Saturday, June 30, 2007

Why I Scrap???

I love to take photos. I love to see my family having fun and to remember all 'the good times'. I love shopping for scrap supplies. I love being able to call my girlfriends and giggle about the new stuff we just bought. I love the beautiful people i've met through this hobby. I love having the scrap connection with my mom and sister. I love watching my kids look at their baby albums. And, I love being creative.

I am a scientist at heart, always loved biology, ecology, science, answering questions. And while that does take some sort of creativity, it's mainly science. Do the experiment...find out the answer...do another experiment. I've never considered myself creative. But scrapbooking is all about throwing that out the window and doing whatever the hell I want on my page. Any colors, any photos, any configuration. There's no protocol, no test to run, no procedure to follow. Just do it and see what happens. Wanna use blue, do it! Wanna use green, okay! Wanna use purple and orange and bright pink...well, maybe not. But if I wanted to I could!! I love that freedom. And I love this hobby.

8 comments:

Syll said...

Yea, Mara! Lovin your bloggy self! I love the way you describe scrapping as so liberating in comparison to your scientific self! Very cool! =)

Amanda L. said...

Woo Hoo......so glad you're bloggin'!!

Jenelle said...

Welcome to the blogging world Mara!!!!!

Kimberly Crawford said...

WTG Mara! Love the blog!!!

Nicole said...

look at you, bloggin' away!!

work it out, girl...welcome to the crazy world of blogging!!

Sheryl said...

Congrats on the blog Mara! Not that hard once you get started. The girls here at the shack helped me get started. I loved reading about the science side of you and the scrappy side of you!

Kate O'Brien said...

Love this post and glad you joined us in the blog forum over at 2Scrappy Chix. Adding you to my bookmarks~

Unknown said...

welcome to the blog world!!
I am a scientist at heart as well... I always wondered where, how, why I had a creative side...thanks to you-- now I know!!!
:) I'm gonna put ya on my blog!!! ;)