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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 3:28:14 GMT
I scrapbook for me. But I also include anything 'significant' that DH or my adult sons do that I can get a photo from. Sometimes I let them write the journaling and some times I just put the facts down. Its important to me that they are included as much as I can but I also know I am the one who its for. Sure, they will look through my albums but I don't think anyone would care if I didn't scrapbook. So with a trip album, I would include anything DH did that I could get photos of that was not normal. Maybe the photos suck -- so I will see if I can find a photo online to use. Or maybe I just use his crap photo and it is what it is (maybe using the crappy photo will encourage him to send you better photos!). Good points! I am crossing this bridge (have been for a while) with my kids. I touched on that in a previous post, but basically, they both know I scrapbook, and appreciate it. My daughter is nearly 30 and lives far away, my son is 20 and lives at home. Both of them "allow" me on their social media. I participate on my daughters, on my son's, I just creep lol. But they know I love their photos and their lives and want to celebrate them (and their friends that I know...) So, after years of training ("OH! I love that photo! I screenshotted, but you know I'd love the original for my scrapbooks!!!!") they often send photos with a few words, and "I know you want this!" before it's even posted  I even get not posted stuff regularly <3 These days, these books are made for me, and I love peppering things in from the kids, and my guy is such an important part of my life, he is "Best Supporting Actor." LOL Usually, he's featured. It just felt weird that this one was quite different. But, Alaska is truly it's own beast!! That said, it's been years since my daughter looked through albums. But, sometimes when I'm scrapping I'll send her a "process" photo and she loves seeing her life and the way I celebrate it. My son, sees the scrapbooking (and mess!) up close still, and 99% of the time couldn't give a flying fig. But. This one time. When he was going through the worst of the worst and in 10th grade and having a really really hard time of things (man, it's so hard to parent through those things... they need you, but don't want you near.... it's hard, and SO heartbreaking....) I came home and I couldn't find him in the house. I knew he was home, so I looked around. He was in my scrap room looking at albums and crying. I NEVER was so thankful for the comfort of words of encouragement, happiness, pride and growth I had written over every moment of his life. All the hours and hours and lots of money put into those albums was beyond priceless. I really do think that day is a memory we will both carry forever. I don't think he's looked at them again, since, other than what may be out on the table. So far off topic~! |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 3:28:53 GMT
My DH "scrapbooks" his own memories, mostly on facebook posts, which I steal and incorporate into my scrapbooks. He never makes me feel like scrapbooking is anything but for me, but loves that I include his voice and photos, too. OHHHH yes!! Hahahaha Facebook posts and text screenshots  |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 3:31:30 GMT
I have always scrapbooked for others, as though the albums will belong to them and not me. Of course it is from my perspective but I try to focus on what is important to them. My husband doesn't do much anymore that is photographed other than the normal family stuff. I used to scrap some teacher layouts for him and when he won teacher of the year, but in recent yeas I may scrap his school photo and maybe not. I really would like to get my own life fully scrapped but I have about 15 years between age 18 and 33 that need to be done. That will be so my family will know about my life. But I will do it with them in mind not myself. What a beautiful gift to your family!! One of my favorite photos of my mom is in her early twenties. She was a "late" bride for her era. She looks so beautiful and full of life and carefree. In the 40 plus years I've "known" her, I've NEVER again seen that look on her face. Fun, happy, joyful.. yes. But not that. I really wish I could glimpse who she really is. |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 3:35:36 GMT
I’m at a completely different stage of life, still involved with the kids and family stuff. I do it for my creative outlet but also because I love photography and memory keeping. I do my best to incorporate all memories, even when the pictures aren’t great (cause some of those are my own too!). I also have a different situation which my kids all love looking through the books, although DH doesn’t, I include his adventures the best I can because those are memories for my kids too. I can see how your situation is different but if he’s looking forward to the book I’d probably incorporate his memories too. But that’s just me. Enjoy those little people <3 I got a totally unexpected leg hug from a little person today. I've only met him twice, and it sure brought me back to the sweetness of littles. The looking forward to is the tough part. He hasn't really given time of day to about 8 9X12's since we've been together. He likes.... no, loves... to look at the photos when they come from Persnickety lol but doesn't really get caught up in looking at an album. This one I think may be different though. The trip was epic. LOL I think I'm going to have him thumb through and find a few things to write about and include his words |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 3:36:53 GMT
Yes, I scrapbook for me, meaning that no one is going to care about my albums once I die, since we don’t have kids. But, I scrap a lot of stuff about us. I’d say that he is probably included in at least 75-80% of everything I scrap that isn’t food, or our dogs. Same same~! I think that's why this was so glaring. And.. honestly.. I doubt he will notice I did though, because I love seeing his handsome face~! |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 3:38:27 GMT
If I can get pictures from someone else, I'll scrap them. I might not be as detailed as I could be though. I definitely do this with my kids, but as I mentioned, upthread, they are trained. I think my guy is still untrained hahahah BTW.. for whatever reason (probably just missed it!), I haven't seen you around alot, glad to hear from you! |
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 19, 2021 3:45:18 GMT
If I can get pictures from someone else, I'll scrap them. I might not be as detailed as I could be though. I definitely do this with my kids, but as I mentioned, upthread, they are trained. I think my guy is still untrained hahahah BTW.. for whatever reason (probably just missed it!), I haven't seen you around alot, glad to hear from you! We moved late October and I am so far behind in life right now. I also started a part-time job working with k-3 kiddos that are behind academically. It gets me out of bed and I am back home by noon, so I love that! I am still organizing my scrap room in between company, getting ready for the holidays, and spending a lot of time with my adult kids. Not a bad problem to have, I suppose. |
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Post by grammadee on Dec 19, 2021 4:02:29 GMT
I scrapbook for me. I find it calming, and it gives me a chance to relive memories and feel connected to people and places I love.
For vacation albums, I scrap the adventures I was part of, or if dh--or someone else--went on a separate excursion and has a photo to add to the album, or if there was some kind of exciting or unusual thing that happened, I will scrap it, sometimes using event brochures to support the story. But I don't feel bad if I scrap four pages about my visit to the local Indigenous community and zero pages of his trip to the gold mine.
If someone wants a specific page or story, I tell them "Send me the photos and the story" and I will scrap it. But I will end up doing it my way, in my own time. This is a hobby, not a job.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 4:15:35 GMT
I definitely do this with my kids, but as I mentioned, upthread, they are trained. I think my guy is still untrained hahahah BTW.. for whatever reason (probably just missed it!), I haven't seen you around alot, glad to hear from you! We moved late October and I am so far behind in life right now. I also started a part-time job working with k-3 kiddos that are behind academically. It gets me out of bed and I am back home by noon, so I love that! I am still organizing my scrap room in between company, getting ready for the holidays, and spending a lot of time with my adult kids. Not a bad problem to have, I suppose. Sounds like the promised land, to me. I'm so happy for you!! Tonight I had grand Christmas tree choosing plans. It seems all our local lots either didn't open, or, sold out weeks ago. I was so bummed. But, we ended up finding a (beautiful tree) from Lowe's. My son came with me to pick it out, and he was probably happy there weren't alot to choose from, and it was quick. I dropped him at a friends house on the way home. I figured it would marinate in the freezing rain for the next 12 hours on top of my car. But nope. He and his friend showed up 10 minutes ago wanting to take care of the tree and watch football downstairs. Now I need to find somewhere to order food. My problems are pretty great too! |
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 19, 2021 4:16:43 GMT
I scrapbook for me. I find it calming, and it gives me a chance to relive memories and feel connected to people and places I love. For vacation albums, I scrap the adventures I was part of, or if dh--or someone else--went on a separate excursion and has a photo to add to the album, or if there was some kind of exciting or unusual thing that happened, I will scrap it, sometimes using event brochures to support the story. But I don't feel bad if I scrap four pages about my visit to the local Indigenous community and zero pages of his trip to the gold mine. If someone wants a specific page or story, I tell them "Send me the photos and the story" and I will scrap it. But I will end up doing it my way, in my own time. This is a hobby, not a job.People have asked me to do a book for them. No way could I get paid what it would take in time and product to create a nice book. I have given away few for gifts to people I know would appreciate them, but turning my hobby into a job would mean I wouldn't enjoy it anymore. |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 4:17:59 GMT
I scrapbook for me. I find it calming, and it gives me a chance to relive memories and feel connected to people and places I love. For vacation albums, I scrap the adventures I was part of, or if dh--or someone else--went on a separate excursion and has a photo to add to the album, or if there was some kind of exciting or unusual thing that happened, I will scrap it, sometimes using event brochures to support the story. But I don't feel bad if I scrap four pages about my visit to the local Indigenous community and zero pages of his trip to the gold mine. If someone wants a specific page or story, I tell them "Send me the photos and the story" and I will scrap it. But I will end up doing it my way, in my own time. This is a hobby, not a job. YES!!! I love getting the story and experience from others! I cannot manufacture it though! Great idea simply saying exactly that. By the way, I don't comment alot on the scrapbooking section of the board... but thank you for lots of ideas, inspiration and setting the groundwork for beautiful things! |
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 19, 2021 4:20:21 GMT
We moved late October and I am so far behind in life right now. I also started a part-time job working with k-3 kiddos that are behind academically. It gets me out of bed and I am back home by noon, so I love that! I am still organizing my scrap room in between company, getting ready for the holidays, and spending a lot of time with my adult kids. Not a bad problem to have, I suppose. Sounds like the promised land, to me. I'm so happy for you!! Tonight I had grand Christmas tree choosing plans. It seems all our local lots either didn't open, or, sold out weeks ago. I was so bummed. But, we ended up finding a (beautiful tree) from Lowe's. My son came with me to pick it out, and he was probably happy there weren't alot to choose from, and it was quick. I dropped him at a friends house on the way home. I figured it would marinate in the freezing rain for the next 12 hours on top of my car. But nope. He and his friend showed up 10 minutes ago wanting to take care of the tree and watch football downstairs. Now I need to find somewhere to order food. My problems are pretty great too! Let me tell you, there are days I feel like I have won the jackpot. We only moved 7 minutes from our old house, but we moved up the mountain and we've been so lucky with our mild weather (60-70 degree days in November and December). This is our back yard. You can see our "neighbors" just kind of like to hang out with the kids.  12-12-2021 Oh Deer by Nancy Tim, on Flickr |
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Post by grammadee on Dec 19, 2021 4:20:45 GMT
Tonight I had grand Christmas tree choosing plans. It seems all our local lots either didn't open, or, sold out weeks ago. I was so bummed. But, we ended up finding a (beautiful tree) from Lowe's. My son came with me to pick it out, and he was probably happy there weren't alot to choose from, and it was quick. I dropped him at a friends house on the way home. I figured it would marinate in the freezing rain for the next 12 hours on top of my car. But nope. He and his friend showed up 10 minutes ago wanting to take care of the tree and watch football downstairs. Now I need to find somewhere to order food. My problems are pretty great too! Sounds like a plot for a Hallmark movie... Hope you got some photos. |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 4:21:31 GMT
I scrapbook for me. I find it calming, and it gives me a chance to relive memories and feel connected to people and places I love. For vacation albums, I scrap the adventures I was part of, or if dh--or someone else--went on a separate excursion and has a photo to add to the album, or if there was some kind of exciting or unusual thing that happened, I will scrap it, sometimes using event brochures to support the story. But I don't feel bad if I scrap four pages about my visit to the local Indigenous community and zero pages of his trip to the gold mine. If someone wants a specific page or story, I tell them "Send me the photos and the story" and I will scrap it. But I will end up doing it my way, in my own time. This is a hobby, not a job.People have asked me to do a book for them. No way could I get paid what it would take in time and product to create a nice book. I have given away few for gifts to people I know would appreciate them, but turning my hobby into a job would mean I wouldn't enjoy it anymore. I couldn't do that, either. I did have a cousin who had her first quite a few years after my first... And she asked for this. I told her the same. No way. This is a labor of love. I love my nephew, to the ends of the earth, but I couldn't do him justice. I did give her some hoarded goodies that I was holding onto... for I don't know what! LOL I don't think anything ever came of it. Ironically, that child became a young mom. Also a young degree holder, homeowner and married her high school sweetheart first.. Anyway. I'm seeing in her photos some of those ancient scrapbook papers (how do I recognize those dinosaurs!) and embellies in his monthly photos!?! I'm in love |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 4:22:58 GMT
Sounds like the promised land, to me. I'm so happy for you!! Tonight I had grand Christmas tree choosing plans. It seems all our local lots either didn't open, or, sold out weeks ago. I was so bummed. But, we ended up finding a (beautiful tree) from Lowe's. My son came with me to pick it out, and he was probably happy there weren't alot to choose from, and it was quick. I dropped him at a friends house on the way home. I figured it would marinate in the freezing rain for the next 12 hours on top of my car. But nope. He and his friend showed up 10 minutes ago wanting to take care of the tree and watch football downstairs. Now I need to find somewhere to order food. My problems are pretty great too! Let me tell you, there are days I feel like I have won the jackpot. We only moved 7 minutes from our old house, but we moved up the mountain and we've been so lucky with our mild weather (60-70 degree days in November and December). This is our back yard. You can see our "neighbors" just kind of like to hang out with the kids. 12-12-2021 Oh Deer by Nancy Tim, on Flickr WOW!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Dec 19, 2021 4:33:39 GMT
Tonight I had grand Christmas tree choosing plans. It seems all our local lots either didn't open, or, sold out weeks ago. I was so bummed. But, we ended up finding a (beautiful tree) from Lowe's. My son came with me to pick it out, and he was probably happy there weren't alot to choose from, and it was quick. I dropped him at a friends house on the way home. I figured it would marinate in the freezing rain for the next 12 hours on top of my car. But nope. He and his friend showed up 10 minutes ago wanting to take care of the tree and watch football downstairs. Now I need to find somewhere to order food. My problems are pretty great too! Sounds like a plot for a Hallmark movie... Hope you got some photos. You know I DID!!! Of choosing the tree, and checking out and tying it down on the car (***I thought this made the night!!***) We managed to tie the tree down with twine through the windows like the Lowe's guy said while inside... But... it turns out that just literally locks you out of your car!!! hahahahahh Anyway.. This young man is actually one I've never met before! I always enjoy meeting my son's friends. Some are funny, some are quiet, some are colorful, some are chatty, some are sporty and some are kinda just.... welllllll someone's kid. All are special and all are welcome at my house. This kid (he's 22) was fantastic. Great smile, laughs alot, and made quite the impression on my Engineer heart. He totally understood tightening opposing screws on the tree stand. I'm scribbling journaling for whenever I start the 18 day overdue DD I didn't get a photo in the garage. Totally expected the tree to marinate. Booo me!! ***for the record... I'm considering asking them to go out there to re-create. My guy (who I started this thread about) would find this wacky behavior normal and do it with a smile.*** I haven't decided, yet, not to ask for a re-creation. |
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 19, 2021 12:20:03 GMT
950nancy What a fabulous photo. I am so happy you are loving your new home.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Dec 20, 2021 5:37:50 GMT
My scrapbooks, my scrapbook supplies, my photos are my sole property. 100% mine. This is non-negotiable.
I will happily make a 4x6 copy of any photo(s), for someone else.
I scrapbook for me, no one else.
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I even get not posted stuff regularly <3 These days, these books are made for me, and I love peppering things in from the kids, and my guy is such an important part of my life, he is "Best Supporting Actor." LOL Usually, he's featured. It just felt weird that this one was quite different. But, Alaska is truly it's own beast!!
