Monday, August 13, 2007

Scrapbook rambling...

So about 5 months ago, my mom and sister dragged me back into scrapbooking. At first, I was hesitant to buy much because it can get pretty costly and I didn't know how "in" to it I was going to get. I used to scrapbook quite a bit back when I was newly married and even before that actually. I would buy all sorts of paper and stickers and scissors and what not to make my pages look...decent. After a while though, scrapbooking began to evolve into so much more...bigger and better embellishments, which meant more expensive. I pretty much just dropped it like a hot pan, because I'd already put quite a bit of money into it, and didn't feel like I wanted to "change" everything I had to go along with the new trends. Besides that, I was a working mother by then and didn't really have the time anymore to put into it.

My mom and sister had gotten back into it quite a while before I finally had any desire to. They had quite a selection of all the newest embellishments. Once they saw that I was showing some interest (after all their poking and prodding for me to get back into it) they made me feel welcome to make use of their supplies. That was all good and nice and stuff, but not very helpful when I'm at my home and their supplies are not. Soo...I've had to buy my own stash. It's nowhere near the size of theirs, but it's still ok. At first I had gone to a couple scrapbook classes with them, which you get a few kits at. The pages from classes are usually cute and the kits are fairly simple, but I usually like to put my own pages together. Besides that, the classes aren't cheap. I tend to get scrapper's block though quite a bit. I try to look through layout samples to get ideas, but sometimes they just don't come to me. I've made a few pages that I got inspiration from a layout I liked and just tweaked it to make it more personal. I wish I could be more creative and just come up with stuff all on my own. What I'd really love is to make pages and sell them on ebay. I need to improve a bit though before I get to a point where I feel confident that what I make is worth trying to sell. Otherwise, fees on ebay rack up pretty quick. One of these days I'll get some pics of some of my pages that I've done and get them posted on here. For now, I think I've rambled on enough...

3 comments:

Jenna said...

You little stinker! I had no idea you ever read my blog! I'm so glad, though! I have shunned scrapbooking for a long time too because of the expense and how it seems to take over one's life, but I finished a great project over the summer. I took all of my husband's baby/childhood/teen photos and memorabilia and scrapbooked them all for his Christmas gift. It kept me busy for the long weeks that my kids were in AZ with their dad, and it turned out pretty well, especially for my first effort! Oh, and I wish I could teach piano to the girls! I teach lessons here in CA. That would be awesome. Good for them, and you, Mom!

idahohubers said...

We are blogging at nearly the same time. Fun. Get those samples up, I want to see them. Here is something to think about - designing and selling digital scrapbook templates for PhotoShop. I have run into a few designers that do this and it is so cool. I bet it will catch on even more over time. Check out http://www.intheblinkofaneye.typepad.com/ Very cool photographer and designer.

Abby said...

I'm so tempted to get into scrapbooking. But I don't feel creative enough, ya know? Scrapbooks are just so much fun to look at and it's like oo oo!! why not me?!?! heh. Maybe I'll take a trip to Michael's or something and start stocking up because I totally need a hobby. Mmmm..hobbies...