..is just the coolest. Not only do I get to do something I love, something that my family will benefit from, but also I get to meet and interact with so many people. I can't explain how many people I am in contact with that scrapping has held together. I have met so many women over the past two years who have impacted my life tremendously. I have had the opportunity to talk to others about scrapping, about how to do it, what it means to me, what it means to them. And it is truly exciting and inspiring. I especially love seeing new scrappers starting out, just beginning this walk of preserving precious family memories. How wonderful is that? And it excited me even more to seeing people use MY templates to get them started! That is seriously the most humbling thing! It makes me sooo happy to know that I have a way to use my creativity to help others. I love seeing different people's takes on the templates. There is just so much creativity out there and so many memories to be preserved. Truly priceless.
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I don't have too much to share today...have a list of things that need to get done (you know, the fun stuff like paying bills, cleaning rooms, vacuuming, etc). I also want to find some time to read a book I have started. A few months ago my dear friend Hollie sent me the book, BABY IN A BOX, the story of a family and their experience of adopting a baby girl in China. When she sent it to me I started it and got about 70 pages in. Then everything exploded with work and it took a back seat to other stuff. But I rummaged around in the garage and found the box of books from our bedroom and pulled it out. It was so nice to sit and read for a change!
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I didn't get a chance to scrap yesterday but I do have some layouts that I have done in the last few months that I haven't shown. I got in a weird funk about posting LO's for a while (still don't like posting in galleries).
Ugh...I just realized that I haven't saved any of them for web. How about I fix a bunch of those today and show you a whole bunch tomorrow. I also really need to update my digital album here on the blog. It don't think I have added anything new since September! I think I need to go back and just put in my favorites. I am probably at five or six hundred layouts and I don't think anyone, no matter how interested they are, would want to look at all of those!
I also REALLY need to go through and organize my scrapping stuff and burn a bunch to DVD. My poor laptop AND external hard drive are getting pretty full! Is there anywhere I can get more hours added into my day??
Have a GREAT day!
Oh, and a few people have asked about the pictures I showed of Mimi yesterday...the ones that look like they are coming off the page. Although I know how do it myself, they are a pain so I was THRILLED when Debbie Knorr came out with her BEND IT! templates! Soooo cool! Now, lots of designers have come out with them but I am all for supporting the original creator. So if you like them, run to her store and grab them.
Isn't this hobby so fun for the fact that we interact with a million people!!! I just finished up a LO using one of you blog freebie templates at one time - WOW - it is my new favorite LO in my collection!
Thanks again for sharing with all of us!
Also thanks for the link to Debbie's bend it frames - I was just looking for some yesterday!
Posted by: MandaKay | February 08, 2007 at 11:24 PM