So what do I mean by “Scrapping Sassily”? Well, here we go with my stream of consciousness writing for the evening. See, I’m in one of those moods-not a list mood, but a “be who you are” kind of mood. BE WHO YOU ARE!!! Don’t be a cookie cutter version of someone else-or the person someone else wants you to be. Be yourself. In everything you do. Always.
I like to think that I get a bunch of different kinds of people on onesassyscrapper.com, but I’m pretty sure, most of them are women. Some are mothers of beautiful children, wives, daughters, stepmoms, sisters, granddaughters, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, employees, bosses, teachers, lawyers, doctors, baristas, slayers (oops, Buffy is on TV right now…), anyway, you get my point. We all have labels and responsibilities and expectations, desires, hopes and dreams. But sometimes we get caught in someone else’s world; or several someone else’s worlds. Sometimes all we are known by is “so-and-so’s” mom, “so-and-so’s” wife, “so-and-so’s” sister. Really? Really? I am me! So, what are you doing when you’re scrapping your family albums? You are preserving the history of all the “so-and so’s” in your life. They aren’t doing it. It’s your job. Another label. Family history keeper…Stepford Scrapper…Scrapbook artist…Scrapper who scraps pictures of loved ones, doing the things they love to do, and of course, in some circumstances, things that you may enjoy as well. So, how do you go about deciding how to scrap those beautiful memories? You get scrapbook paper that has something to do with this thing they love, in the colors that they love and arrange them in layouts that are acceptable to the scrapping community. WHAT???? Be who you are. Be sassy! This is the time when YOU have the power. This is one of those times you get to be who you want to be. Anything you can envision, anything on the paper, any part of the picture, anywhere on the paper, any color, style, texture, embellishments, size, you want. Be who you are; but not just when you’re scrapping, but every day, all the time, forever.