tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post674590995761352884..comments2024-03-27T20:39:04.792-04:00Comments on KILLER HOBBIES: Scrapbooking OurselvesBetty Hechtmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652848311122102223noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-45778453854649946292008-05-06T09:35:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:35:00.000-04:00Nicole,I wrote an article years ago that appeared ...Nicole,<BR/><BR/>I wrote an article years ago that appeared in Creating Keepsakes magazine which was probably the first to advocate scrapbooking ourselves. I told of my friend who had breast cancer and how I urged her to scrapbook herself to leave behind for her young son. The article was called Leaving a Legacy and I really should put it on my website as it was the first to advocate scrapbooking something other than our family holidays and children's birthday parties. It had tremendous response and shortly afterwards I was contacted by Angie Pedersen looking for a publisher for what became her "Book of Me." I hooked her up with my publisher and that's how she got published. <BR/><BR/>So...you're preaching to the choir director! But...your post is a timely reminder because most of us don't work hard enough to keep ourselves in front of the camera. I know I don't.Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-4762218062360928202008-05-06T07:13:00.000-04:002008-05-06T07:13:00.000-04:00Thank you Joanna for asking me to be your guest bl...Thank you Joanna for asking me to be your guest blogger again. I enjoyed it very much!<BR/>I am glad that so many of you could relate to this article!Nicole Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573744086439526817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-1437764213725273452008-05-06T01:31:00.000-04:002008-05-06T01:31:00.000-04:00Very well done, Nicole... And I agree, so true......Very well done, Nicole... And I agree, so true...I look back at our scrapbooks from 2002 when my grandson was born and I'm in the photo's the least... Hardly any show me holding him....playing with him.... And I did alot in the beginning... So, even though I don't like my weight, I've put myself in front of the camera more....<BR/><BR/>Patti M<BR/>(Pattie's passion)<BR/><BR/>I Scrap So All Moments Are Remembered!!!!PattiMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305986138401661808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-79859418525981108062008-05-05T21:18:00.000-04:002008-05-05T21:18:00.000-04:00Great post, Nicole. I hide behind the camera, too....Great post, Nicole. I hide behind the camera, too. Or, if I am in a photo, I stand behind my children (those pesky pounds). But I had never thought of this the way you just stated. They need photos of their mother, too.Jennifer Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239563357592230711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-48137413890304275392008-05-05T20:35:00.000-04:002008-05-05T20:35:00.000-04:00When I finished The Best of British Scrapbooking, ...When I finished The Best of British Scrapbooking, I sent my color proofing copy to one of the winners, Sarah Wheatley. Sarah was losing her fight against breast cancer. She read the copy, saw her layouts, looked at it again the next day, the following day she slept and then died. Her husband sent an email to me and all the UK women saying that Sarah left behind a wealth of pages about her family...but what they would miss, forever, were pages about Sarah. He begged all of us to include ourselves.Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-75463389294816334152008-05-05T11:53:00.000-04:002008-05-05T11:53:00.000-04:00I completely agree. I made it my New Year's Resolu...I completely agree. I made it my New Year's Resolution in '07 to not shy away from being in pictures... otherwise it will look like my daughter was raised by a single dad!Morriskatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784578793053966582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-63502495448013899742008-05-05T11:22:00.000-04:002008-05-05T11:22:00.000-04:00I've had that same thought about not being in fron...I've had that same thought about not being in front of the camera often enough. My husband and I are always taking photos of the boys, but rarely of each other. If we're in them, we're being photographed due to our proximity to the boys.<BR/><BR/>You're right, I need to stop worrying about how I look and start being in more of the photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-80893083976006209852008-05-05T10:58:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:58:00.000-04:00Your blog works on so many levels, Nicole -- the i...Your blog works on so many levels, Nicole -- the idea of putting ourselves on the list we keep of people who are important.<BR/> <BR/>Maybe Our Blogs Are Us!Camille Minichinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701150885595400018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-44624076704416121172008-05-05T10:41:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:41:00.000-04:00Great job Nicole and congrats on being a guest blo...Great job Nicole and congrats on being a guest blogger. I need to get all of my kid scrapbooks out and go down memory lane.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685562064259534289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-38514125584063901312008-05-05T10:34:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:34:00.000-04:00Amen. Plus, I don't know about the rest of you, bu...Amen. Plus, I don't know about the rest of you, but if I don't put me in an album, no one will. I can't afford to be overly modest or unselfish or I may just be forgotten. <BR/><A HREF="http://www.abcoffice.com/scrapbook-supply.htm" REL="nofollow">Cali</A>Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903716750003766022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-7121276708216148702008-05-05T10:04:00.000-04:002008-05-05T10:04:00.000-04:00We're not scrapbookers in my family, but we are co...We're not scrapbookers in my family, but we are compulsive collectors and loggers. Both my mom and my dad are writing separate memoirs. My dad's is closer to being finished. My idea is that when he's done, I'll add a new "Part" for the next generation, and then pass it down to my daughter, who is his only granddaughter. With any luck, we'll keep the family story going for generations. I'm so excited about this! Great post, Nicole!Kathryn Lilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701558750790059307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-31121370805103575002008-05-05T09:40:00.000-04:002008-05-05T09:40:00.000-04:00Great article Nicole. Really makes you think abou...Great article Nicole. Really makes you think about why we need to includes ourselves in our scrapbooks :)<BR/>~ErikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com