...but the more scrapbook blogs I read, the more I realise we 'sound' increasingly similiar!
I once used the analogy of hoarding nuts like squirrels just to tie them over the winter ... in the case of scrapbooking enthusiasts its about HOARDING. Yes, HOARDING with a PERIOD at the end.
No winter to tie us over - just perhaps an imaginery 'winter' in our minds ... But usually upon entering a scrapbook craft shop with dizzying, delectable array of fancy papers and embellishments to peruse and choose from, a certain air of euphoria descends on any scrapbook enthusiast - no matter how keenly discipline they are of their budget and needs.
Its like shopping for shoes or handbags. Spoilt by choice, you can't quite decide. And if finances permit, you'd get a pair in each and every shade and colour there is on display!
Then there's the 'magic' hour where scrapbookers settle down to scrap. Its only when the excitment of the day has settled, kids fast asleep, the significant other is either dozing in front of telly or surfing the net; In my case, its when the hurly-burly of my day is done ...where am finally home, fed and squeaky clean after a nice LOOOOoooNNnG shower! That's when the magic of paper creation begins and ends only after one is satisfied with one's work. That can sometimes mean going well into the wee hours of the morning ... depending on how absorbing and motivating the scrapbook project is.
In a way, scrapbookers are a little bit of night owls too - pottering contentedly into the quiet of the night while the rest of the world slumbers ...
1 comment:
looks like we have become scrapbook owls, haven't we? liked the way you turn the act of scrapbooking into a magical act instead of merely being involved in stationary-based items.
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