What a year! 2011 Year in Review

Confession: I forgot I had stated any scrapbooking goals for this year until just now when I went to look at the post to see how I'd done! 

I only had three goals for 2011; here's how I did with them:

1. Get caught up. 

Hahahahahahahahahaha. 'Nuff said.

2. Continue to work on and improve my photography any which way I can. 

I definitely fulfilled this--I worked on AND improved my photography. I am somewhat obsessed, actually. I am planning to do a 365 project (where I take a photo a day every day) primarily as a photography project and secondarily as a scrapbooking/project life type project. It's supposed to really help improve your photography. (I tried one in 2009 and it lasted eight days.)

3. Start a scrapbooking section of a [friend's] store and do corollary workshops.

I didn't do this exactly, but I did pursue my dream of spreading the scrapbooking love and making a go of a scrapbooking business. So far there isn't a whole lot to report--it's still early days--but it is already going in amazing directions.

And goals for 2012? Actually, they're exactly the same as for 2011! Get caught up, work on improving my photography, and work on developing my scrapbooking business. 

As for favourite LOs this year... I didn't scrap all that much, but of the scrapping I did, here are my faves:

I love the colours, the butterflies and especially the photos here (taken by a professional photographer). This is a very "me" LO, or what used to be very me. Heeeee... .

Funny, when I was choosing the LOs for this post I didn't intentionally choose two that have the same butterflies and brown & white ribbon but there you have it! Love these photos of my cutie pie too (which I took myself heeeeee.)

I got addicted to mists in 2011. This is one trend that I am so glad I hooked on to. Almost all of my LOs are misted now. White cardstock just looks so... well, plain, without mist.

I also have gotten more into a "messy" or "Australian" style of page, where things aren't quite so symmetrical as [what used to be?] my norm.

More mist again! I also got into doing 8.5"x11" pages in 2011. They make scrapbooking so easy! I love this LO for the colours and the photo (DH and I experimenting with lens flare), and also because of what the LO means to me. I made a lot of huge decisions and life changes in 2011 and this LO marks that turning point.

And one last thing that I want to mention: I got a photo printer. I've always been convinced that home-printed photos are not as good as those printed at a store/lab. But then I got a Canon Selphy and it is fantastic. Quite economical -- almost the same cost as prints at my regular place (which is more expensive than the US), very fast, the printer is tiny, and the photos look amazing. I love it!  

So there you have it. I'm excited about 2012 for my scrapbooking and my photography and for my life in general... and all three are converging so much, which I'm so happy about.