again i am struggling with the whole scrapping "thing"
i feel like i am on the verge of really getting comfortable with the way i scrap - a bit like standing on the edge of a really high cliff and i know that if i step off i will be able to soar but it's just taking that first step that is holding me back.
what am i scared of...???
i honestly don't know.
i gave up years ago scrapping to please others - magazines never seemed to want to publish my work and the two times i have been on DT teams have probably been my two flashes of brilliant scrapping.
i have so many LOs of other people bookmarked; ideas of how i would like to scrap stuck in an ideas book; computer book marks of inspirational sites - so why can't i just get in and scrap and get my "groove thang" happening.
but when i think about why i scrap - to tell the story of my family for them and for future generations - i know that i am achieving this goal.
kait LOVES to sit and look through the albums. she laughs and giggles at the pictures and the journalling.
mark, matt and jakey are rather non-plussed about the whole scrapping thing i think.
"nice page" is probably the most encouraging comment any of them have ever given me.
so why do i scrap besides the archiving of our family's history and preserving the memories and the moments...???
well for one, i can't imagine NOT scrapping.
i like the whole process of telling the story behind the photo.
i love the creative process of scrapping.
but still i feel like i am holding back from scrapping in the way i want.
and i don't know how to allow that creativity to flow and develop.
please don't think i am fishing for compliments about my scrapping - i know it's not brilliant.
but if you can give me any suggestions about how to release the scrapping goddess within, feel free to do so.
sorry if this has been a bit rambly. i just needed to get my thoughts down and i hoped they would make some sort of sense once they were out of my head - well THAT didn't happen now did it...????
i am exhausted after a week of the dreaded gastro bug laying me low and now both kait and matt have it and i am averaging only a few hours sleep a night while i empty buckets, mop fevered brows, dole out flat lemonade and sit and worry about them.
i guess mark and jakey will be lining up for their turn in the next few days.
it is a nasty bug.
i also love the concept behind "blogging without obligation" hence i have placed a blinkie (is that what they are called..???) in my sidebar.
thanks to the lovely megan who inadvertantly lead me to this wonderful guilt-free way of blogging.
remember to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~
shazz xo
HAPPY THOUGHT FOR TODAY
there is rain on the way - YAY !!!!!
&
jakey topped the WHOLE of year 10 in his trial school certificate maths paper.
we are SO proud of our beautiful son.
i feel like i am on the verge of really getting comfortable with the way i scrap - a bit like standing on the edge of a really high cliff and i know that if i step off i will be able to soar but it's just taking that first step that is holding me back.
what am i scared of...???
i honestly don't know.
i gave up years ago scrapping to please others - magazines never seemed to want to publish my work and the two times i have been on DT teams have probably been my two flashes of brilliant scrapping.
i have so many LOs of other people bookmarked; ideas of how i would like to scrap stuck in an ideas book; computer book marks of inspirational sites - so why can't i just get in and scrap and get my "groove thang" happening.
but when i think about why i scrap - to tell the story of my family for them and for future generations - i know that i am achieving this goal.
kait LOVES to sit and look through the albums. she laughs and giggles at the pictures and the journalling.
mark, matt and jakey are rather non-plussed about the whole scrapping thing i think.
"nice page" is probably the most encouraging comment any of them have ever given me.
so why do i scrap besides the archiving of our family's history and preserving the memories and the moments...???
well for one, i can't imagine NOT scrapping.
i like the whole process of telling the story behind the photo.
i love the creative process of scrapping.
but still i feel like i am holding back from scrapping in the way i want.
and i don't know how to allow that creativity to flow and develop.
please don't think i am fishing for compliments about my scrapping - i know it's not brilliant.
but if you can give me any suggestions about how to release the scrapping goddess within, feel free to do so.
sorry if this has been a bit rambly. i just needed to get my thoughts down and i hoped they would make some sort of sense once they were out of my head - well THAT didn't happen now did it...????
i am exhausted after a week of the dreaded gastro bug laying me low and now both kait and matt have it and i am averaging only a few hours sleep a night while i empty buckets, mop fevered brows, dole out flat lemonade and sit and worry about them.
i guess mark and jakey will be lining up for their turn in the next few days.
it is a nasty bug.
i also love the concept behind "blogging without obligation" hence i have placed a blinkie (is that what they are called..???) in my sidebar.
thanks to the lovely megan who inadvertantly lead me to this wonderful guilt-free way of blogging.
remember to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~
shazz xo
HAPPY THOUGHT FOR TODAY
there is rain on the way - YAY !!!!!
&
jakey topped the WHOLE of year 10 in his trial school certificate maths paper.
we are SO proud of our beautiful son.
2 comments:
Shazz - I don't scrap as well as I would like to or as beautiful as others do.
But my whole reason to scrap is because 1. I love to be creative. And 2. I want to preserve not only the photos but the memories that go with them.
I don't care what people think. I only scrap for myself - not for DT's or magazines. It's only my family that I hope will appreciate it in the end. I do it for them.
(and you thought you were rambly!!)
Maybe try taking a class of something that isn't your style at all. Try something different. I don't know - I really love your layouts.
Hope you are all better soon!!
My beautiful Shazz,
I haven't been ignoring you darls I have just been crazy busy, I was sad to hear that you have been sick, you really have had a rough run of the health thing the last 6 months, You have been in my thoughts. Ok your scrapping. I love that when I look at your pages I see a little bit of you on them. Your gorgeous smiling heart and beautiful bright personality. That is all that matters. I know it is hard when you have deadlines to achieve and the mojo is not there but don't force it. Before you start a layout tell yourself why you are doing it and hopefully it will all fall together (or you could just look at a pic of a miu, that might do it ;) or better still scrap one!!! lmao!!! . you know I think that you rock the universe. mwahhhhh, I hope that you find the inspiration that you are looking for.
keep smiling that radiant smile.
Tam
xoxoxox
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