My name is Jacqui, and I'm a scrapaholic
Scrapbooking has been around for centuries. In early times, scrapbooks mostly consisted of copied poems, theology, philosophy and art. In modern times, scrapbooking has become a way to preserve one's personal family history. Scrapbooking has taken the family photo album and added written stories that give future generations a glimpse into who these people were, what they did, and what they loved. Scrapbooks are less likely than photo albums to be sold by our great-grandchildren at a yard sale because their ancestors are not simply people smiling at the camera. These books are instead a wonderful written history of where they have come from.
I started scrapbooking after my first son was born, and I finally found the creative outlet I had been searching for. My mother is an artist who works in just about every medium possible. Throughout my life I have tried drawing, pastels, oils, acrylics, cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, and on and on. My biggest problem, besides not being a very being a very good artist, is that I am a "product person" not a "process person". I'm not into doing something just to do it. I do things beacuse I enjoy the results. Since I only have so much space to display the products of most of my forays into the art world, I gave them up. Scrapbooking finally opened a world where I could be artistic without being a good artist, and also serves a long-term purpose - preserving our family history.
It took several years to finally find my style. I could very easily throw away my early pages and not feel that bad about it - if I only knew where my negatives were. But now I can put together pages in a reasonable amount of time and be happy with the results.
I'm not completely obsessed - I have only created maybe 100 pages total in the 7 years I've been scrapbooking - but that's okay with me. I tend to scrapbook personalities rather than events. I don't feel the need to scrapbook every picture that I take; all my extras go in traditional photo albums that we can enjoy. But I get to spend time remembering the special people in my life, and hopefully preserve the memories of my son's childhoods to someday share with their daughters.
To find out more about scrapbooking and see some examples, visit some of these sites:
Creating Keepsakes
Simple Scrapbooks
Two Peas in a Bucket
Celebrate Your Family Today,
Jacqui
I started scrapbooking after my first son was born, and I finally found the creative outlet I had been searching for. My mother is an artist who works in just about every medium possible. Throughout my life I have tried drawing, pastels, oils, acrylics, cross-stitch, sewing, quilting, and on and on. My biggest problem, besides not being a very being a very good artist, is that I am a "product person" not a "process person". I'm not into doing something just to do it. I do things beacuse I enjoy the results. Since I only have so much space to display the products of most of my forays into the art world, I gave them up. Scrapbooking finally opened a world where I could be artistic without being a good artist, and also serves a long-term purpose - preserving our family history.
It took several years to finally find my style. I could very easily throw away my early pages and not feel that bad about it - if I only knew where my negatives were. But now I can put together pages in a reasonable amount of time and be happy with the results.
I'm not completely obsessed - I have only created maybe 100 pages total in the 7 years I've been scrapbooking - but that's okay with me. I tend to scrapbook personalities rather than events. I don't feel the need to scrapbook every picture that I take; all my extras go in traditional photo albums that we can enjoy. But I get to spend time remembering the special people in my life, and hopefully preserve the memories of my son's childhoods to someday share with their daughters.
To find out more about scrapbooking and see some examples, visit some of these sites:
Creating Keepsakes
Simple Scrapbooks
Two Peas in a Bucket
Celebrate Your Family Today,
Jacqui
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