Monday, August 20, 2007

First day of work, and a layout

Today I had my first day with my new employer. It all went well, but I was pretty exhausted by the end of the day. There is always soooooo much information to gather on a first day. I talked, listened, talked.....all day. I was welcomed this morning with a beautiful bunch of flowers. Isn't that a warm welcome? My new employer is a small management consultancy firm with only 23 people, and they all (well, the ones I met today) are very nice. I am sure I will have a great time. And you know, one of the things I like best about this job is that it is only 25 minutes from home. So no more traffic jams.



Last night I scrapped a layout with SEIs new Ally's Wonderland papers. I used a sketch for the very first time. Never done that before, and I am not sure if I will do it again. It has absolutely nothing to do with the sketch design - I chose this one because I liked the design a lot - but I found it pretty hard to use a sketch. Since it was my first time I am not comfortable yet with using the sketch in a different way and adding my own touch. Perhaps I should try it more often. The sketch I used is sketch #22 designed by Valerie Salmon. I found it on her blog Got Sketch.



Materials used: Bazzill Cardstock, SEI Ally's Wonderland PP and rub-ons, SEI Penelope's Potpourri Buttons, Technique Tuesday Big Timber Line Capital Letters Tall clear stamps, Prima Flowers, Making Memories Tag Maker Rims, White label, Colörbok Date Stamp, Hero Arts Acrylic Chrystal Gems, Staples, EK Success Curvy Circle Cutter, Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad and Font Arial.

Well, I am off to bed now. Good Night!

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fijn dat je eerste werkdag zo fijn was! Prachtige LO heb je weer gemaakt!

XxX Hanneke.

Janny said...

fijn dat alles zo goed verliep vandaag!
en een prachtig boeket heb je gehad.
je LO is schitterend en een prachtige sketch!

Anonymous said...

your page is stunning, as always !!!!
Happy to read that your first day of work went well
Cheers,
Zab

Lisette Gibbons said...

What a nice and fresh LO. I think you did marvellous on the sketch!

Wilma said...

Goed te horen dat je eerste werkdag zo goed ging! Is toch altijd een beetje spannend. Mooi lootje heb je ook weer gemaakt, maar we zijn ook niet anders van je gewend :)

Anonymous said...

Hey sweetheart! Good to hear your first day went well! Thanks for a funfilled evening last friday, so great to meet up with you!! Your layout in the last post is wonderful (as usual!) Hope the rest of the days at work will go fine and that you have a bit of energy left in the evenings ;-)

Anonymous said...

Fijn dat je eerste werkdag goed is verlopen, het is toch altijd weer spannend om bij een nieuwe werkgever te beginnen.
En je layout? Die is super, zoals altijd! Ik heb 'm in mijn jatmapje gestopt!
Groetjes, Ellemieke

Christiane said...

you did a great job!! love your layout!!

June Houck said...

I love this page. It is every bit as good as your other creations. I have a difficult time using a sketch too. My first time was the Caardvarks 10K challenge, but perhaps I should try it again.

Je@net said...

Fijn dat de eerste dag goed verlopen is! En wat een lief gebaar...zo'n mooi boeket!!

En dat lootje, meis wat een prachtexemplaar!!

*~SCRAP-GEK~* said...

fijn dat je eerste werkdag zo goed verlopen is ingrid! en wat een prachtige bos bloemen heb je toch gehad! en dat lootje......helemaal gaaf!groetjes marije.

~Nancy~ said...

I'm so happy everything worked out well at your first day!! And the flowers look beautiful!!! Such a warm welcome!!! Your layout is beautiful!! So fun and bright..and love the pics of the Lek!!!! We should have driven a little further to meet.. hehe.. ! XOXO

Evelien said...

Love your layout. Especially those fresh colors. Good luck on your new job!

Ice-Angel said...

Wauw! mooie bos zeg :-D
Das nog es leuk beginnen zo'n eerste werkdag!
En een prachtige LO weer!!
X T@M

Leontine said...

Great LO Ingrid. I am still struggling with that sketch...but I want to use it, because it's great. Valerie has so many great sketches on her site.

Anonymous said...

Fijn dat je eerste werkdag zo goed is verlopen. En je lootje is zoals gewoonlijk weer geweldig. Ik moet zeggen ik werk graag met sketches probeer dan wel m'n eigen draai eraan te geven zo van een beetje van de sketch en een beetje van mezelf.

Groetjes Anja

Monique Helfrich said...

So good to hear you had a good start in your new job (what it's your job in Dutch?). Those flowers are a good sign I guess. Wonderful SEI layout and thanks for sharing the sketch-blog!

Janine Langer said...

Good to hear your first day went well, but it's exhausting, isn't it? :)

Love your layout, so beautiful. Wish you a great day!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the new job! Great layout!

Anonymous said...

Wow, wat een geweldig welkom. Beloofd veel voor de toekomst. Je layout is prachtig, ik ben al bezig om hen te liften. Ik laat het je weten als ik hem op 2Peas zet.
En, ik kom zaterdag met m'n meiden naar D&D.

Zie je dan, groeten Joke

Fauve Design said...

Good to hear your first day went great,luvvvvv your layout!

Anonymous said...

Your page is very nice, I love the colors.