Hello there! This is Donna for Big Picture Scrapbooking and I can't wait to share my brand new class with you. The Mirror Project, Seeing the Beauty Within, offers a fun and creative way to send a powerful and important message to our girls as they grow into young ladies. Whether you are raising a daughter or even have a granddaughter or niece in your life, you can make a big different in influencing the way she sees herself.

I am the mom of a new teenaged daughter who just turned 13 a couple of months ago. I am witnessing so many changes take place right before my eyes that I can hardly believe it. In this transition, I wanted her to have a tangible way to keep close all of the lessons I have been teaching her along the way about the stuff within that makes her the beautiful young lady she is becoming. I want her to grow up not needing to hear how beautiful she is from others to feel good about herself, but really feeling it all on her own and understanding her power in making herself the beautiful person she wants to be, and that lipstick and hairspray alone don't do the trick, it's the confidence, truth and heart that she sees in the mirror - this is what illuminates the world and makes it a better place, and this is why I created The Mirror Project.

In essence, The Mirror Project is an inspirational handbook that will teach our girls what real beauty is and teach them to see it every time they look in the mirror, and it's never too early to start. I gave her the book I made for her about one week ago now and every day since then she has come to me with it in her hands and has told me how much she loves it, asking me which picture is my favorite and reading it over and over again, and that's really good stuff.

In our classroom, you will also find a super fun bonus project that becomes a companion to your handbook that I just love, and you will also find a page of inspirational resources for and about girls. I hope you will join me for some creative playtime and sending this empowering message out into the world one little girl at a time, because this is really big!