{"id":7164,"date":"2016-04-14T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-scrap-spirit.com\/manudesigns\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2016-04-15T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:09:15","slug":"why-i-scrapbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-scrap-spirit.com\/manudesigns\/why-i-scrapbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I scrapbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

That could be easily said with one or two sentences: Because it’s my passion, my joy and I want to create keepsakes and preserve our precious pictures and memories.<\/p>\n

But thinking about it a bit deeper it is more: \u00a0A few years ago I got from my parents a photo album of myself. Captured my childhood.<\/p>\n

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1st page in my photo album<\/p><\/div>\n

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That’s priceless!<\/p>\n

My husband also got such a photo book of his childhood. \u00a0Sometimes we dig them up, then sitting side by side and talk and talk and laugh. Speaking about “that” time, about toys we both had the same. \u00a0About our parents, friends, vacations we made as child, even about our Kindergarten time. These are amazing treasures.<\/p>\n

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Here is\u00a0my husband’s 1st book; 1st page:<\/p><\/div>\n

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We both also have boxes with stacked photos of our ancestors. Some we know and some must have long lived before our time.<\/p>\n

It is now 23 years ago as we got a couple, 3 years later our daughter was born. We took, of course, pictures of her. It was still the time of film photography and those film rolls were expensive and the progress of making them in a photo labor too. We then put the photos in an album and one day she will get that book filled with such special moments. The same with our two boys, of course.<\/p>\n

That is \u00a0my 1st reason why I scrapbook:<\/span> creating keepsakes<\/p>\n

Now, with the technology – thanks to digital cameras, smartphones … we have folders on our hard drive filled with 1000’s of photos. They can be easily shared via social media, Instagram, Facebook, Whats app, \u00a0via email …. So why to sit down and make a photo book\u00a0which takes hours over hours when all your friends, family, siblings, colleagues \u00a0already saw each photo? You don’t need to say: Hey, come over … the photos of our last vacation are here now and I already made a book of it. Wanna see? You guess it, they already have seen them on social media, no need to come over to see the same pics again.<\/p>\n

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Me – learning to ride a bike \/ photo right: me and my Dad<\/p><\/div>\n

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I don’t know what will happen if I’ll one day not be here anymore. Then my kids come to my computer, open the images folder and find inside 1000’s of photos (if not more). How do they know which are important, which should be kept and which not? It would take them years to go through all the photos. And so I scrap all those special moments and I can hand them out to our kids one day.
\nI know … it takes a lot of time, but isn’t it worth? And if you think: who knows if they will ever appreciate the time and afford I invested?\u00a0And if your friends starring at you and don’t really understand what you are doing, then you know you\u00a0scrapbook for yourself.<\/p>\n

Reason No. 2:<\/span> For the Fun and Joy! It is your hobby. If you can make others happy with it, holiday gifts and so on, that’s a positive side-benefit.<\/p>\n

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Made this photo book for our Nick’s child care worker as the “big” school kids left the Kindergarten. She is a sea fan so I used on the front and back cover sea related embellishments; these were by Natali Design.<\/p><\/div>\n

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She was unbelievable happy and abrupt hugged me. I think it was the nicest farewell gift she got,\u00a0treasured memories captured forever. \u00a0I made her happy and for me it was such a fun to create this book.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Reason No. 3:<\/span> Stress reliever\/good for health! That is true. I know this from personal experience and also heard this a lot from others. Just last time as I sent out the new collection to the CT girls one of the girls sent me her page and wrote back to me this: ” ….\u00a0just so much going on lately.\u00a0 However I love to sit and relax and do a page. ” For myself, when I worked the afternoon in the garden, it is so \u00a0relaxing to scrap in the evening. The house is quite, I just take a deep breath and my creative process can start.<\/p>\n

Then, if you go through older pics and try to remember: when was is exactly, how old were we at this vacation, whom do we got to know and how were their names or even more old pics – what was the name from this relative … this all helps to keep your mind fresh and sharp.<\/p>\n

Positive side -benefit: Mostly you’ll scrap wonderful memories and see in the smiling faces of the people you scrap, which will bring happiness to you and it brings back so many\u00a0joyful memories. Then, if you have a page done – believe me, your heart will be even more happy!<\/p>\n

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One more page of my Husband’s Photo Book. He was too cute and his Mom so beautiful!<\/p><\/div>\n

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One thing I mentioned is the time. I know it is worth but with all the hustle and bustle of our daily life time gets limited. For me too.<\/p>\n

Right now I start to think about pocket scrapbook. Do you know? \u00a0This is around now for several years. I always thought this is not my style, but meanwhile,\u00a0when browsing through Pinterest or Instagram, I came across really beautiful pocket scrapbook pages. It looks quite interesting and I just ordered an album to give it a try! How can I know if I don’t try it out?<\/p>\n

Will show you with what I come up soon.<\/p>\n

I named just 3 reasons why I scrapbook, there are sure more.
\nI definitely know I’ll scrapbook forever, so that our special memories and photos not get out of sight out of mind in all our images folders.<\/p>\n

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