My new hobby: Scrapbooking

As you can see from my blog, I have a new hobby: scrapbooking.
I learend about it from some mom message board. Someone posted her altered items, lunch boxes, receipt boxes, composition books etc. I just loved them and thought those people are so handy and so creative. I would never be so artistic to make such beautiful things. Then I started to pay attention on scrapbooking section while shopping at Target. One day I happened to see a pack of beautiful pattern paper was on clearence and thought I can just play around for that price. That was my first scrapbooking purchase, back in Feburary. At that time I wasn't sure if I could do it with a toddler running around and a full time job.
In July I started to chat at a message board of Creating Keepsakes Magzine. It is such a wonderful message board, and so many super nice women, they kindly answered all my dummy questions. I go to that message board almost everyday, viewing galleries at CK and two peas. It became my routine. With all the encourages I got from these scrapholic I felt more confident in myself. I started to shop my startup pack. I bought a 12" paper trimmer at ebay, got some paper and adhensive at Joann, a couple of albums at Target, some embellishments here and there. I soon started my first page. It's about Sophia got up early on a Sunday morning and helped daddy with gardening. She was wearing the favorite green bunny hoodie. I wanted to put all the pictures into one layout, because they are all so beautiful. I ended with 4 of them in one. I'm very happy with the result and uploaded it to CK gallery on August 9th.
Since then, I can't stop. I just love the process of creating. The outcome? Some are good, some are not so good, but I'm making progress. Now I have half album full, and I'm in the middle of a mini album of Sophia's hair.
At the beginning, I like scrapbooking because it's such a great way to preserve memories. I will be thrilled if my mom shows me a book of my stories when I was little. Since I have Sophia, I have sth exiting happening almost everyday. I don't want to let them go. I wanted to save them, keep them. After reading stories of other scrapers, I realized scrapbooking is not only preserving memories and creating albums. It makes me pay more attention to my life, I listen more carefully, look more closer, think deeper, and write more.
For the creativity aspect, I'm ready to take the challenge. I love drawing when I was a kid. I still do. Scrapbooking is a comprehensive art, it can be a collection of all kinds of creativities. Drawing, sewing, photography, papercrafts, writing, and more, use your imagination.