Scraps Of Mind

Everyone needs a hobby

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I went to a Creative Memories party several years ago and made a scrapbook page tribute to my Mum which I still have and have always disliked.

I knew then that Scrapbooking was not for me!

Then in February 2005 a friend gave me a copy of Scrapbook Creations magazine and I was very impressed by the layouts displayed there. At the same time I rediscovered a bag containing memorabilia, photoCD and my journal from a 2002 trip to France (I’d written it on my PDA and printed it out). I was frustrated because I couldn’t enjoy all the ‘bits’ together, in a complete consolidated format. So I decided to try to scrapbook the trip. Two weeks of intensive, obsessive scrapbooking later I had my first album. I look at this album today and, although I would do it differently now, I’m still happy with the look of it and proud of my first album.

The following year took me on a scrapbooking journey of discovery. I started an ongoing project scrapping Seona’s life journey and made another large Trip Album for my holiday in France and Italy in May 2005. I learned about photo editing and started restoring my old family photos and began an album to capture some of the stories and memories that are slipping away from my family’s collective memory as the years pass.

Then I discovered digital scrapping. I love the layouts I can achieve with digital elements and the medium is so forgiving. I bless the Undo button.

My next path took me into the world of hand made cards, something I never thought I would be bothered doing. And today I am fascinated with mini-albums where I make the book as well as the page layouts.

My first year in the scrapbooking world has opened up so many different craft directions for me that my enthusiasm is constantly being fuelled. In the past I have always found that once the novelty of a project wore off, I found it very difficult to find the motivation to complete it. This is no longer the case. My Scrapbooking projects can vary in length from a couple of hours to a few weeks, and I find it easy to maintain my enthusiasm for the journey all the way to the end.

It would appear that Scrapbooking is for me, after all.