It’s very rare that I get the opportunity to dress up in Indian clothes.  It only happens once every couple of years when there’s a wedding in the family or some other special event.  I think people are always surprised when they see me in traditional Indian attire since it happens so infrequently.  Last summer, we went to Dhimant’s cousin’s wedding so I had the opportunity to dress up  several days in a row for the various wedding events.  While we were on the way to one of the events, I took a selfie to capture evidence of my outfit and thought it would be nice to scrapbook it too.

As soon as I saw Tracy Armstrong’s colorful layout in her Studio Calico Far Far Away gallery, I knew it was the perfect background to use for my selfie.  I love how she used the various strips of patterned paper and the diamond shaped photo along with the wood veneer diamonds.  So, I lifted her design, adapted it to a 12×12 background and added my photo.  I also wanted to include a bit of journaling so I added that up one of the strips of paper.  Thanks for the awesome inspiration, Tracy!

I’m still scrapbooking regularly and today I’m sharing a layout I lifted from Brooke Takara.  She’s very creative and makes some really fun pages.  I loved the large arrow element she used in one of her recent layouts and was excited to recreate it.  I used the Studio Calico Far Far Away kit and adapted Brooke’s design to a 12×12 layout.  I love how it turned out and love how the photo provides a nice pop of color on the page.  Thanks for the inspiration, Brooke!