WOYWW #506

Yup, I’m “back in the game” after my short blogpost and empty page last week… Julia, you must have a sixth sense (“I’m not sure that short is good Marit, your usual enthusiasm seems missing, I hope you’re feeling alright?…”) I was indeed a little ’empty’ myself…

The week before last, my ex-father-in- law and “opa” (grandfather) of my son passed away quite suddenly, after a short illness. I always stayed in contact with my former parents-in-law and his death came as a shock. In the weekend, on a day filled with rain and sleet, we drove to the province of Brabant (the drive alone was exhausting already!) where I went to the funeral. In addition to meeting my ex-family-in-law, I also saw and spoke a lot of old acquaintances ‘from a former life.’ All in all, it was a strange and quite emotional day and after I got home, I kinda crashed… On top of that, the weather was cold, rainy and grey all week which wasn’t very uplifting to my mood.

I did show up in my atelier every day, and managed to create a weekly spread on that empty page… I added a plastic pocket to the pages to preserve the funeral- and memory card (the blurred part)

The Chronicles of Marit 2019 – Week 5 (left side)

The Chronicles of Marit 2019 – Week 5 (right side)

Last weekend, I watched the video-tutorial my fellow-teacher Tangie Baxter posted in the workshop “Book of Days” and lo and behold ~ grey clouds seem to disappear and I spend all day drawing faces and tearing & pasting pieces of paper. This is what came out of my hand… not my normal style but it was fun and I felt a lot better!

This week, I finished the spread

The Chronicles of Marit 2019 – Week 6

And yes, now I am working on a scrapbooking lay-out… I saw an old scrapbook challenge blog “Dutch Dares” return after a break of 2 years. They provide new challenges, not on the blog but in a Facebook Group this time. Although I find the challenge “Love” (’cause it’s almost Valentine’s day) rather cliché, I thought I’d give it a try.

The sun is shining and Spring is in the air. The weather forecast prodicts this kind of weather for the next days too and my beloved and I plan a long hike (forest-dunes-beach) tomorrow… that will be our “Valentine’s day” together.  I hope you have a lovely week, hug your loved ones (not only on Valentine’s day!) and here’s a big, warm, digital {{{HUG}}} from me to you!