Hello there! Sunshine Sweetie Crystal here with our next Sunshine Blog Challenge! This week’s challenge will focus on journaling. I don’t know about you, but journaling is something that I really wish I did more often. I know that I’ll look back on all my scrapbook pages years from know, and I’ll most likely remember the event but will I remember how I felt, or some of the special details? Or what about when I pass these books onto my son? He might not even know why I scrapped certain moments unless I include at least a few sentences to explain it.

We also want to focus on Summer this week, and what this season means to you. I know that it tends to bring with it some extra special memories. Here are some ideas to get you started:

• No School
• Family Vacations
• Summer Camp
• Fun Summer Holidays
• Summer Lovin’

What does Summer mean to you? Are there things that you did as a child that you still do as an adult? Do you share these things with your own children?  We want you to create a layout about whatever Summer means to you, and you need to include at least a paragraph of journaling.

Here is a layout by one of our Sunshine Sweeties, Heather:

The challenge deadline will be Friday, July 11 at midnight EST. Please upload your layouts to the Challenge section of the Sun Gallery and link it up to the Challenge 16 thread in the Challenge Forum. A gift certificate to the Sunshine Shop will be given out to 10 randomly selected participants this week!

If you haven’t already seen it, there is a brand new kit in the shop that would be perfect for you Summer layouts!

This is the Grand Prize kit from our opening day celebration!

I can’t wait to see everyone’s layouts!!