Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by! Welcome to the first ever blog hop hosted by Scrapworthy Lives. If you didn’t start out here, you should have arrived from Abstracts Mixed with Extracts.
Each Monday, I discuss my Scrap Happy project based on Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun.
Well, today is a bit different. I’ve asked some of my fellow bloggers to talk about how scrapbooking relates to happiness. They had a lot of freedom with this topic. I asked them to consider why does scrapbooking makes them happy or what about scrapbooking makes them happy. They could even just create a layout that makes them happy. I can’t wait to visit their blogs to see how they think about happiness and scrapbooking.
I suppose, I should address the topic, too. I kind of feel like I’m writing (which I totally spelled out as righting the first time around!) an essay in elementary school!
Scrapbooking makes me happy because…
- I am preserving my stories and my family’s stories. I always have enjoyed hearing my mom and dad talk about stories from their childhood and hearing about family members I never met (because they passed away before I was born). Even if my daughter never wants to look at my scrapbooks, I am happy that they are there for her and for my future self. I’ve had more than one older family member that suffered from dementia. I want to have my scrapbooks so that I never forget.
- I enjoy the creative process. A layout is like a puzzle. Where should your photos be placed? Can you fit one more photo on the layout? Will this embellishment fit? Where does it look good? I love the challenge of figuring out the puzzle of creating a scrapbook layout.
- I like to be challenged. With scrapbooking, you can take on all sorts of challenges. I’ll buy supplies just to figure out how to use them. I am working on learning manual mode on my dslr, which is a challenge. I am learning new software to edit my photos. With scrapbooking, you can keep learning and being challenged if this is something you enjoy.
- I think scrapbooking makes life more fun and exciting. Traveling isn’t just traveling. It’s a chance to improve your photography skills. It’s a chance to pay close attention to the details of the trip (like what do the ticket stubs look like). I learn more about my world because I scrapbook. For instance, I like to pick up maps from my travels. I use those maps to show the path we took on our trip. I learn the lay of the land even better because I am scrapbooking the lay of land.
- It just does. I can not imagine not scrapbooking.
What about you? Does scrapbooking make you happy? Why does it make you happy? What about it makes you happy? Comment below or join the conversation on facebook or twitter.
I am also holding a giveaway today! To enter the giveaway from me, be sure to comment below! You can earn one entry per blog. So that means if you visit everyone’s blog and comment on each of their blogs, you can get 14 entries! All entries must be posted by Friday, June 3 at midnight Central Standard Time (Chicago, IL, USA). I will ship anywhere in the world. The winner will be announced on Sunday, June 5, right here on Scrapworthy Lives (I will also email the winner).
Here’s what you can win:
Creative Memories Scallop Circle Maker
Scrapworthy Lives Tote Bag
The tote is brand new and if you like it but don’t win, you can actually purchase one through my shop at at Skreened.
The last prize in this bundle is a $10 gift certificate to Ella Publishing Co. I have enjoyed most of their e-books, which you can read more about here, here, and here.
Your next stop will be 1200 Some Miles. Happy hopping!
Here is a list of all of the participating blogs:
Scrapworthy Lives
1200 Some Miles
Take a Picture and Remember This
Scrap Your Life
My Life in Photos & Words
This Kalil Life
Fun Mama
Scrapping Mojo
XNomad’s Blog
Nuggets
The Constant Scrapper
Pie for Breakfast
Scraps & Sass
Abstracts Mixed with Extracts
Stephanie
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Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
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