Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Mary [ 10:29 AM ] | 0 comments

I'm on a scrappy roll right now and it feels good. Scrappy therapy is the best - it brings me piece of mind and de-stresses me. AHHHH....

I've just completed a commissioned mini album for the cutest little boy named Tristan. What a heartbreaker that kid is! Once I got started it came together as planned (which is always a good thing). I can't wait to hear what the recipient of the mini book thinks when they see it.

The photos have all be taken and I plan on uploading them over the next few weeks.

In the meantime, here is a layout I completed in July at Friday night crop at Scrapalicious.


The Blue Mosque, Malaysia

What a wondrous place this is to visit. This trip was full of visits to temples and churches of all denominations.

Whenever we travel in a foreign country we like to experience some part of local life.  Visiting their places of worship, wet markets, local restaurants is just the thing to see what the place is REALLY about. If I wanted the Disney Land version of a country – I’d go to Vegas or ... Disney – KWIM??

In 2001, Tourists could visit the mosque by the side of the building. They have headscarves and smocks for the tourists to wear over their regular clothes as they walk through the mosque (of course you are only allowed through certain portions of the building).  One comment that I do have to make is that they really need to wash those smocks more often. I mean, it was a billion degrees that day...if you get my drift...

The architecture and tile work is just beautiful and worthy of a trip.
We were there during the day but as you can see in the image at the bottom left is a postcard of the mosque at night beautifully lit up.

Post cards are an awesome way of getting a great shot in your scrapbook layout. A photo like this takes skill and a really great camera – 2 things I didn’t have in 2001!!