Weekly Word Art Newsletter - 4 Mar 2008

Hi Everyone, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Scraps of Mind Weekly Word Art Newsletter.

Last year my daughter Seona wrote her story for Scrap of Mind on Scrapbooking from the perspective of the ‘victims’.

For those who haven’t read it (and I’m sure those who have will enjoy it anew) here it is:

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The Story of a Scrapbooking Orphan

Hello. My name is Seona, and I’m a scrapbooking orphan.

It’s been a few years since Mum started scrapping. I suppose it started innocently enough: she came back from an overseas trip and decided she wanted a way to capture the photos and memorabilia (the flat ones, anyway) in an attractive and easy-to-view package.

So she got some cardstock and glue, and for a couple of weeks the dining table was covered with paper and photos and the floor below it was covered with scraps and offcuts.

I’ll admit that the results were pretty impressive, especially since Mum’s always maintained that she’s not a creative person. But it turned out to be only the beginning. It’s true that a strong obsessive streak runs in our family, but this one was slowly taking over the house!

The years have only seen this obsession grow.

I’ve watched with mounting trepidation as she scrapped her way through my life (I much prefer my baby photos to anything taken from about age 15 onwards).

I’ve watched as paraphernalia and magazines slowly took over the study, a process which greatly accelerated once I moved out!

I’ve watched as she moved into the world of hybrid and then (mostly) digital scrapping, and helped now and then with the technology-related queries.

And lately I’ve watched as she took it to new levels by blogging about it.

I must confess to having fed the addiction from time to time, though. Mum’s never been an easy person to buy presents for, so once I found out that gifts of embellishments and papers and paper-working tools would be happily received, it opened up a whole new avenue for gift giving! Who could resist that?

From my point of view, it’s been an interesting learning exercise for both of us: Mum learned that she’s a lot more artistic and creative than she’d always thought, and I’ve learned a whole lot of new jargon and just how many photos of me are in existence.

Hmm… not so sure about that last one being a good thing….

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What’s been happening on Scraps of Mind?

I hope you like the new CommentLuv innovation on Scraps of Mind. I thought is was a terrific way to thank all of you who comment on my blog.

And given the current state of the planet, I though a reminder on keeping an environmental focus on your scrapbooking is quite a topical thing.

Calli’s article on making a scrapbook calendar to help keep you focused on the important things in life was a great follow up to Hope’s article last week.

And finally, make sure you don’t miss the final episode on Touring with the Travel Teddies. A band of most remarkable Bears.

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And as March heralds in Autumn for us Downunder, here’s one for the Southern Hemispherians.

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