*why do i scrap ?

i get this question in my face alot or to be more specfic , it should be "you're STILL doing your scrapbook?".

there are several reasons as to why i scrapbook :
first off, i will like to capture those moments, by putting them into my mini albums, layouts ensures that i do not let this daily moments pass in an instant.

second, i want to be able to remember all this little moments which made our life beautiful and a happy one.

third, scrapbooking had became my hobby already. i love the fact that i am able to create, seeing my ideas coming to life, making hand - made presents for the people around me. I like ME when i am scrapbooking. i like to be able to switch off from the real world, get my eyes off the computer, use my glue, paper and my materials to jot down what i will like to remember.

fourth, if i dont capture that moment, don't you feel that it is a moment lost. I wont be able to go back to that particular moment and re-create that particular moment.

lastly, i want to be able to look back and see what had shaped me in this year. these daily pictures might be boring for some but to me, all these daily "boring" moments reperesent the what i had gone through this year.

i also like my picutres printed out, scraped or at least put into an picture album. it is just different from viewing it from my computer screen.

this year is the year that i had taken the pungle and i had been actively writing my thoughts down, making sure that i am scrapping those moments that makes up the year.

one comment/remakrs which i had been receiving is why do i spend so much $$ on scrapbooking - it is not alot by my standard thou sometimes i do go overbroad. However, i do make sure that i used up all my scrapbook materials that i bought, i store all my papers, ribbons, rub-ons, buttons, etc. so there is no wasteage.

at the end of the day, i dont want to put a price tag on my memories because they are priceless - at least to me.