Welcome to the first post of the Grow With Love: Letters Edition {March}! As I outlined in our first post of the Letters series in January…Grow With Love: Letters is a series of templates and journaling prompts inspired by letter writing that will be featured in the Artisan Notebook throughout 2011.
In January, we put pen to paper writing letters to ourselves: letters of encouragement, of determination and compass setting. We built a kind of foundation for the year with our pages. And last month, we were inspired by the mood of the month: LOVE. We considered our own love stories and those the relationships and loves that have impacted us and shaped our personal stories.
This month, we find ourselves pondering “gifts”. Gifts received, gifts given, gifts of character, gifts of talent.
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gift – noun
1. something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
2. the act of giving.
3. something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift.
4. a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.
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Let’s take a peek at the first prompt of the month. This is Day Nine:
There are so many options for where this prompt can guide you. Do your thoughts immediately land on a tangible gift you’ve received? Or do you think of gifts of moments, gifts of trust, gifts of blessing? Do you find yourself drawn to scrapping a photoless page? One that shines the spotlight on a “thing”? One that focuses on people and relationships? A little of everything?
Let’s take a look at some of the amazing inspiration from the Storytellers…
Coila:
Lex:
Mandi:
Mel:
I love how each “gift” highlighted set the mood of the page, from the photo selections to the element and color choices. The meaning and the emotion of each just jumps from the page. What gift will you scrap? We can’t wait to see!
Be sure to join Crystal on her blog next Wednesday 16 March for the next prompt.