Just Add Naked Flea

The prompt this week on The Pink Ninjas is "concerts".  "Well, damn!" I thought.  I'm going to have to skip a week because I have not been to a concert in so long, at least not one with pics and paraphernalia.  (I'm guessing Beatlemania at the Indian casino isn't exactly THE COOLEST concert to document and even so, I do not have any goodies to show for my attendance.)   I've just not been much of a concert-goer in recent years.  (I blame my husband...)

However, my youth was peppered with lots of fun concerts, so I began digging for evidence, and came across this:

October/November 2010 issue

Apparently, I attempted a "scrapbook" several years ago (I'm guessing this is cira 1992 or earlier)!   And this page is where I documented the first concert/date I went to with my husband.  I love that I wrote on it that this was the first time I'd asked anyone out on a date, too!  How funny!! 

But would you LOOK at that scrapbook page??!!  (And the DATE on that ticket??  1990!!!  AND THE PRICE??!!  $17.50!  Man, I feel old!!)  I seriously did not remember making this book (granted it's only got 4 pages made), although I now have vague memories of sitting on the floor in our apartment with my new Michaels stamps feeling very artistic and proud of myself. 

So I photographed this page to preserve its memory because I'm now going to scavenge the ephemera off it and retell the stories it told, but hopefully a little more artistically.  (Yes, I know!  There are some of you out there just screaming indignantly that I shouldn't ever change early pages...shush!)

So, now I give you, "Just Add Naked Flea":

October/November 2010 issue

(Hopefully my hubby won't notice the liner notes for the CD are AWOL...)

And, yes, Flea wore his sock outfit for the concert...ya know what i mean?  LOL!

Do you remember the whole torn, holey, "runned" black nylons craze?  OK, so maybe it was an 80s thing, but still, I thought it went well with this layout. 

And the safety pin thing, too.  I have vivid memories of sitting in a class in Jr. High (I think) watching a boy nonchalantly safety pin his cheek.  {shudder} 

My Tuesday Techniques challenge on Memories Always-Forever this month is to use paint on your layout.  I had a blast "painting" the base paper.  The lines are "stamped" with cardboard, the edges are swiped, and I had the best time splatter painting. 

The splatter painting was so much fun my daughter also got in on the fun on her own project:

And then SHE became the project...

But I digress. 

Details:  American Craft paper; Prima Marketing rhinestone stickers; Michaels paint; Barbara Trombley's art glitter; Dymo label; Target feather trim and $1 spot flair pin; unknown flower; nylons, safety pins, RHCP CD liner notes, cardboard.

Be sure to check in on The Pink Ninjas on Wednesday for their next prompt!!  Always soooo much fun!

And, join me on MAF for the Tuesday Techniques paint challenge!

Heidi