I know this was really for last month's challenge, but this seems the best place for it!

I had to try out Erica’s tutorial on how to make an overlay from a photograph. I don’t think I’ve got it quite yet, however, I did make a neat one from a tree photograph--you can see the branches coming out from around the photo. Of course I had to play with it--and it wasn’t easy, because I like it on its own, and found it hard to come up with something that would work with it. This photo reminds me of a place in Bloomington, Indiana, where some of my happiest childhood days were spent.

Journaling: Postcard Memories that last forever. There are places that I remember from my childhood, and I know that if I were to revisit them now as an adult, they would lose their magic. That’s why I prefer to hold those special scenes and locations deep in my memory, only to be recovered in the safety of my dreams.

Journaling paper stack from Windemere by Erica Belton
Postale overlay by Erica Belton from the Letter to My Love template set in the March 2009 Club Digital (no link)
Background from Brokedown Love3 --Nicole Young
Coffee splat from Meryl Bartho’s Moments freebie--thank you, Meryl!
Font is DSP Gundi by Suzanne Walker

Thanks for the tutorial, Erica!