I think I need a place to voice my thoughts as I take this use your stash journey. Last night I was forced into using one of my last acrylic tags and a few of my last Old West letters on a page. OUCH!!!! Why is it so painful to use what I bought with the intention of using it on a scrapbook page? It seems almost illogical.
Maybe its the same reason I refuse to digi scrap. I like the little things. I like to dig through my stash of the charms and the fun little buttons, brads and doo dads. I like the sound as they dump into the tray almost as if they are calling out to me, "Use me! Use me on that layout!" It is then that I realize just how much I do love this craft. It is so very theraputic for me to lose myself in my layout. To tune out the rest of the world for a while and just be me. When I am scrapbooking I can take off the Mother,Wife, Daughter, Sister, COOK, MAID, ACCOUNTANT hats and just be me. When I am away at one of my weekend retreats, I love the feeling of freedom it gives me. The freedom to scrap till I can't see straight... This craft really is an escape for me. So why is it that I struggle so much to use those treasures in my bag that I have been saving for the someday I will make a layout of pages. Maybe this layout IS that perfect layout. Maybe this will be the day that my box of treasures will reveal the perfect embellishment again.
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