How and why did you start scrapbooking? - Page 2

**gma2rjc** · 01-08-2010, 06:05 PM

I only know 1 person who is always caught up on her scrapbooks. That's my sister-in-law and.... oh wait, they adopted a baby in August. She hasn't had time to start a book for him, so I guess that means I don't know of anyone who is caught up on their books.

My daughters are 24 and 25. When I started scrapbooking around February of '98, I foolishly thought I could catch up on their books. When my first grandson came along, I scrapped the idea of catching up on pictures of the past and vowed to keep up on his scrapbook.

That didn't happen and now I have 2 and 1/3 more grandkids. But I'm not giving up. I do plan on making books for all of them. I have the first six months of my 1st grandsons pages done though, and a lot of other pages that aren't in chronological order.

I know what you mean about the frilly frou-frou pages. I like mine to be simple and not too trendy. The last trend I noticed in s.b. magazines was using pink, brown and turquoise paper, stickers, etc. even if it clashed with the pictures on the page. And sometimes you have to look hard to find the picture on a finished page because there's so much 'stuff'.

Jrits · 01-15-2010, 11:07 AM

for my kids - great baby albums!

TheMemoryKeeperCoach · 01-19-2010, 09:44 PM

I actually started after visiting Ground Zero. I purchased some photos there and didn't have a clue as to what I was going to do with them until I was cleaning up my guest room (aka storage room) and found a laundry basket full of photo envelopes. There must have been about 20 envelopes of photos I had developed, looked at then tossed aside, buried under an unfinished latch hook rug that I intended to make into a throw pillow, the batting was there too. I don't think I ever finished the pillow either.

Soon after I discovered that I was pregnant and jumped in with both feet! All sorts of ideas, emotions, fears...you name it. You go through a lot when you are pregnant. At any rate, I wanted to make sure my child(ren) had a documented life and heritage. I wanted them to know who I was before I was a mother and what my life and childhood had been like. Things I wanted to know about my parents. That was the fuel behind the passion for me.

3NavyBabies · 02-08-2010, 02:31 PM

My mom was introduced to Creative Memories by a long-time friend, and I did my first page when I was 10 years old. She let me do a few pages here and there (as I BEGGED), and then let me take over my book when I was 16. I went to Colorado, my first concert, Chicago, Europe and California within a 6 month time period. So now, 15 years after my first page, I am hooked and try to suck in anyone who I can! lol.