My scrap-iversary!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 11:42PM Drat. I missed it officially and didn't realize until just now. But. Six years ago last Saturday (March 22) I started scrapbooking! Amazing how very much this creative outlet has come to influence my life. I'm so thankful to have this hobby...and, you know what?, I don't think I've ever done a layout just about why I love scrapbooking. I've thought about it plenty, but just never seem to get around to it. Hmmm. A six year scrap-iversary seems like a good reason, doesn't it? We'll see. :)
In any case, here are a few of my earliest pages (sorry for the poor pictures), just for kicks:
Yup, finished all of these in the spring of 2002 in my mission to complete Noah's first year album before Asher was born (which, I'm proud to say, I did...um, by a week or so).
I find it interesting how different and yet the same my scrapbooking is, particularly with regard to the products used. I did a lot more hand-written journaling in the beginning. :) (Computer generated journaling is so much quicker these days, lol.) I loved to tear paper (and still enjoy this, though not to the same extent). I thought I was so cool using those alphabet punches, while now I hoard sooooo very many other alphabets and still do not own a die cut system (or these punches). Through this all, though, I still find myself using primarily cardstock with only a few embellishments thrown in for good measure.
So, how has your scrapbooking changed and/or stayed the same since you started?
Reader Comments (4)
Happy Scrapiversary! I started in the spring of 2002 I believe... I need to look it up....
I have come back around to hand journaling again (with the rise of super cute journaling blocks and stamps) and I still use lots of solids with patterns sparingly... I think I still like a clean line, even when I add embellishments. :)
I need to figure out when my scrap-i-versary is -- brilliant concept, and definitely worth celebrating. I'm thinking been about five years since I started scrapping, and while my style has changed (I'm a lot more detail-focused than I once was), some things have remained the same. I still love a lot of color on my pages, and since I discovered inked edges years ago, it's still part of my scrapping repertoire. I can't stop!
my scrapping style. well i'll have to think on that question for a while. i'll just say my first attempts after a 10 year hiatus were very influenced by some old cks of my mil's. i quickly realized that was not the style anymore. but i still love those pages. i do think i've gotten a lot better at telling the story though. my first journaling blocks were pretty stilted. now it's so much easier. but we have to start somewhere!
My 10 year scrap-anniversary is coming up in July! I started with the basics, but got heavily into paper piecing and layers - lots of layers and product. Then, I found myself returning to a more simple style. That's where I am now, except I love patterned paper ;)