Since I moved I haven’t been able to get NBC on my television. Not a problem on most occasions seeing as how my favorite shows are on ABC, however, the next two weeks are not “most occasions”…the Olympics are on. While I do not need to have them on the entire two weeks I do like to have it on in the background and then I love to watch the figure skating and the skiing. Well, I fiddled with my rabbit ears for about 15 minutes and guess what I am watching…Lars Bystoel from Norway kicking butt on the high jump.

And while that is in the background I am in the middle of my lastest scrapbooking project. Several weeks ago my sweet friend, Jen, yet another avid scrapbooker, suggested that I go to Big Lots to check out their scrapbook section. Seeing as how there is a Big Lots almost across the street from me I decided to head over there this afternoon. You have to sift through the trash but do they ever have some good deals. I did not spend over 99 cents for any one thing. I LOVE it!

I love this hobby. It is one of the only hobbies that I have never needed anyone to tell me I’m good at. Now, I know that sounds vain and I do love the positive reinforcement that I get from people but when I look at a finished page and I start to giggle because all of the hard work and the hours, sometimes, that go into one page are worth it because it looks awesome! Now, could they be published in a scrapbook magazine? That remains to be seen. Maybe one day I’ll submit some pages, but for now, I do it for my enjoyment and memory keeping and for the friends who trust me with their memory keeping.

So while I am waiting for my metal embellishments to dry after I added some color to them, I thought I would share one of the pages that I completed this weekend with you. It is the title page of an album I am working on for a friend of mine.