I have been feeling a bit nostalgic lately as I organized my scrapbooking supplies (finally) and stumbled on some of my very first layouts. I wanted to share a few of them with you, because I think it’s so helpful to look back at some of your early pages to see how your style has changed, or ways that it hasn’t.

I began scrapbooking for the first time when I returned from a two-year missions trip from Italy in 2004. As you can see in the two 12x12 layouts to the right, the only thing I had was some colored paper, a glue stick, one rub-on and a pen. I think it’s fun to see that even before I knew that brads existed, I was drawing little circles in the corners of my titles for an added touch.

After I began working at a scrapbooking/country gift store, I discovered my passion for scrapbooking. I bought my first 6x12 album and started creating pages about my life and some of my adventures. In the two layouts below, I can see how my love for rub-ons and eyelets were growing and as well as my love for distressing pages. My style has continued to evolve since then, but it’s fun to look back to where it all began.

How has your style evolved over the years? Are there supplies and design elements that you can see through a lot of your pages? Has your style changed dramatically or not? I hope you join me in looking back on some of your first pages to see what still works for you now, and what doesn’t. Even though I look at my first pages and chuckle, I know they still tell the stories as well as the ones I create today.

Create Something. Inspire everyone.
GinaMarie