I'm Scrapping!!!

Holy cow, it feels so good to be scrap booking again. I made a fun little diddy for a friend this weekend, and that got my creative juices flowing again. I NEED to be creative, for my own well being. And, while we're at home, trying not to go anywhere and spend money, I need something to look forward to doing here!

I've revamped how I feel about scrap booking. I want it to be for ME, and not try to keep up with the current trends. Oddly enough, this can be a weird hobby. You can get caught up with the "latest and greatest" and spend yourself into a frenzy. I never got too caught up with that whole thing (I'm much too cheap) but I would compare my layouts with those online, or in magazines, and I would get stressed trying to have these great, creative masterpieces.... Yuck. My simple gift to my (not simple and VERY wonderful) friend was so fun, and easy. So I carried that into my projects that I did after that, and there was such a difference! Yea!!!

I'm so far behind, yes, that baby is Jude, that I'm not sure I'll ever catch up. But that's okay. It's now just a fun hobby for me, and it keeps me occupied and out of the thrift store (!) and that's a great thing!!!

And you know what? Laney will get out her baby scrap book, and pour over it. She asks me to read the journaling to her, and tell her stories about the pictures, and that makes it all worth it. I humor myself and see my sons' wives looking at them, and then their children. And after that? Well, they can dump them in the garbage if they want to. They will have served their purpose. No, I want them in the nursing home, with me, on second thought. I'd love nothing more than to spend my last days, remembering how great my life was and thanking God for all His blessings.

So here are my treasures. I'll post more, if that won't bore you. That will keep me motivated to "produce and publish" (*snicker*) and it's fun to share what you work hard on.

Pardon the dark, weird pictures. I'll have to work on that!