Showing posts with label scrapbooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scrapbooking. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2009

Scrapbooking addiction and the need for food

Mum and Dad spent Christmas with us and apart from food and presents they also bought a range of scrapbooking DVDs. Now my last huge scrapping blitz had been for Mum and Dad's 60th anniversary last year when we made a group album to celebrate. I really enjoy cutting small bits of paper into even smaller bits, but work life, a busy family and a lack of space to scrap... (I do have a space, but it has become a junk haven) have stopped me from doing much this past year. These DVDs apart from having a somewhat sophorific effect (though that could be due to late nights, too much food and finally mentally relaxing this holiday) really got my scissor fingers itching.
So apart from a brief " nana nap" that each DVD facilitated, the inspiration to begin to play has lead me to once again drag out my paper, scissors, glue and brads. Armed with $20 worth of photos from Harvey Norman and a scrap booking Calendar for 2010 - (just glue your pics in the thoughtfully provided white squares and rectangles!) I am now trying not to ignore everything while I scrap.
The only problem with scrapping is that once I start I don't want to stop... food.. sleep.. TV.. exercise.. housework - all seem like optional extras. I resent stopping to prepare meals, food is something that can be shovelled down - when absolutely desperate. Exercise consists of walking from table to car and car to scrapbooking shop. If I clean, it's only to clear the table for more scrapping room - the TV is merely background music and even my latest longed for novels lie gathering dust. The trouble is with a family and house guests, they expect feeding, and someone who keeps normal hours, so I clear the table of paper scraps and prepare meals, while my brain ticks over.. just waiting until the moment I can once again take over the table.