Rule #1

Amy's Scrapbooking Rules


- wait a minute, did I just say RULES??? In the creative arena are there are supposed to be rules???


Rule #1 - There are no rules


Example:

Many people think that it's a rule that you HAVE to scrap Lignin and Acid free.

Now HOW can anyone think that a scrapbook - a major portion of which is PAPER - can possibly be saved for ever and ever and ever?

If you save your negatives, if you archive your digital files, if you do all you can to safely keep all the original photos, then why does it matter if you have to reprint the photo sometime in the future?

And, lastly, just think how LIMITING it is to eliminate all the found items that come into your life, just because they might be acidic or heaven forbid, have lignin? Do you even remember what lignin is? I've forgotten.

Let's put it this way... If I worried about acid & lignin I would have never created this:



Or this



Or even this



How about you? Is there anything you would not have created? Leave me a post - or, just so we can all see it, upload on IL2C's gallery :)

Always ALWAYS carry your camera!

This will teach me!

I only just left my camera at work, I left after 9 pm and had to be back by 9 am. I thought, I can do without it overnight. NOT!

It snowed last night - like 4 to 5 wet soaking but still fluffy inches. It was a wind-less night. Can I just tell you that the trees on the way to work were AMAZINGLY beautiful. Ever pine needle, every limb - fluffily outlined in a coat of snow. Green grass poking up through a white topping of snow. You only get shots like this once every few years - AND I MISSED IT!!!

Now I'm praying for another dousing tonight, today - anytime SOON. I just really, REALLY want to capture a snapshot of some tulip trees in gorgeous bloom, topped with beautiful snow.