Hello and happy weekend! Thanks for all the enthusiastic comments and emails about my return to blogging - I can't promise to blog everyday but I will try my best to keep the momentum up!
Thought I would answer a few questions on this topic. I occasionally get emails asking what the heck is up, sometimes from people I know, sometimes from blog friends, and sometimes from complete strangers. I read and love them all :)
Here's the deal; me and scrapbooking, we kind of needed some space. Truthfully, I became very disheartened with the industry as a whole, and I just got burnt out. I couldn't keep cranking out pages I wasn't feeling good about, pages that falsely portrayed a happy, perfect life. My life is far from that. It's real and it's messy. Sure, there are moments of perfection and happiness, mixed in with everything else!
I also went through allllllllll of my scrapbooks and any page that didn't tell a story or was just created to showcase product, got the heave-ho. Huge relief.
Any product I didn't love was sent on its way.
So now, I scrapbook a bit. I always have a page to accompany my article and I do scrapbooking digitally a fair amount, but that's really it.
This page appeared in my Winter article:
And this page is in the new SCT / PageMaps Calendar and could quite possibly be my favourite page of all time. I love those shots so much and the colour scheme is really fun too:
That assignent came at a time when I felt creatively depleted, so I love it even more now :)
So, I don't really scrapbook a whole lot anymore, and I'm ok with that. You can't force creativity. It'll come back when and if it's ready.
Oh, and for those of you who asked why I wouldn't be at ScrapFest Kitchener, I was all set to head back and a conflict arose. Sometimes life just works that way, sorry ladies! It will, no doubt, be a spectacular event with or without me, Lisa and her team are top notch :)
BTW don't forget to enter my giveaway on yesterday's post, it's super cute!
Have a wonderful weekend, ladies:)
Thanks for sharing girl. Sometimes you look at others and think everyone is so happy except you. Then you realize everyone goes through crappy times and it does get better. So glad to see you back blogging and a glimpse of your beautiful lo's and girls. Miss you guys:)
Posted by: Niki | January 29, 2011 at 07:05 AM
Here, here. There is room for authenticity in scrapbooking! LOVE that layout. It is simply gorgeous and I can see why it is a favourite.
:) Have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by: Lee Currie | January 29, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Totally get where you are at with scrapbooking Kathy, went through that well over a year ago myself. So glad to see you blogging. I should think of maybe doing the same.
Posted by: Teresa | January 29, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Your layouts inspire me and thanks for the reminder to keep the focus on the photos and the stories behind them.
Posted by: rosien | January 29, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I can see why that is a favorite layout ... it is perfectly beautiful :)
And I agree, creativity sometimes need a break & it will return :)
I am so glad to see you back, I don't blog, because I think I realize what a commitment it is so I understand you not being able to blog often, no worries, you're busy :) But I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog, whether it's about scrapbooking, photography or life itself. You are truly inspiring & you keep me coming back .... even though it was scrapping/photography that brought me here to begin with, I am glad that I found so much more!!
Thanks for sharing your life with us :)
Posted by: Lorelle | January 29, 2011 at 04:16 PM
Nice style. I wish I could write that way.
Posted by: MeSoCutte | March 18, 2011 at 02:08 PM