Are you ready for this one? Are you sure?
I'm not sure if I am but I'm doing it anyway....
I don't think I am going to scrapbook anymore.
Now let me clarify. Starting from our move to North Carolina (because I scrapbook based on moves not years) I am not going to scrapbook the "traditional" way. (but I think I have enough "old" stuff to keep my busy for years.)
Why?
Well, I asked myself why am I scrapbooking? To leave memories for my children. Do they care about the patterned paper? The brads? The flowers? The font? Nope! It is about the
pictures and the
journaling. So this year I am trying something different. I am going to TRY and be a better blogger and then have that made into a book. I am doing Becky Higgins' project 365. (click
here or
here for more info. on that) I am trying to focus on the little things each day. The things that mean alot, but we don't take pictures of it because it doesn't warrant an entire spread. I am going to try and document what REALLY happens in my life, the good, bad, ugly, happy, sad and everything in between. The things I used to be really good at capturing. I've let my camera and the need for a perfect picture control me. No more!
I am excited. I am doing it my way. Not what I think I should do, or what someone else is doing. It won't be perfect and that's OK, because I'm not perfect. I am doing this for my family and for me and I couldn't be more excited.
I'll still be posting lots of scrapbook pages here (hopefully) becasue I do have plenty still to do. And I'll try and post what I've done with project 365.
And what brought this all on? To be honest, what began it all was when we moved to Pinehurst, NC...the closest scrapbook store is almost 2 hours away (Michael's doesn't count). But that was just the beginning....