WOW!!  For this project, we were to:

"Take pictures that include Alphabet letters  - think of a message or a word you’d like to share - let it inspire the photos you take.   In your Journella Post you should tell us about your “Alphabet journey”."

This started out to be a bit of a scary project, then I got my inspiration!  The first part came from a phrase I see everyday in my house (it's on the wall!), the second part came when I remembered the letters over my friend's doorway of her house.  

Here is a photo of the phrase:  

And here is one of the doorway inspiration:

I started taking photos of all kinds of signs and items, keeping in mind the letters that I would need.  Then, my husband had to go to Las Vegas on business and we decided to make a weekend of it.  WELL....let me tell you....I had most of the letters already cut out of the photos, but LAS VEGAS, come on....the alphabet mecca of the country, I think!  If you can't find most of the letters of the alphabet on one large sign or another, you're not looking very hard!!  I took TONS of new photos and came back with a renewed zeal for this project!  I started printing and cutting away again!  (We just went from June 12th - 16th, so this has been a bit of a rush!)  I did use a few letters created by objects rather than off of signs (ie. the Vs, and the I)...I would have liked more like that, but try to find a G in nature! As it is, I now have a page with the alphabet letter, but also almost every letter carries a memory with it! 

As usual, I am a two-page layout gal, so I did the phrase on the first page,

then used a myriad of other sign photos on the second page as a kind of "life lessons" page. 

 I am dedicating this to the other members of the 2013 MM Design Team...some amazing women who are inspiring to me! 

Just a tidbit of information!  The grid paper is granite.  I tried about 5 different colors before settling on this...one of my favorites!  Most of the rest is photos with the exception of the handwritten little blurb, and the little saying block, which is from Graphic 45's Kraft Reflections Collection "Quote...Unquote". 

The patterned squares and the other phrases are not from printed paper...they are from photos that I took of a photo box I bought at Michael's some time ago! 

The "enjoy life" square is a magnet I have on my screen door (so you can tell when it's closed and not walk through it!), and the "journey" phrase is a photo I took from the Hertz rental car folder!  Weird where we sometimes get our inspiration, huh?! :)

I could tell you where all of the letter photos are from, too....but I think this might get a bit long!  See if you can guess where some of them are from!

Anyway, hope you enjoy!  Love and hugs and great life moments to my sisters of the design team...and the rest of you, too!