Although it's a weeklong celebration in the African-American community, everyone can reflect on the principles during December 26 - January 1and apply them to your own life.
For more ideas, check out Lisa Sanford's BLOG, or the ideas in Ethnic Scrapbooking.
Chris Rock's movie Good Hair is a great example of Ethnic Scrapbooking. Many women of all races come to me and ask me how to scrapbook their hair journey. Some just want to create a compilation of their various hairstyles, some want to make business portfolios, others want to scrapbook their journey as a form of therapy showcasing how they have come to grips with their hair. Every woman can write a personal story about their hair, jot down a story or two today.
Over on my blog, I let my hair down a bit, check it out CLICK HERE
I am extremely flattered that someone recognized my parenting style...the heart of Ethnic Scrapbooking.
Here's my latest ancestor find, Uncle Dock Mickens' portrait hanging at a relatives home St. Croix, VI
The scrapbook layout below (found in Ethnic Scrapbooking) was a tribute to my father's dream of seeing an African-American fire fighter in our hometown in Southwestern Pennsylvania. I'm pleased that my Dad got to witness the unthinkable, an African-American man elected President of the United States.
I encourage you to document your part, your thoughts and feelings on this historical moment even if you are not an American.
Here's a link to my blog where I feature my most recent connection to the Irish tradition of St. Patrick's Day <CLICK HERE> be sure to follow the links to the instructions and the photo album of the inside pages.
I'm not sure of Dr. Seuss's ethnicity, but celebrating his birthday is a tradition around our house. This year, we didn't have our tradtional green eggs and ham breakfast, but Leah did read a round of his books for us.
Ahhhh...I met a girl after my own heart. I had the pleasure of meeting Tia Bennett and blessing her with a copy of my book to encourage her to keep creating classes like, "Message in a Matryoshka" that I took this weekend at ScrapBowl in Chantilly, VA.
Tia's class is inspired and based on a Russian nesting doll. It's all bout connecting to another culture. Instead of creating this mini album about those who nest within me, I decided to make it about me and the multiple layers of who I am.
Tia feels my pain in trying to reach the masses and break out of the box and take a different spin on this whole scrapbooking thing. I think my book will inspire her to keep creating Ethnic Scrapbooking projects and know that there will be much good to come of it. It might not be the trend today...but it will be.
