Hey crafty mamas-
I have a not so typical scrapbooking problem. I got bitten by the scrapbug about 5 years ago, but have not had much time/energy to devote to it so I'm woefully behind. I know they say to start with the current stuff and work your way back, but I was hoping to concurrently work on my kids albums and old stuff in order to gain some practice on the older pictures so I can do a better job on my kids' stuff. (Yes, I am a bit of a perfectionist). Anyway, lots of these pictures are of couples who are no longer couples, we're talking close friends of ours who up and decided they weren't happy w/ each other (that's a whole different post). There are also lots of pictures of our carefree party days, that aren't really relevant to how we live now. These are not times we are ashamed of, nothing too crazy, but we are obviously much more conservative now. I would still like to preserve these memories, however, so what should I do? When I journal about that trip we took with Mr. and Mrs. who aren't together anymore, should I make it sound like I scrapped them back when it happened, or like "here we are with x and y, who sadly aren't together anymore"? Has anyone else run across this problem??
TIA
Martha
I'm playing catch up now too, and I journal like I scrapped the page when the pictures were taken.
I concur with what the other ladies said.....journal as if in the moment it occurred. May I offer another tip? When you journal for your children's albums, journal "to" them. For example, instead of "Eastter, 2006," journal, "Suzie, look has beautiful you look in your Easter dress, 2006." Use their names a lot...it is so endearing.
Hi Martha-
Personally I would just leave that little tid-bit out that they are no longer together. I tend to journal in the 'moment', meaning at the time the photo was taken. Think of it like this and how you wouldn't put this: "Here is little Johnny enjoying his first bite of birthday ice-cream, little did we know when Johnny was 10 he'd be lactose-intolerant". LOL Meaning, it's not relevant to write that detail because it hasn't happened yet. :) Hope I didn't confuse you! I feel like an episode of Lost. haha
Girl, I am behind too...welcome to the hobby. I journal as if I did it when the pics were taken. That is just my personal preference. Hang in there and hope you find a system that works.
I would scrap it like I was just now in that time, how it was back then. Because that is the memory you are preserving
