Doing it all...

Have you ever noticed that if you want to share your scrapbooking gifts with others you have to know it all? What I mean by that is, not only do you have to be a great scrapbooker.... You have to excel at blogging, following multiple boards, posting about others work, posting about yours.... and the last one and perhaps the most important, photography.

I resisted starting a blog and thought I would rather be scrapbooking than blogging about scrapbooking. But, I came around to it and actually enjoyed having a voice in the world wide web; even if no one reads it. 

And here I am on the cusp of the next step. I bought my first Digital SLR Canon camera. Whew. 

I kinda always thought, I am not a photographer and I like that my scrapbooking has an organic regular person feel to it. I didn't want to think that to fully enjoy the hobby I had to be some fantastic photographer. Now that I have finally given in. I love it. Yep, with cameras now a days you can literally point and shoot. It just captures what I want in a way better quality. But, I am still not a photographer so my people pictures are as organic as they were with my little Coolpix, just a way better quality. 

Here is the deal, I think that scrapbooking is literally the best gift you can give to your children. It's a life journal with photos. I don't want anyone to think that in order to scrapbook you have to 'do it all'... that is simply not the case. And, I know plenty of people who 'do it all' and its nothing more than some fashionable buttons next to a photo, not a meaningful story. I want to create the best scrapbook possible for future generations and for my husband and I to look back and remember this amazing journey. 

Check out the new Gallery Of Work page under my header to see a slide show of my work using my new camera. Here is a new layout... 

Start scrapbooking already!

Some older layouts... 

So much better quality, huh? Now it's just a matter of plugging along taking back log photos of my work... it would certainly help if it wasn't cloudy and raining!

Cheers.

N.