Here is the story I told you to be watching for. Mom and I visited a new scrapbook store in McKinney last week - http://www.scrappinbunnies.com/. It got me really excited about getting back to what I love... putting it down on pages! We got to chat with the lady that opened the store and ask her about her story. Here it is from her website:
After three years, we have finally decided to commit to our
dream.
August 18, 2004 I had a stroke. It was very unusual especially
at my age. By God's grace, I had great medical care and quick.
I was fortunate in that the only true recovery I had to face was
regaining my memory. With an amazing husband, four kids, a
great family and many friends there was a lot to recall. As
instructed in the hospital one therapy for memory loss or
memory recovery was scrap-booking. For months, I sat day in
and day out doing just that, trying to recall details of everything
from childhood memories, first dates, wedding proposal, births
of our children and even how many years my husband and I
had been married. Slowly but surely they all seemed to have
come back. During the process my husband and I decided we
should open a store that not only sells scrap-book items, but
teaches, serves and gives back to the community. Here we are
again, by God's grace doing just that.
I hope you will come share with me and with my family, your
story and your family as we begin this journey.
We have shopped more than 25 stores nationwide to try to
make sure we offer everything that you could hope for in a
scrap-book store and more.
If there is something that we do not have, please drop us a
suggestion and we will do our best to accommodate your
heart's desire.
Cool - right? You never know what life has around the corner! Get those pictures taken and those stories recorded. Capturing those memories are PRICELESS ... and this story is a great testimony to that.
So, as for me, I have done a little bit of my own scrap booking over the last week. I love the feeling of completing something! I finished a layout about my niece and her birth this fall. I got to use some pink and glitter too!
It is overwhelming to dive back in after being away from the scrap booking world for a while. My plan is to take small steps.... Getting pictures organized and deciding on what stories are important to tell. One great way to give yourself a jump start is to use magazines and books as inspiration. I picked a layout that I loved in a recent magazine, choose some pictures that would work on that layout, and just did it. I find that I have to brush off the cobwebs at first to get in the "groove" again - but once I have started, it all starts to come back.
I actually have spent more time uploading, cropping, and ordering prints over the last week- BUT, my order just arrived in the mail this afternoon... And now I have a whole stack of memories waiting to be put on the pages!