Hi... My name is Dawn, and I'm addicted to Scrapbooking.
Journaling is my greatest challenge...and here I am writing about me!
I was a Scrapper when Scrappin wasn't cool! When I was 16 (1989) my friend, Jen gave me a Hallmark Photo Album, that had blank white pages. I filled it with photos and whatever paper I could get my hands on, magazines, construction paper. I know, I know... you should see it! It's awful! Then, for my Wedding Album in 1993, I decorated a sticky magnetic album with photos, paper doilies and our wedding invites and napkins. Shame on me! Then one day in the mid - 1990's I was walking through the Wal-Mart craft section, when I saw a display with shaped scissors, and booklets of very busy Fiskars paper. I spent $70 that day, and went home on a mission. I stayed up late nights, cropping photos... by the way, my crop jobs were obscene! I started covering photo albums with fabric, and filled them way past capacity. I would develop several rolls of film per month. And take pictures to match the paper I had!
Several years later, I'm still in love with my hobby. How many of you have taken 500 pictures on their one week trip to Disney World... am I the only one with my hand raised? I can't help myself. I've worked at a Scrapbook Store, taught Crop Classes and have signed on with MemoryWorks direct sales program, all to support this crazy habit. In the past I had scrapbooked at home, in between life. You know the feeling, kids, laundry, a screaming alarm clock and a 40 hour work week,"Mom, where's my backpack?" and "Honey, what's for dinner?". Until some friends of mine, (you'll probably see them at some of the Retreats) Linda and Stacey invited me to a three day Crop weekend. I'll never be the same.
Pamper yourself. If you've never been to a Scrapbooking Retreat ask your husband for the gift you'll love, or suggest to your kids that they chip in on a weekend adventure for your Mother's Day present. Birthday, Christmas, whatever it takes. Or you can just treat yourself, you've worked hard, you deserve it. I have too, so I'll see you there. I'm counting the days!
