Hi everyone! I am so excited to be here to talk about something that I am so passionate about … scrapbooking YOUR childhood. Many of us spend most of our scrapbooking time focused on creating pages for and about our children or our current lives. And we sometimes forget how important it can be for us to also ensure that we capture the photos and stories of our childhoods. Even if you don’t have photographs from your childhood, it can be a great idea to get some of the stories or things you remember down in your scrapbooks! I often think about how much I’d love to have more information about my mother’s childhood – I will come across a photo and wonder what was happening at that time in her life. I wish she’d taken the time to document some of her childhood moments as I think they could help me understand who she was and where she came from more fully. I have made a commitment to begin getting MY stories into our family scrapbooks, especially the stories from my own childhood.
Here is a recent layout that I did about the picnics we’d take when we lived in Caroline County when I was a little girl & my memories of those adventures! Just looking at this photo brought back so many memories and details about those picnics! And my children love seeing what I looked like when I was little and what sorts of things I did as a little girl.
Another member of the Digital Press CT, Kacy, has created quite a few layouts about her childhood so I thought I’d share a few with you for additional inspiration!
And here is a childhood layout from another CT member (Sokee) which is fantastic!
OK, I hope you’re feeling inspired to create some pages about your own childhood! So, now it’s your turn! I would love to see what you can do to explore YOUR childhood by creating a scrapbook page with your childhood photos and/or a story from your childhood. I’m hosting a challenge over on the forums and I hope you will come play along! Check it out at The Drawing Board: Challenges.
About the Author: Amy lives in Reston, VA with her husband of 13 years and their 9 year old boy/girl twins. Their 18 year old daughter is beginning her third year at West Virginia University! Amy has been scrapbooking since the early 1990s but discovered digital scrapbooking in 2005 when her twins were born and has primarily scrapped digitally since that time. She is passionate about telling her family’s stories and documenting their life together! Amy is a huge reader (mostly literary fiction) and is a pop culture junkie! She also LOVES all things beauty & makeup!