Scrapronicity: May 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Ready for a change...

I'm ready for school to be over. Ready to sleep later...ready to be less tired, less stressed and less busy! I'm ready to get my house in order and clean out my scary garage. I'm ready to get some projects done. :) I've actually finished a few things lately which makes me want to do MORE! I went to a fun scrap class at my friend Marilyn's last week and started working on my Hershey Park album. My intention was to continue with that book but I was sidetracked and purchased an AMAZING Chatterbox butterfly album. I figured I would bring it home and stare at it as I often do...instead I decided it would make the perfect Mother's Day gift! :) This was not a kit, it was a butterfly scrapbook with transparencies and paper...I added the rest. This didn't take long but I know it will be appreciated and I loved making it!

PS. I'm thinking of changing the look of my blogs...I'm bored with the layouts!

Why Scrapronicity?

"Synchronicity" can be described as the coincidental occurrence of events. When I was a kid I saved everything that had meaning to me in a blue shoebox...ticket stubs, candy wrappers, empty tubes of Lipsmackers. I even have a response to a letter I wrote to one of the Iranian hostages in the 80's. All of these things found their way inside this box. In 1982, when I was twelve, I was given a large, blank scrapbook and it in I taped (eww, TAPE!) the $2 bill given to me by my grandma, a deflated balloon from summer camp, playbills, school play tickets, etc. In 1987 and 1988 I traveled to Spain and saved every metro ticket, wrapper, chip bag, brochure, etc. and placed it all in a book. Every momento I had ever kept was dated with a description. It wasn't until 2001 when I had my daughter that my hard-core scrapping addiction began. I realized that year that I may not have concentrated on paper and embellishments in the past, but I WAS a scrapper all along! This hobby that I love so much, the creative outlet it gives me, the thrill I get when a project is finished, actually began in a blue shoebox when I was just a child. While I know this doesn't truly describe what synchronicity is, the name "Synchronicity" for me (aside from paying homage to my favorite group, The Police) really hits the eyelet right on it's colorful head!