Confession
January 4th, 2007 by CandaceIt’s good for the soul, right? So here I am confessing something in regards to my crafting (and only crafting – for other confessions you must visit my other site).
A lot of people I know enjoy scrapbooking. I love taking pictures, and I loved my design layout class in college, but something about scrapping didn’t appeal to me. Maybe it was because I had so many pictures, I already felt overwhelmed before I even began. People would talk about it, share layouts and what-not and while I thought they all looked fabulous, I still had no desire to do it. Until I was at Michael’s one afternoon and found a scrapbook I fell in love with.
So I bought it. And $50 in other supplies (which doesn’t buy much, but enough to get started with). And what have I done with it? Nada. That was four months ago and I still haven’t even thought about starting a page. I would think of layouts in my head, and then get overwhelmed. I know this stems from my perfectionist personality, of I have to do it 100% right the first time, perfect, or I won’t do it at all. I know I need to get over it, but then I see what other friends have done and think, “I could never show my work to anyone if it’s not right.”
So here I have a beautiful (and very empty) scrapbook, along with lots and lots of paper, and I don’t even know how to begin. I know I should stick with other crafts that I love (embroidery, painting, photography), but I keep thinking I should atleast give it a try, right? And if I don’t, anyone want some scrapping supplies?
January 5th, 2007 at 10:05 am
You can do it C! You should see the layouts that I did my first year scrapbooking. So embarassing, but just like any other craft – you get better. One thing that I love about Scrapbooking is that it makes me think about what is going on around me ‘better’. And as for your ‘huge stack’ of pictures, don’t worry about getting tehm all scrapped. That is what made scrapbooking very stressful for me, and now I don’t really scrap in order because of that. I recommend this book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1929180926/ref=wl_it_dp/102-2547555-7800957?ie=UTF8&coliid=I10DBEPNQ88XFH&colid=2W42Q52H4ECAT
I know think about scrapping in a new light. Hope you get some confidence to start using those supplies and get some pages done!!! And you don’t have to share if you don’t want to. My work is no where NEAR the level that is in the magazines or some online friends, but I enjoy doing it and that is what counts. So have some fun!!!
January 5th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Oh, and if you don’t, I would LOVe the supplies. I love that album!!!
April 8th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Go back to Michaels and get some assistance. They have people to help you. If your store happens to one that sucks, find a scrapbooking store and they for sure will help.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Hey “C”. Funny thing…I just bought the SAME scrapbook today!! I absolutely love it! A little tip. DON’T get discouraged! Push yourself to start and I bet once you start, you wont want to stop! I’ve never scrapbooked before, but I’m going to give it a shot! At times I do feel overwhelmed but than again its soo fun and creative..there are endless possibilities since the limit is really one’s imagination!