Wordplay Challenge 9: Old Business

It's March, which means that spring will soon be here, as will the whole spirit of spring cleaning. Before we look ahead to the new, though, it's time to acknowledge the old. This week, take care of some "old business":

something unresolved
something for which you are still seeking closure
something that revisits you in dreams
something that comes back to bite you in the butt every so often
something that needs to be put back into its box
some story left unfinished

You get the idea. The challenge this week isn't necessarily to resolve the unresolved or to give up the ghost, but to put the old business back on the table and address it directly. It's time.

Catching Up

I've been swamped lately, but I haven't forgotten these challenges! Although I plan to go back and make full-scale layouts later for the last two prompts, I touched on both in a mini-album that I made with the March Bad Girls kit.

I talked about my page-tapping habit (Wordplay 7, "That Thing You Do") and...

I actually photographed my foot (ugh) and wrote about why it is that I never paint my toenails (Wordplay 8, "Body Bio").

I've still got more ideas mulling around inside my head for these two challenges, so I know I'll be revisiting them soon!

Wordplay Challenge 8: Body Part Bio

This week, choose one of your body parts -- the more interesting the relationship, the better -- and tell its story. What have your eyes seen? Why do your ears hang low? Does your belly button enjoy being an outie? Why do your legs feel loved only when they're wearing jeans?

This one should be interesting...

Wordplay Challenge 7: That Thing You Do

That thing you do: you know what it is.
You know why you do it.
You know how other people react to it.
Do tell.

Imperfect

Now that my cold and cough are under control, I'm finally getting some scrapping action once again. It's about time!
This is my "imperfect" page documenting my "Imperfect" love poem.

Wordplay Challenge 6: Love Poem

This week I challenged the students in my LIT 2000 class to compose a love poem without using cliches. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it would be a great Wordplay challenge for this week, too. So there you go -- time to channel the poet within, and attempt to put into words the very thing that is often very difficult to put into words. Find the words to say it, without giving in to the temptation to use cliches. You can find my attempt here.

Compendium

Due to a cold that's been kicking my butt for the past two days, I've only just finished my self-portrait for Wordplay #4. I started with the journaling, pulling together fragments from my "poem a day" journal.

There were so many variations, I decided to pull them all together on a single page and call the page "Compendium."

(Sorry! Out for publication -- be back soon.)

I loved the pink and gray combo in this month's Jenni Bowlin kit. Everything just clicked.