I was reading Rebecca Cooper on write.click.scrapbook today and came across these words:

Embrace who you are as a scrapbooker...where your strengths lie, what you do best and don't be afraid to just stick with it! Let go of some of that pressure to create this way or that and I guarantee you'll LOVE the results!

And it struck a chord with me. This is so true. My favorite pages are often the ones where I've stayed true to myself. Where I've journaled. Where I didn't spend time worrying about others and what they might say. It's not that experimenting is bad, it's just that I don't need to be something I am not for other people. Especially since years and years from now, these people will not be in my life but my pages will and I will want to see the pages that are true to me.

So I am planning to make some changes. Do some soul searching and see what I like. Go back to the root of what attracted me to scrapping to begin with. Maybe even some experimenting for myself. Let's see what happens...

Btw, I was thinking today that so many people are so snotty about scrapbooking but what is scrapbooking: photography, story telling (journaling), and some beautiful art supplies. Who doesn't like those things? I don't understand why I have to be embarrassed that I scrap. It combines all the things I love to do. So I am proud of it.