing the memory and

sending such beautiful pages for my journal

My first Circle Journal.

After what seems like months of waiting I finally got the news from UKS last month that 4 other Circle Journal newbies were ready to embark on this new exciting project with me.
We chose the name "Flyers" for our group and then quickly came up with the theme and size of our journals, we also decided to do double page LO's not singles.
Heidi's chosen theme is "favourite song lyrics"; Jools picked "in these shoes?? I don't think so"; Elaine went with "favourite places"; Becky, "childhood memories" and I decided on "sights that made/make us go WOW".
The first pages I created were for Heidi, the song I chose was a favourite of mine "Sympathique", performed by Pink Martini, sung in French.

left hand page

As we are all newbies the rules for our cj are a little different, the main one being that we don't mail the actual book to the next person, only the pages. 

lhp with tags visible

We each assemble our journal as we receive the pages.

right hand page

rhp reveal

Because I live in Normandy I was worried that my pages might be delayed in arriving at Heidi's so I mailed them ahead of the Feb 4th assigned mailing date.

They left on Thursday and arrived on Saturday!
Now that I know how efficiently La Poste and Royal Mail can work together I won't be so worried next time when I mail out Jools' pages.

tag with cd cover photo, tucks inside rhp
I added some song lyrics to the image
using ashampoo photo commander

I'm thrilled to say that Heidi thinks they're beautiful, what do you think?