What Matters Monday
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Hi Everyone!
Denise here to bring you What Matters Monday.
The last time we had a What Matters Monday post (here), Happy Scrap Girl talked about being part of an online community and how wonderful it to receive support and inspiration from our fellow scrappers here at ScrapMatters (don’t we look fabulous?).
I couldn’t agree more!
I am a stay at home mom and live a busy life (as we all do, whatever our jobs!).
Scrapbooking has always been a love, but with six kids, there just wasn’t enough time in my life or space in my house.
You know what I mean, right? You want to scrapbook, but you don’t have a dedicated place in your house to do so, and by the time you drag everything out, you’re only going to have to put it all away, or risk having the baby chew on it, or the three-year-old color on it, or the five-year-old cut it up…I could go on.
But digital scrapbooking opened up a whole new world for me.
I could pursue my love of scrapbooking and work on it for the five spare minutes I had and not have to worry about someone messing up all my work (except of course for the times when I didn’t remember to hit save …but that’s another post!)
I know there are some of you out there who are paper scrapbookers thinking about making the switch, and I say, don’t wait!
And I know that there are some of your who are so overwhlemed by how many photos you have, it almost seems hopeless to even begin…I feel your pain. I look 4,000 photos just the last eight weeks…holy cow!
But, don’t worry.
If you begin where you are, and scrap as you go, you will at least be current, and as you go, you will find that you are able to work on many of the old photos just screaming to get off your digital camera, or the cd where you stashed them for later!
Bottom line, start today. Begin where you are. Scrap what you have, and then as inspiration strikes, go back and scrap what you have stored.
Before you know it, you will become a better, more efficient scrapbooker, and have actual albums that you and your family will enjoy for years to come.
I get so long-winded when I feel passionate about something. And this is my passion! Maybe it’s your too!
Hugs.
Denise
