Life got in the way of blogging this past week. We’ve had a
pesky virus bouncing from kid to kid, and last Wednesday it finally got me. I
rarely get sick, but when I do it usually lands me flat on the couch for a
couple of days. The good news is I’ve cleared a ton of shows from my very full
DVR.
So I’m back in the saddle this week, with all my kids in school (albeit minimun day for one). I've got lots of catching up
to do between being sick, having sick kids home 4 days out of 5 last week, and playing chauffer/Florence
Nightingale to my older son who had his wisdom teeth out on Friday.
I didn’t want my poor blog (and blog readers) to feel any more
neglected, so I’m putting up a repost from November 2007 for your reading
pleasure. Let’s call it recycling and say I’m preserving the precious but
limited resources of my brain. ;)
It’s actually one of my favorite posts, and the original inspiration from Jonathan Adler still hangs over my desk. Enjoy! I’ll be back with new
material before you know it.
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My Manifesto for Irreverent
Scrapbooking
(originally posted November 17, 2007)
Several weeks ago, I came across Jonathan
Adler's fabulous Manifesto
via a link at the drool.icio.us
blog. It spoke to me in a big way, and I immediately printed it out and hung it
over my desk. Every time I look at it I think about how that attitude can apply
to so many things in my life. Below is my version for scrapbooking, inspired by
and paraphrased from the original.
I believe that your scrapbooking should
make you happy.
I believe that when it comes to recording
your memories and expressing your creativity, you are always right.
I believe that my scrapbook pages turn out
better when I am drinking Dr Pepper.
I believe saving your best supplies for an
unknown future page is a bummer.
I believe scrapbooking is life-enhancing.
I believe pages can be accessorized like
an outfit – appropriately funky or demure depending on the occasion.
I believe in gleaning inspiration from
anyplace you can – certainly magazines and online galleries, but also street
signs, clothing tags, catalogs, TV ads, the colors of the latest line of
Gymboree outfits, a passing comment from a child that stands out in the carpool
din, the to-do list on your desk, window displays at the mall …
I believe in the innate versatility of
basic white cardstock.
I believe in changing your style to fit
the mood of the photos or your creative mood at any given time.
I believe in embellishments.
I believe that everyone has a life worth
celebrating, whether or not they are a celebrated personality.
I believe in clean and simple, white
space, typeset journaling, and single-photo pages.
I believe in freestyle, handwritten
journaling, and multi-photo pages. I believe in collage, vintage,
heritage, funky, classic, trendy, and eclectic. I believe in strong
photography, and I believe in crappy, everyday photos.
I believe my pages are award-winning to my
family, whether or not they have actually won any.
I believe in supporting fellow
scrapbookers because we are more alike than we are different, and I believe in
supporting the arts in all forms because creative expression is good for the
soul and the universe.
I believe dogs, cats, and children should
be allowed in my studio, as long as they stay off the table.
I believe in comfortable chairs and
functional, organized spaces.
I believe you should get out from behind
the camera and live the moments you would like to see in your scrapbooks.
I believe color is everything.
I believe in blowing your spending money
on pretty paper.
I believe pictures of you belong in your
scrapbooks, whether or not you look as young or as thin as you would like.
I believe in irreverent scrapbooking.