Getting Back in Touch With My Scrapbooking Roots

I quit making scrapbook pages about 2 years ago because it was getting out of hand. It became, "Let's see how many stickers/eyelets/charms/ I can use on this layout today!!" The photos and the stories behind them were being buried underneath the cute little empty decorations. Consumerism was marring a good thing.

But then I saw the delight that danced across my friends' faces when they asked to see my scrapbooks recently. It reminded me of the good things about scrapbooking. It's all about how you approach things. I can get carried away with finding THE perfect matching stickers or I can still really focus on the stories but still have a little artistic fun. It's really still my choice.

So yea, I've recently made a few very simple pages. I like them. I like the clean, simple lines... and I really like that it took me only 10 minutes instead of 2 hours to make one page.