Been a while. What with Facebook letting us post snips and pics so easily. And share so much, most forget blogs. Not that I ever fully put in a lot of time here. Kinda like other areas of my life, I start and never finish.
Mostly it's because I doubt many want to hear my ramblings. Or that I feel I have to hide my crazy (Oh, wait, I love that song). I've always thought that the people behind those "keeping it real" blogs or YouTube videos were some of the bravest people ever. And those are the ones I have always followed. Blogs, now more Facebook and YouTube I've silently stalked. Rarely comment even though their posts have been a bright spot in my day, picked me up when I'm down. I rarely give them the credit and feedback they deserve.
But again, I'm rambling off topic. I am struggling with being an adult lately. And a lot of that I think is due to my fears. I've stopped doing what I love. Fear of rejection, criticism, etc. But not doing what we love leads to a bad place mentally. And I bought a one-way ticket.
Well, guess it's time to hike myself up that mountain. Who cares what others think, as long as it isn't hurting anyone or costing too much (I'm in debt enough already).
But what is it that I love??
Well, used to be hours and hours of time editing the smallest details of photos. Most never saw what I made different, but I did.
Digital scrapbooking, a natural flow for me from when I used to digitally make cards and invitations.
Both of those are almost obsolete. Our phones take seconds to do what took me days. We can edit and scrapbook on apps. Post immdiately to FB or other sharing sites. Not the painstaking hours I'd spend adding layers and elements to my scrapbook pages. Not to mention the hours it took my to find just the right kits and elements, lol. My fellow scrapers understand that far too well.
But rarely did my pages go far beyond my hard drive, if at all. The most I've ever printed were all for gifts.
Then it got harder to come up with fresh ideas. Ran out of folks who wanted my homemade gifts. And I stopped.
Then it was picked back up, almost all my crafty efforts of the past 5 years have been for my Kingman family. And even with all the love and appreciation, I've let them down lately too.
So, i am needing to put this out there as a declaration that I have to start again. And hopefully this keeps me driven. Or embarrasses me when I slip again.
Being afraid is no way to be.
Thanks for listening.
Tiffany ;)
And now, a bit of fun with how easy apps are to make scrapbook type pages...
