Teradyne's Family Day 2004

Every year, my hubby's company celebrates Family Day. In 2004, Family Day was held at the East Coast Park. This is my first 2-page LO. I've tried different techniques and embellishments like buttons, eyelets, tab and dry embossing . This was created for scrapbook-exchange's Monthly Challenge for Aug 2004.

My First Layout

My first layout was a picture of Bianca taken when she was 2 days old. It was created sometime in July 2004. Since it was my first time, I scraplifted from a layout I found in twopeasinabucket (sorry can't remember whose LO was it). I thought it would be easier to scraplift but it turned out to be more difficult and frustrating.

In this layout, I thought it would be nice to journal the meaning of Bianca's name. This is also the first time I used eyelets and all those eyelet-related tools.

Scrapbooking

When I was in High School, one of my hobbies is to take and collect pictures. I always enjoyed cropping and arranging pictures in an album; collecting and sticking cut-outs and stickers and combining any scrap material to make my album extra-ordinary.

A few years later, some of the pictures have turned yellow. It was only last year that I discovered a different world of scrapbooking... the concept is still the same but it has become a very expensive hobby. Why? Because now they have discovered materials and tools that are acid-free, lignin-free, archival-safe etc. Now there are more techniques and more media. Digital scrapbooking is also becoming popular due to its flexibility and cost-effectiveness.

I'm not an expert... really. All I know is that I love scrapbooking. I love art. I love expressing myself... and most of all... I'm a sentimental person who wants to document every single detail of our lives.

You're welcome to view my layouts (LO). Feel free to leave your comments.