My first scrapbook is not very pretty. There isn’t much journaling and the photos are not labeled. Each single layout has too many photos because I couldn’t decide what to eliminate and my embellishments consist mostly of geometric shapes of solid colored cardstock. The only tool that I owned at the time was a corner rounder and I rounded EVERY corner. My husband pulled it off the shelf the other day and said, “Gee honey, your scrapbooking has come a long way.”
Creativity is a powerful force that evolves. The more you use it the stronger it gets. You have to have the courage to try new things. You have to be willing to experiment and take chances. You have to trust yourself and believe in your ideas. When I created my first page I was in a room full of veteran scrapbookers and I was afraid my ideas would seem silly. I kept my work very plain and basic (boring and primitive). When I tried again in the privacy of my own home I was more experimental but it took me awhile to unleash my ideas. When I let intuition kick logic in the butt I began to interject my personality into my work. I went with my instinct and became willing to express what I felt and thought on paper. If you are afraid of being wrong or looking silly, your creativity will suffer. Act like a creative person and you will find yourself becoming more and more creative. I don’t think we are born with creativity. I think it developes from our surroundings and what we enjoy. Creativity is an attitude. Be brave and create.
Bobbi Jacobs
April 19, 2010
The First Scrapbook
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