I don't know whether it's the same in other places, but where I live summer is always a time for changes. Minnesotans rush to get big projects done during this one snow-free season. If people are going to move to a new home, it often happens in the summer. Construction and renovation projects also happen in the summer.
Sometimes changes can be serious, but other times they are more light-hearted. The layout below, entitled "Bye-Bye, Fry Guy," highlights an example of the latter type of change. In this case, a fast food restaurant in my old neighborhood converted from an outdoor playland with metal play equipment, to an indoor playland with new, plastic play equipment. Scott and I did not have children at that time, so we were unfamiliar with this playland...but we soon made the acquaintance of a certain character from the old playland, who was being discarded.
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| Supplies: lacy and scalloped patterned papers by October Afternoon; all other patterned papers by Bella Blvd; rub-ons and button by October Afternoon; yellow alphabet stickers by Bella Blvd; all other stickers by Crate; faux brads by Craftworks Cards; thread by DMC; pen by Zig. |
In keeping with the mirthful, informal theme of the layout, I wrote my journaling in the "white space" of one of my photos.
The journaling reads: "Our first apartment was next to a McDonalds. When its playland was renovated, some teenagers from our building "liberated" this old Fry Guy. He lived in our parking lot for awhile. Seeing him always made me smile!" :)
Aside from the background paper, all the papers that I used on this layout are scraps left over from other projects. It's always nice to reduce the scrap pile a bit. I trimmed fringe along the edge of one striped scrap of paper, then curled the fringe under, creating a dimensional border beneath one of my photos. I think the fringe looks a bit like a Fry Guy's shaggy fur. :)
14 comments:
I love the way you use leftovers and scraps to make "lovelies" to look at!
Fiery Sunrise
What a fun story and layout! I love how you represented the "fries." Very creative :)
Great cutwork and use of the scraps to make the fringe on your page.
So cute...love this lighthearted layout.
Beautiful Denise! Very colorful and cheerful
Denise, I love that you captured this memory in a LO. I remember that fry guy from my childhood days at a local McDonald's...I had nearly forgotten. Thanks for the smile and walk down memory lane :)
Love this so creative cool page.
byebye,Lean
This Fry Guy page is sooo super fun. Love the journaling too.
Love the scraps, Denise. What a cool story to document! When I visited the mid-west sometime in the 90s, I was told that there were two seasons there - Winter and Construction season !!!
It's so interesting what one can do with leftovers and scraps. I always hate to throw away anything! Nicely done!
Great layout and love the story behind it!
Oh yes indeed it sure brought a smile! Love the fringe too!!
such a fun and interesting LO, Denise! I love that you always have something interesting to share that goes together with your project. i especially like those curled paper trims - looks very cute :-)))
Love the page you created around this fun guy and the interesting story behind it. You really are the queen of scraps. xx
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