All-Day Crop at Pick of the Patch

Yesterday Pick of the Patch held an all-day scrapbooking event.  It was well attended - not so many that you were sharing a table - but enough to have a nice buzz of noise in the room.  I am all for only "one to a table" with all the paraphenalia that everyone tends to bring to these kinds of events.

As far a productivity goes - it was not my most productive day - but I did manage to finish some layouts that were missing pieces, photos or titles.  That is a good thing as I always like finishing the layouts right away.  I tend to find  that if I am missing a piece of a layout, I mark it to so that I can find it easily, but it can sometimes take months or years to get back to it.  I like to completely finish each page or set of pages as I do them - mark them off on my tally sheet and with a clear conscience, move onto the next layout.

So I cleared up some of the 'incomplete' pages and managed to get a number of new ones done.  So, all it all, it was a good day.

I will also be teaching "Cricut Basics" class at Pick of the Patch in the near future.  If you have a Cricut at home and have never used it or hardly even turned it on - this is the class for you.  Come and find out the basics of this extremely handy scrapbooking tool.  I am on my second machine - I don't know what I would do without my Cricut!  Stay tuned for more information.

I also am planning on doing a follow-up Cricut class after the Basics - "Cartridge Exploration" - using your cartridges to their fullest.

Next all-day crop is February 20th - maybe I will see you there or at my Cricut class....

Happy Scrapping!

Brenda

Milestones and Memories

It is very hard to believe that it is 2010 already.  These years have a way of creeping up on people!

This year has a number of personal milestones for me - a big birthday and also my 20th Anniversary.

The main reason that we scrapbook (beyond the love of paper and collecting 'toys') is to document and preserve the pictures and memories of the years as they go by. 

No where was this more noticable than in a little acrylic album kit that I did last year - it is a little house shaped album with a snow-topped roof.  I started it just after Christmas last year so, it seemed appropriate, to make it about the holidays.  I have made it a point to take a picture of the two boys in front of the fireplace each year - just before taking down the stockings on Christmas morning.  Each individual picture by itself is a memory of that particular Christmas - but put together, year after year, it becomes a document of the growth of the two boys.

With the flip of a couple of pages, you can see the changes in the boys in reference to the fireplace mantle and each other.  When I started - back in 2000 - the youngest was just a little taller than the mantle and they both did not even come half-way up to the large wreath over the fireplace.  Over the years, this has changed.  I am looking forward to putting this year's picture in the album because as of this year, they both almost reach the top of the wreath, but Marcus is now taller than his older brother! This little album is a record of not only Christmas mornings, but the boys as they have gotten older.  It is a summary, if you will, rather than the large family albums that I have normally done.  This little album is special and I bring it out at Christmas time - it has now become part of the decorating of the house at Christmas time.

So, I will be documenting the milestones that come up in 2010, but also remember to document the rest of your lives - the little everyday pieces of it that make up the bulk of life - rather than just the 'high days and holidays'.

Happy Scrapping!

Brenda