Sing me a Song Challenge.

Upon reading Scrappin Mom’s challenge for this month, I was really inspired to create one. Not just for the challenge, but also for my personal collection. I want to make a “Songhits”-style album where I’ll collect layouts with title and lyrics of my favourite songs. Actually I’ve done a similar accordion album entitled “Songs of My Life”. But I want to have a bigger & a more detailed one.

On the day I found out about the new challenge, I was soooo inspired that I even found myself creating a sketch while seating in the MRT. I was full of ideas and was itching to start right away.

The first song that came to my mind was “Sing Me Your Song Again Daddy”. Composed by Jose Mari Chan and popularized by Cherie Gil. It’s one of my favourite songs yet, it’s the only song which I can’t sing. Every time I try, I start sobbing on the third or fourth line of the song. I get so emotional when it comes to my dad so this was the first song that came to my mind when I thought of joining the challenge.

For my layout, I planned to put together all things that remind me of my dad. One of the highlight was supposed to be a chessboard which is one my dad’s favourite board game. On the board, I planned to put die-cut of guitar, bowling pins & ball, G-clef, jumping rope etc.

Weekend came and I started gathering the materials. But every time I try putting them together, I get dizzy & sleepy. It was like this for several weeks until I lose my momentum. I even cried and told my husband to help me with it coz I really wanted to finish the LO. I was preggy by the way… hopefully that explains all the drama.

Last weekend, I was in good condition. I still get dizzy (& lazy) but not as bad as the previous weeks. I was able to put everything together and finished the LO. It wasn’t done the way I planned it to be. But I’m still happy that I was able to finish the LO for my dad. It’s also my first LO since May 2007.