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Friday, July 11, 2014

The Importance Of Documenting Memories Through Scrapbooking


I've asked many individuals why they spend more time running errands, working out at the gym & browsing social media than they do scrapbooking & documenting life's most important events.  What it comes down to is what matters most.  When you reach the end of your life would you rather have pictures and journals of some of your greatest memories, or a wrinkly body that once avidly visited the gym.  For me I would rather have scrapbooks to enjoy and share with my kids and grandkids.

Probably one of the main reasons individuals give me for not scrapbooking is TIME.  Days can go by so quickly that you often find yourself wondering what happened to the time.  I just discovered an amazing product that has helped me find TIME to scrapbook even amongst all the crazy busy things that happen on a daily basis.  It's called WE R Memory Keepers!! It is seriously one of the greatest lines of scrapbooking supplies out there. 

The main reason their scrapbooking line was invented was for crazy moms like me.  Their products are designed to make it easy to scrapbook in the few extra minutes that you have each day.  When I discovered their line of products I decided to put it to the test and see if it really helped me to get my scrapbooking done. 

When Steele was born I purchased the We R Memory Keepers photo sheets which come with picture separations already in them from http://www.craftdirect.com/we-r-memory-keepers.html.  I purchased their line of journaling cards which are designed to fit perfectly into the page protectors without any cutting or gluing.  I then got to work trying the best I could to document his first year of life.

The journaling cards made it easy to write down experiences as they happened.  I left a pile of them in my night stand.  At the end of the day I would take a few minutes to write down either something that happened that day, my feelings about being a mom, or even something exciting he learned.  He just barely turned one and as I pulled out my pile of written journaling cards I was so shocked to see how many I had actually done.  Not only did I have a lot of cards that were written on, but I also found a lot of information on them that I had totally forgotten about.

Just recently I began putting his 1st year of life book together.  I love how easy We R Memory Keepers makes it to scrapbook.  All their products are designed to slip into the page protectors easily and flawlessly.  If I would've discovered this line years ago I maybe would have scrapbooked more in my earlier years of life.

If you spend your life focusing on things that are not as important you will regret it later down the road.  Take the time today to scrapbook pictures of your children, write down memories as they happen & take lots of pictures.  This will help you to remember the good times you had throughout your life.


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