I have two AVON boxes full of old pictures that I never did anything with. I’ve had these grand plans for years to scrapbook everything, but I just never made the time to do it. I had a friend about 7 years ago that sold Creative Memories, so I went to a party, got all excited and bought a bunch of stuff that sat in a drawer for 2 years. All I had to show for it was the double page spread I made at her party.
First Pages (assembled around 2000)
Then another friend invited me to a Stampin’ Up party, I got inspired all over again, spent some money and bought some more stuff for my ‘drawer’. Finally a couple of years later a lady at church invited me to another Stampin’ Up party. I guess the time was right, 3rd time was charm, whatever… Yes, I spent more money, but this time I hosted a party. I got a bunch of stuff free and was on my way. I even pulled the old stuff out of the drawer. I got so addicted, I signed up to be a demonstrator just to get the discount and “support my habit”.
I made some scrapbooks for friends and my sister for baby shower gifts but kind of slowed down on my own pages. Then I started getting more into making cards, and name frames, and candles, and notepads, and all kinds of crafty stuff. I make all of my own greeting cards now, have participated in some swaps and even have a monthly Stamp Club group that helps me stay active.
So anyway…I spent some time this weekend sorting through my boxes of old photos and making a few pages. I did some current pages, and some catch up pages of my older photos. I’ve gone from VERY basic (as you saw above), to elaborate with lots of embellishments and am trying to tone that down a little more and find my groove. I also recently read a book by Rebecca Cooper called Real. Life. Scrapbooking. (fabulous MUST read book) that has gotten me inspired to record more everyday stuff so others will know our ‘real life’ and not just our ‘events’.
Big Sister…Little Sister
This page is using some older photos when my youngest (who is now 8, almost 9) was first born. See how behind I am???
Toothless Grin
This one isn’t so old. I think it may be about a year or so ago…
Blue’s Clues
Another oldie….from 2001 (I don’t scrap in order either by the way…)
BFF
OK – this one is current. This is my DD Lauren and her best friend Brooke. They took these themselves just a couple of months ago and I just found them on my camera.
Snaggle Tooth
Another toothless grin page of Kaylee. This one I found as a card sketch and adapted it into my scrapbook.
On Safari
This is another batch of old photos I never did anything with. This is Lauren (now 11; then 2) and my niece Katy who is 2 weeks older than her.
So…that’s current. I’ll save some more stuff for future posts. Thanks for looking!
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