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
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