Spring is always a good time to sort out, re-arrange and go through umpteen thousand things that have accumulated over the past year. I think I’m supposed to throw things away too, to make room for things I will no doubt collect this year, but “re-arranging” works for me. It’s my way of being “green”.
When I was sorting though my piles of scrapbook paper I found a package of “Thomas the Tank Engine” paper and embellishments. My grandson is a big fan and I wondered why I had never used it to scrapbook the adorable photos I have of him on his visit to “Thomas” and riding his own Thomas train. I could do so much with this!! In fact I could do so much with most of the supplies I had. Herein lies the problem. I have so many ideas I never know what to do first. My mum had a saying for this, she called it being “spoiled for choice” – when a person has too many choices they end up not making a decision at all. This is me all over. I’m working on projects right now for the new series of Scrapbook Memories. I start with one idea, which blossoms into another, then another and another until my final project ends up being nothing like the idea I started with. There are so many things I can do with a certain tool, paper, embellishment, etc. it becomes overwhelming. I’m sure this is true for so many scrapbookers. They are so overwhelmed with a plethora of supplies and ideas it’s hard to know where to start. I looked at my wedding album a few weeks ago. It was so simple and so easy to put together. Even back then I was creative in the way I added photos. The photos were matted and I embellished the pages with pressed flowers from my bouquet and even used the sixpence that I wore in my shoe. It was probably finished in one evening, bearing in mind I only had about 24 photos to work with. Just to compare, I probably have over 300 photos of my daughters wedding – and don’t you know – they’re all fabulous…… And, those that might not be quite up to snuff can easily be “photo shopped” into shape. Well, I had better get back to Spring “re-arranging”. At the rate I’m going, it’ll be next Spring before I’m finished.
Yours truly,
Julie 
