Sometimes my brain is sawdust.....

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am addicted to scrapbooking. Even back in the dark ages when I was a teenager (and long before scrapbooking was in vogue) I loved this hobby. And as the years have gone by I have only gotten worse .

My scapbooking buddy is my friend Linda . Between the two of

us we probably own every scrapbooking tool and gadget known to man (or woman) plus a huge assortment of paper, ribbon, chipboard, embellishments, button, etc.. We buy our "treasures" at Scrapbook Fever (our favorite scrapbook store), at CK conventions, on QVC and wherever else we find things all these wonderful things that we can't live without (we only buy things that are new and different - don't we Linda).

Honestly, I have enough scrapbooking supplies to last a lifetime.

Before I retired, I justified my purchases by saying that I had to buy things before I retired and could no longer afford to buy them. I don't know what my excuse is now. Linda and I crop together frequently, take classes, go to scrapbook conventions....you get the idea. We even have brainwashed our daughters. This picture was taken after we had all been scrapbooking for 3 days with no sleep.

Linda and I love trying new techniques and have been known to scrapbook from 10:00 AM until 11:00 PM and only get 2 or 3 layouts done. (Did I mention that we talk a lot?) We love to spend hours creating our masterpieces.

No project is too intricate or overwhelming for us....or is it? Have you ever had those days when your brain is just sawdust? As a rule I find scrapbooking very relaxing, but sometimes I just don't have the energy to be creative. On these days I just want to sit down and magically come up with a beautiful page without having to think about it. I shouldn't admit it, but when this happens I cheat and resort to "page kits".

In September we went to Scrapbook Expo in Salt Lake City. There was this great booth - Out on a Limb Scrapbooking that had wonderful page kits for $2.99 - $4.99. Even with all my scrapbook supplies I can justify spending that amount (because it would cost me at last that much for paper and supplies ---- right?). No! I have no affiliation to this vendor and don't get a kickback by mentioning them. I did meet the owners Lindsey and Kate and really liked them. But, on days when my brain is sawdust these kits are perfect! They are also great for beginning scrapbookers who want some help getting started. Here are some of my pages that I made using these kits:

I'd include a layout that I designed from scratch, but then you might tell me to only use the page kits.