Scrapbooking Is My Life

Or not. I had a FABULOUS time at Scrapbowl this weekend. It was so fun. It was great spending so much time with my girlfriend, and I got lots of scrapbooking done. It was a crazy place - over 600 scrapbookers, a bunch of vendors, and classes. Although I have to say the thing that cracked me up the most was how seriously people took the scrapbooking. The keynote address was given by a woman who has written a bunch of best-selling scrapbooking books, and she is really talented. She also takes this hobby REALLY seriously. Basically her message was that if we change the way we scrapbook - it will change our life. Really??!! I don't think so. It will just change the way I scrapbook. My life is a whole other matter. At least for me, scrapbooking is a fun hobby that I enjoy. It lets me be creative, and at the same time preserve some family memories and use some great photos. But it isn't life altering. I preferred the message from the amazing Donna Downey, who taught one of the classes I took. She said she doesn't always journal, because, frankly she is just not that deep. She has cute pictures of her kids and she likes to put them in a pretty book. That is exactly how I feel about it. Sometimes I have a funny story to tell, or a touching moment - and that, I journal. But otherwise, its just about the photos. Anyway, it was a great time and I totally want to go back next year. I even got two (15-minute) massages out of the deal! Here is a cute book that Donna Downey taught us how to make - called My Kind of Beautiful.