finished my first circle journal!

[joolsmicra]

After scrapping and being on UK scrappers for years, I recently took part in the Newbie circle journal, which was just pages, rather than the whole book.
I have loved it! And I have learned so much! (thank you fellow flyers!).I will say if you are thinking of dipping your toe in....do it!

[U]Good Things!
It makes you think! What ARE your favourite Lyrics/clothes/sweets
You learn new things.(I now have flaps on everything!)
You see beautiful work
You try new styles.
You learn a little bit about fellow scrappers....good for the nosey.
It gives you a time scale and reason to use your inks!

possible bad things
It costs more than you think to post things...not so bad for pages, may be crippling for a big book. Make allowances!
You are tempted to buy more things...(as in, Ive seen a stamp that is perfect for my 'music' page....)
You may get scrappers block...other peoples pages are so lovely, I dont want to spoil their book.
Things (like life) happen...in the course of a long journal there will be holidays, illnesses, which will cut down your time.

Would I do it again??? Yep...already planning it!

[MaryAnne]

Wow. I am excited that you had such a good experience with your first CJ. And a you say, SO LONG to finally decide to do it.

I love the few I have that are completed and wish I could go back and see the old ones I did - I know I did a page I loved, based on this "poem" :

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I wish I could see it again. I'm sure I scanned it but have NO IDEA where it is or who's CJ it was for. I would add to your TO DO list to photo or scan your pages and keep them.

In looking for that I found some really old but interesting images on my hard disk Some of the old layouts made me quite nostalgic (I think I need a smiling, but tearful, smiley here LOL!)

[elainevking]

Jools was in my CJ group and I ditto everything she said....we did a two week turnaround though and I feel a month would be less pressured so that's what we're going to do next time... Go... Jump in... Take the plunge. It'll be worth it