MouseScrappers.com - Weekly Challenge #113 (11/30-12/6)

Well, this was going to be my first challenge, but I ended up filling in last minute for the Photo Scavenger Hunt. Still, this will be the first FINISHED challenge since the other runs through the end of December. If any of you are going to any of the Disney parks between now and December 31st, check out the Scavenger Hunt. It's fun, I know, I did it too earlier this month.

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it is this: I want you to document your favorite Disney souvenir. I'm using the term "souvenir" very broadly; this could include a photo, trading pin, purchase, just about anything. If you've never been to the parks you still likely have a favorite Disney souvenir, maybe a movie, shirt, postcard, anything. So, if you don't have pictures of your most treasured souvenir, take some. I'd like to see you in at least one of the pictures (and no, you don't need to include more than 1 photo). And now here is where the rotten tomatoes are going to be virtually thrown at me, and why this is a challenge. You MUST journal. I want to know the story behind your souvenir. I need to know the answers to these questions: the WHO (who's souvenir is it), WHAT (what is the souvenir), WHEN (when you acquired said souvenir), WHERE (where you acquired said souvenir from) and WHY (why is it your favorite).

Wendy, of WM[squared] Designs has very generously made us an awesome PP. When the challenge is done I'll send it out to all who finish it. Please make sure to tell Wendy thank you. :)

Here's the preview:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ftm-extras.jpg

Here's my page:

http://www.mousescrappers.com/photos...13_obumpus.jpg

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I also posted it HERE in the > More Disney Fun and Memories > General > Pin Trading forum.

My journaling: "Although we never win anything, we still had high hopes of maybe, just maybe, getting a Magical Fast Pass, or one of the other magical gifts the Disney Dream Team was handing out during the Year of a Million Dreams. The day we had breakfast at Chef Mickey’s was about half-way through our trip and we had just decided to be glad we were having so much fun and forget about the Dream Team. This was my Princess for a day, day, I had a cute little tiara and everything. One of the cast members working there, her name was Kathy, stopped to ask us a bunch of questions about our trip and the tiara. We gladly answered them. The next thing we know, she comes out with a Tinkerbell pin. She tells us that normally only Dream Team members are able to hand out this special pin, but she was able to get one for me anyway. There was a big to-do about pinning it to my shirt and then taking lots of pictures. Thank you, Kathy, for making our magical trip even more magical. And, thank you Disney for one of my favorite Disney souvenirs!"

So, for those of you who hate journaling, you're obviously going to be putting me on your "Naughty" list. I've gotten several comments about how I always journal and how hard it is to do. First, trust me, I can totally relate! The first Disney trip DH and I took together was back in June 2005. When we got home I completed a HUGE paper scrap album, and I didn't journal much at all, let alone date my pages, or anything. Several years later I looked back at the album and questioned why I had scrapped certain things. As our computer had crashed and I hadn't backed up our digital photos, I also wondered when the pictures were taken. I could no longer remember the details of what made things so special and the pictures no longer spoke for themselves. It got me to thinking that if even I can't remember the details several years later, how can I expect someone who may have never been to Disney, or had not been there when that attraction, character, show, etc. were there to know what I was scrapping. It made me realize how important journaling is, on EVERY page. I also date every page now. Sometimes, when I print an entire album, I may hide a date, but I don't always scrap with an album in mind. I find it easy to just talk about the day, what we were thinking, feeling, what the weather was like, if we were running late, crowd levels, etc. And I just keep writing, somewhat like what I did in college when I wanted my professor to think I knew more than I did in answering an essay question. :)

And, just as a reminder, here are the challenge guidelines:

Layout should be uploaded to the MouseScrappers Gallery in the Weekly Challenge category.
Your layout needs to be posted in two other places: in the weekly challenge thread, and in the appropriate forum. If you need help figuring this out, please let me know. Honestly, the easiest way I've figured to LINK my images to the gallery is by finding another post that is linked, clicking the "quote" option and then copying their HTML text and changing the links (there will be 2 of them, one for the actual page address and another for the LO address) your layout.
You aren't required to leave love, but it is always nice. If someone leaves you a comment, please comment on their layout as well.
Please don't use a quick page to fulfill the challenges -that really isn't fair to everyone who created their own page to receive the prize, and makes light of the prize providers work. Templates are allowed though.