Weekend Creative : Naming Your Petals

Weekendcreative Simon
Last week this little gem made it home from school safe and sound in Simon's backpack.

What a very cool peek into some of his current favorite things and a little bit about how he's seeing himself (or how his teachers helped him identify some of his traits). My favorite petals include "reader," "kind," and "chicken burger."

I've done a variety of layouts over the years documenting our right now: things that are important to us, favorites, what we are into, etc. This is the first one in Simon's own words; in his own handwriting. Definitely a treasure to me.

This weekend consider documenting your own petals or those of someone you love. Maybe involve your family members by having them identify what are the important things in their lives right now. Ask simple questions like "what's your favorite food" or "what are you really good at?" and have them write their own words if they are able.Ali_petals

This is definitely not a complicated exercise. It's a silly little way to document a bit of your life right now. Grab a piece of scratch paper and draw a simple flower or download and print the one below. Simon's flower has 10 petals but don't worry about the number, just write. Don't forget to add the date.

These flowers would make a sweet little family minibook, a nice accent on a layout of each person, or you could gather a bunch together and create a "bouquet" of all your family member's flowers.

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AE_NameYourPetal_PREV To get you started here's a simple flower download (the same one I used for my flower above) that is ready and waiting to be printed and decorated by you and your loved ones.

Download AE_Petals.png

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[ weekend creative is a semi-regular feature appearing on Fridays : past projects can be located in the here. ]

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  1. tammy t says…
    05/29/2009

    Such a sweet prompt. I love it and plan to bug my entire family to take part in it!
    Enjoy the weekend!
    tammy t

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  2. Lisa Flanagan says…
    05/29/2009

    Awesome, thanks, Ali!

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  3. Jessica Woodford says…
    05/29/2009

    Oh I *love* this idea! And how very, very simple too! I love that it adds each person's favorite things in their handwriting (if possible). I've downloaded mine and printed out 5 of them (one for each of our family members). Can't wait to get started and see how they all turn out....thanks again Ali for yet another fabulous idea!! :)
    Jessica Woodford
    www.jessicawoodford.typepad.com

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  4. Kristi says…
    05/29/2009

    Love this idea, thanks for the download too!

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  5. Erica Hettwer says…
    05/29/2009

    How sweet that he's got big brother AND loves sister on there! :D

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  6. Angie F says…
    05/29/2009

    Ali
    Thanks so much for the download...love the flower and the thought behind it to "fill it"! I will love doing this with my girls!

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  7. Cori S says…
    05/29/2009

    What a great idea!

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  8. Olessia from Canada says…
    05/29/2009

    Thanks for the download ,GREAT idea.I will use the flower for a family favorites mini album or great kids project for a weekend.Love it.
    Have a awesome weekend

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  9. o-girl says…
    05/29/2009

    I've done this with my daughter before but we've used a pic of her in the middle and wrote words as petals around the picture. Simon's is way cute! Thnaks so much for the sweet flower .png. Have a lovely weekend.

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  10. Erika says…
    05/29/2009

    Love this Ali!!!! I just printed out 5 copies to do about my family. Great idea to take stock of now!!! And, I intend to display my family bouquet in my scrap area and also use it for a point of inspiration for future scrap projects! Thanks a bunch to Simon for bringing home such a sweet, neat project. Have a super fantastic weekend!!!!

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  11. Annette says…
    05/29/2009

    Ali,
    Thanks for sharing, Love this!!!! definately gonna try this one on my family. Have a great weekend.

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  12. Nikki Love says…
    05/29/2009

    what a wonderful freebie. Have it saved on my puter and plan to do this with my Kinder :)

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  13. KarenK says…
    05/29/2009

    Thank you for the download and the great idea! I'm thinking I may have my girls fill one out about school this year and then create something for their teachers from it.

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  14. Sarah says…
    05/29/2009

    Ali, I have a chipboard flower album I've been trying to figure out what to do with. Now I know! Thanks for sharing!

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  15. kim says…
    05/29/2009

    THANK YOU!!! I am printing right now to do w/my child care kids next week!!!

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  16. Kate says…
    05/29/2009

    Thank you Ali for the flower petal png file. I really appreciate you sharing Simon's and your favorites right now. I wish I had done this for my children as they were growing up, what fun to look back at it later.
    Aloha, Kate

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  17. Amy Bailey says…
    05/29/2009

    Hi Ali,
    Thanks so much for the download. What a great idea.
    I just printed out three for my kids to do right now.
    Have a blessed day!
    Amy

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  18. Marsha says…
    05/29/2009

    Thanks for the flower download-I am going to do a lo using this this weekend-such a superfun & non-threatening way to do a page about myself! You are the best!

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  19. jen@jengray.com says…
    05/29/2009

    love this.... :)

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  20. Jane says…
    05/29/2009

    Love this idea!

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  21. Rani says…
    05/29/2009

    very cool! thanks for the download! going to do this with my girls this weekend and post on my blog! the folks in India will be happy!

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  22. emily ruth says…
    05/29/2009

    so fun...love this!

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  23. anna says…
    05/29/2009

    LOVE this!
    a

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  24. gina says…
    05/29/2009

    Thanks for the fun download and the great way to document "right now". Have a relaxing weekend.

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  25. Colleen says…
    05/29/2009

    Thanks for the download. I posted mine flower on my blog today...

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