I’ve been considering myself a fairly recent entrant into the realm of scrapbooking. But over the holidays, I was reminded that I’ve been scrapbooking nearly my whole life, most of it way before the invention of patterned paper and chipboard alphas. There is the fill-in-the-blank “all about me” book I made in second grade, complete with crayon drawings.  And there are the four albums with all my high school memorabilia, plus one I did after college. I discovered patterned paper and journaling a few years back in time to complete an album of my European vacation.  And then there is the album I’d forgotten all about.

While visiting my parents, I pulled out a scrapbook my mom had salvaged from my grandparents’ house. It was an “all about me” scrapbook I made in eighth grade as a Christmas gift for my grandparents.  It was fun looking through and reminiscing about all the hobbies, entertainment, food, school activities that I liked way back when.  And it was also fun realizing that some things never change.

 First of a long list of things to accomplish in 2008 is cleaning up my craft space. And I’d like to get started making some mini albums. Since I already have a blank one sitting on my crafting desk (thanks, Christine!) I’m thinking it would be fun to do another “all about me” album. Author Courtney Walsh has some great gratitude journal ideas that would translate really well to an “about me” mini album. Stay tuned to see if I complete it!

What about you?  Do you have any New Year’s crafting resolutions? Share them here!

Happy New Year!
Kristin