You might post a scrapbook page or a minibook to an online gallery. …Share your reasons with the power of the internet. …Get your thinking cap on and decide how you can best (and most creatively) sum up the reasons why you scrapbook. Now it’s your turn to start your own adventure… your own This Is Why. Then when he does, I know that page is a real winner.Īnyway, you’ll see more of this book as the month rolls on! And I also like that he doesn’t automatically compliment every page I make. This is where I wanted to start: with the fact that I scrapbooked long before I met The Boy and in all honesty he sometimes doesn’t get my fascination with pretty paper, but he likes it because I like it. Yes, perhaps there is a bit of contradiction that on one hand I say I scrapbook for me and then the first reason highlighted in my book is ‘us’ rather than ‘me’! But all in good time. I haven’t punched any holes yet because I like to do that at the very end so I don’t make any mistakes I later regret! So I’m just keeping the journaling away from that edge of the page for now. I’m toying with some odd-shaped pages here and there, but for the moment, everything is rectangular and 5 by 6.5 inches. My pages are made of a mix of printed transparencies, chipboard and cardboard, which makes this book feel far more substantial than minis with cardstock pages. (And well, it’s even worse than that since I made an mini on this exact topic a few years back and feel the need to create an updated version!) I am not at all unaware of how over the top that may be. Like admitting that yes, this is a scrapbook about scrapbooking. I like starting even small albums with some sort of explanation. I also made a huge mess of my table but surely that’s its purpose, right? I’m not even letting that idea settle one bit: I started by picking out a big stack of papers I really love and then a basket of things I always mean to use but don’t. You know how we all love to save that special paper for something so special it never comes along? Embellishments too. Whenever I make a project that is very ‘of the moment’ and I’m writing my opinions as they are right now even though they will likely change, I love to echo that with products and techniques I’m currently loving.

I hope your Friday was a fabulous one! So excited to share all the details today about how you can get involved in this creative adventure. What a crazy day it has been here! But all good in the end.

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