Rebecca Jefferies - This Day is Mine:
https://the-lilypad.com/store/This-Day-Is-Mine-Organic-Paperie.html background paper;
https://the-lilypad.com/store/This-Day-Is-Mine-Organic-Mixed-Media.html paint, tape, stitches (recolored)
Lynn Grieveson - Leif:
https://the-lilypad.com/store/Leif-Kit.html journaling paper, word art
NBK Design - Art Crush 33, Artsy Bits and Pieces:
https://the-lilypad.com/store/artCRUSH-33-ABP.html - scatters, stains, artsy border
Lilypad Collab - Yes:
https://the-lilypad.com/store/COLLAB-yes.html stitches
Lilypad Collab - All About You:
https://the-lilypad.com/store/FREE-WITH-A-15-PURCHASE-All-About-You-by-The-Lilypad-Designers.html alpha
Journaling: 433 Words
Ever since I was a teenager, I've wanted to preserve photographs. I remember spending hours of time looking through the boxes of photos my grandma and my parents had hidden away, as the stories behind those photos always fascinated me. I'd beg to hear the reason a photo was taken, as developing film was a bit of a luxury and that had to mean the memory had meaning.
Besides boxes, though, my mom had created baby albums for each of us. There would be times when my siblings and I would pull those out and pour through the photos, loving to see and experience our first years through our mom's eyes.
Once I had my own camera, I didn't want to just put photos in a box. So I'd take the developed pictures and place them in photo albums. Sometimes I'd add a bit of handwritten text for context to the back of the photo, or slide in a strip of paper with the story to sit on top of the photo.
After college, the busyness of life took over and the process of taking and preserving photos fell a bit by the wayside. I would still take pictures here and there; however, other than developing them and flipping through the memories, I had little time for cataloging and preserving them.
It was after falling in love and marrying that my desire for putting photos into albums resurfaced. Our wedding and honeymoon photos were the first to make it into books. Then, once our first daughter was born, documenting her milestones and day-to-day life became routine. And wanting to preserve those moments by making her own baby album surfaced in my heart.
It wasn't until I was pregnant with our second child, though, that I found the means to really start documenting those memories through a home based, consultant business called Creative Memories. I learned that a co-worker - Cheryl - was a consultant. She asked several of her friends to meet weekly to scrap/craft together. Thus my love and habit for documenting memories became reality.
While I've moved on from weekly crafting get-togethers and lots of paper and "hard" supplies, I still enjoy taking the moments we've captured and documenting them for future review. In the end, the reason I scrap is to bring the same joy to my children that I found in looking at my life through my mother's eyes. Now, the best compliment I receive is when my girls pull out the albums and spend time with those memories. I feel such joy in those moments that my heart smiles.
