Day 301: Scrapbooking

Over the summer, a couple friends and I got together to jump start our lagging scrapbooking. It helped all of us get motivated to finish up some pages and use some photos and memorabilia. I have found that after time passes (months, years), some of the memorabilia I save doesn't have the same appeal. If you keep all those ticket stubs, brochures, and other paper items in one spot, intending to someday organize and scrapbook them all, you will find that you can throw out quite a bit as it doesn't seem nearly so consequential later. It works the same with photos. I have found scrapbooking to be very helpful in simplifying. Not all 75 photos of the child's birthday party need to go in the scrapbook. Usually we choose a few of the best that highlight the event and that takes care of preserving that memory.