Yay, me!

I am now officially addicted to digital scrapbooking after only two days of researching and playing in my spare time. I need a Mac at home so I can do this on my off time but this is freaking amazing! And... I just finished my first page while I've been playing around. I knew with my wedding photos I had too many to decide which ones to use for one page so I went with our engagement photos since I was just playing around. Here is what I came up with...


So more scrapbooking projects in my future! I'm so excited! I've always loved scrapbooking but several things hold me back.

• It is expensive. You need papers, letters, word art, ribbon, accessories..... not to mention the cost of all the other things like binders, cutters, glue, etc.
• It takes up too much room. If you do invest in all of these supplies, where do you put them? I guess now we have an office I could make space but it is so much hassle. And every time you feel like scrapbooking you have to get out all the crap and make a huge mess. This way... no mess.
• Lack of talent. I think I'm pretty good on the computer (better than average, worst than most graphic designers) and in my mind I'm pretty creative. But when I sit down with paper, scissors and glue, the image in my head never quite comes out like I plan in reality. With a computer, however, I can get pretty close

Now, I can buy digital papers, fonts, and extras and I will always have them. Plus, I can change colors on many things and use them again in totally different ways. And even better... I can put these digital creations on here to share with you.

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As I was writing this I got a phone call from Lucas. He is in Kentucky right now and was supposed to be on his way back home. As he was leaving, he got a call from his boss to go back to Indiana to fix the same problems they had last week that they were fixing. So now he has to go to Indiana and stay the night there and probably won't be back until late tomorrow night or Friday night. Who knows. I had to help him find a Target so he can go buy clothes, toiletries, and, yes, more steel-toed boots. I think from now on whenever he goes out of town we'll fix him an overnight bag just to be safe. Unbelievable!