I get side-tracked. This morning, I completed a layout for the Frosted Designs DT and sent that off to Meg. It's a Halloween layout, so naturally I started going through the bottom drawer of my file cabinet to look for Halloween papers and embellishments.
That bottom drawer
houses paper and embellishments for holidays and special pages in categories:
- New Year's stuff
- Valentine
- Easter
- 4th of July
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- Building/Construction
- Cooking
- Sewing
- Marines (USMC)
You get the picture I'm sure. Hadn't been through that drawer in ages. Occassionally I go through my papers and embellies to see if there's anything I KNOW I'm not going to use anymore. If I don't want it, it gets put into a box and donated to a school. (Don't send your requests. I already have a school/kids I donate to.)
So, I start going through the drawer and look what I found:
Do you know how old this is?
When I first started scrapbooking (the way we know it today), Beau was in grade school (he's now 25). The only thing available as a true scrapbook supply was from that home-based business. It was all white with stickers. That was it. I loved color and techniques and stamping and heat guns and was already hooked on all of that. So plain white paper really wasn't up my alley.
Back in the day, there weren't any scrapbook stores that I knew of in the St. Lou area so I shopped at locally owned art stores. Purchased extra large pieces of art paper and cut them up for my scrapbooks. Also perused wallpaper stores where they gave me outdated wallpaper books. I'd bring those home and Stacey & Sonja and I would go through them and save the *good* paper patterns to use in our art work.
When For Keeps Sake opened, I was thrilled beyond words. Kid in a candy store. Wow what a selection of products (and this was at their (former) teeny store on Telegraph. Now it's a 6500 square foot superstore - so you can imagine!)
Anyway, this was one of my first purchases when they moved their store from Telegraph to Lemay Ferry. It was in their clearance box - literally a cardboard box on the floor. Loved going through that box as there were always treasures to be found. Can't give it away. I know I'll use it someday.
And now you know why my scrap art room looks like it does!
What's your favorite old scrap item that you just can't part with?
Here's another *side-tracked* question for you:
We always said ANYWAY - but kids today say ANYWAYS. Why?
PS: I really don't have A.D.D. These thoughts just rush through my head and I feel the need to share. Have a wonderfully creative day!
I would love for you to teach the journal that Timmie brought back from her cruise. (keep in mind I work during the day)That was the coolist! I also love the tag classes. I do not have a budget, but I should. As for as price. 20.00 to 25.00 seem ok. It depends on all that is involved.I appreciate your asking our opinion.
Sue
Posted by: Sue Benedick | October 21, 2009 at 09:37 AM