All About You by the Lilypad Designers
All About Me by the Lilypad Designers
Some Bunny Loves You: Mixed Media Artistry by Rachel Jefferies
fonts-DJB Bailey (journaling) & shorelines script
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journaling: Why do I love to scrapbook? There are many reasons, but the most important one is that I scrap for my kids. Someday, I want them to have all these pages to look back at with their own kids and reminisce about our life together. I have always been a scrapbooker for as long as I can remember. I used to cut out magazine pictures as a kid and make collages of things I liked like horses and dogs and things I wanted. I would use Lisa Frank stickers and pens and notebooks to write down my thoughts. This was all a creative outlet for me and although I didn't call it scrapbooking at the time, that's what it was. I would also keep little souvenirs and stick them in my journals, too. When I was about 12, I was given my first camera as a gift, and from then on, I would take pictures at family gatherings, holidays, and vacations as well as of our pets. This continued all through middle school and high school. Then, when my daughter was just a baby, 16 years ago, I bought a beautiful scrapbook collection with two albums, beautiful papers, and lovely embellishments from QVC during one of their scrapbook marathons! I was immediately hooked on all the pretty papers and cute stickers! I made quite a few scrapbook pages of my daughter when she was a baby. I would get my pictures printed right away and use my favorites to make these pages so I didn't forget any of the little moments of her first year. I kept a notebook where I would write down all the little 'firsts'. I kept lots of little things to add to her scrapbook. When my second child came, and I was much busier, I discovered digital scrapbooking. It was a godsend! It was so much faster and cheaper than paper scrapping. It is a creative outlet for me, but it means so much more to me to be able to record all the happy, sad, and mundane moments of our lives for future generations. I still keep postcards, pressed pennies, and brochures from places we've been to add to a scrapbook. I do have thousands of digital pictures I need to print as well as hundreds of scrapbook pages, though. I was recently given some old photos of my family, and I wish I knew the story that went with each photo. I will be the memory keeper for my family and record all the moments that make up an amazing lifetime. Someday, I hope my kids are glad that I loved to scrapbook as much as I do!
