MIM

What, you may well ask, is "MIM"?
Well ,those who've been scrapping with me for the past year will know that I've been going on a bit about journalling. I've had the feeling that we've kind of lost the plot a bit with scrapping. A lot of us (and I include myself here) have been churning out pages which, whilst really quiet lovely, don't really say much ergo, don't mean much. So many ladies say "I don't know what to say" when I tell them to slap a bit of journalling on the page. Now I don't know abou you, but I know VERY few women who don't know what to say!
This brings me to MIM - 2009 is the year where we "Make It Meaningful" (MIM - geddit?). Yep, the emphasis is going to be on pages that really tell the story, be it for an album for your children, your parents or just a record you're keeping for yourself of your fabulous life. Let's stop, take a breath and ask ourselves again what it is we're really trying to achieve with our (expensive!) scrapping. To me it's all about celebrating our lives, recording it and preserving our history.
So look out for some of my MIM ideas which admittedly will take some research, effort and dedication on your behalf but the end prodcut will be oh so worth it..... This of course does not mean that we're not going to be doing a few fun pages with great layouts and maybe just a line or two of story.
I wish you all everything good in 2009. I've still got loads to learn about blogging so please bear with me..... Still trying to figure out how you comment, how to post a picture etc

Comments.....

I've had loads of people saying they want to comment on the blog but don't know how. Well neither do I. Give me a sec here to figure it out.......

Festive Greetings

I'm trying really hard to be grateful for everything I have but I so wish I was having Christmas in the snow. I just love the whole atmosphere of it. Anyway, with all this carnage on our roads, my wish for you and your family is that you have a SAFE Chrsitmas. And a blessed one. Here's looking forwards to a really great 2009.

Baby steps.....

I'm such a newby at this but give me a chance - I'll soon have it all figured out. Might take a while as I dont have a 9 year old on hand...... What a year 2008 has been. Talk about topsy turvy. First I closed Scrapbook Junction as a shop in February, build a studio at home, converted our house to a B&B and had one of those "0" birthdays! But NOTHING stood in the way of scrapping and we did so under some seriously chaotic circumstances. I have to say it's not easy being creative under those conditions but things are starting to settle down to a nice routine and I'm hoping 2009 is going to be a year of great creativity. I'm LUUUVING my new home studio and particularly working from home after six years in a shop (which I loved but a season for everything....)
I'm so excited about the blog as it's going to be such a great opportunity to stay in touch, share ideas and creativity and do that whole network thing that us gals do so well. Now let me see how to upload a pic.......

Comes the dawn....

I'm so excited I could just PLUTZ! Yep, I've wanted to blog for ages (love that word but it does sound like something one should do in private) but what a year I've had..... no more for now until I see if this works.....