Old New Hobby...

So I am getting excited about getting back into scrapbooking. Now, I began scrapping (or at least buying the stuff for it) when my sista in MI started selling it (before my first son was born). I did a total of 6 pages before it got stuffed
in a box with all the best intentions but no time made...

Shortly after my first son was born, I DID get it out once to make a small 5x7 scrapbook for my grandmother when they moved her to the Alzheimer's wing of an assisted living center. Because I didn't live near my grandmother and she rarely got to see her newest great-grandbaby, I made a scrapbook of just him and gave it to her, knowing that as her memory faded, the photos would be the only link she had to us.

Then, my mother gave me set of stuff that she had bought and it too made its way to the box with more good intentions.

Then, I met my new friends who are BIG TIME SCRAPPERS! Amy, Shonna, Rebekkah and others have great ideas and no shortage of materials. Let me tell you how intimidated I felt when I came in with only ONE box of materials to work with. Everyone there had two or three big rolling special scrapbooking bags and more embellishments, stickers, foamies, tools, markers, scissors, papers and other materials than I have seen in most scrapbooking stores! Now, granted, they have been doing this much longer than I have, but still...I was humbled. So now I have been re-inspired. I went to the monthly scrapbooking meeting at our church for the first time last Friday and completed two pages. I was so excited...and I found lots of new toys. I desperately want a CRICUT!!! I fell in love with that. And now I have printed some photos (all mine are digital) so I can do a few layouts and then will print some more when those are completed. I have so much to learn...my first 6 pages that I did years ago are awful...but they serve a purpose. There was also much less available for scrapping that many years ago...now even the dollar store has stuff...

So...let's see if this works out as well as my blogging...seems I have been keeping up with that so far... :) (Dangit...I said that outloud...now I have jinxed it!)