Tomorrow's Class

And here is the layout I'm going to be teaching tomorrow night at my LSS. I'm looking forward to it, now that most of my prep work is done. I'm not totally thrilled with this layout BUT that's okay. I've realized something about teaching recently. I have to create layouts/projects that the average scrapbooker can do. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE enlargements on my layouts. However, most people who are taking classes at our LSS, are probably not going to create many layouts with enlargements on them. And that is totally OKAY! It's different from what I like to do but that is okay and I'm learning that the class is not for me, it's for the students so I have to do/create things that work for them. And most of them want to bring their photos to the class and go home with a completed project OR go home and glue on their photos as soon as they get home so that their layout is completed. Anyway, that was like one of those 'a-ha!' moments for me! So that's why this layout has 5-4x6's photos on it. Now I must add that I really don't care much (okay, I strongly dislike) that photo of me and it wasn't supposed to be a part of this layout BUT last night I wanted to fix something and I TOTALLY ripped the photo of my dad that was there. (Sorry, dad, I didn't mean to rip your head off!) And I figured since I already had this one of me printed I would use it instead. DOH! Oh and it's hard to tell in the scan but I glued patterned paper to the back of the ornaments so it would show through (thanks to Mary for the idea)! And as an added bonus, there's a card using the scraps to go with the layout! So it's kinda two-projects-in-one (thanks again Mary for that idea!). Really, I do come up with ideas on my own, I promise!!!!!

The people in the photos are, L to R: me, my mom, my BIL Jerry (the soon-to-be-dad), Jonathan, and my brother, Darrin and his GF, Kelsey

So let me know what you think, okay? And for those of you out there that are teachers, feel free to pass along any tips, hints, ideas about teaching that might help me. This is a big change for me - I'm not a 'teacher' type. I wish I had inherited that from my mom though!

Oh and one more thing, I have 8 of the 10 HOF layouts done. I thought I had 9 done but have decided to make a few changes to one of them. The 10th layout is yet to be created. I'm feeling a bit stumped/stuck on it. EEKS!