Monday Giveaway : Studio Calico

I am loving that I am focusing more on capturing my everyday life and recording what is important to me and my family right now. I love that there will be more than stories of birthday parties and family cookouts in my scrapbooks...there will be snapshots of our lives and who we really are inside.

I love that right now, there is no right or wrong way to do things. If you don't want to do acid-free, fine. If you want it clean and simple, fine. Messy, great. I love the freedom to do as I choose!

First of all thanks for a fantastic giveaway.
My favourite thing about memory keeping remains the same ever since I started this hobby - I have TERRIBLY memory and pictures I took only a couple of months ago...well I have generally forgotten why and where I took them.
My memory is REALLY bad and I find nothing more satisfying to pull out one of my albums having a look through it without having to ask my boyfriend where I took the picture and why. Our hobby totally rocks!

I love this kit... especially the shaped Making Memories paper!

Hi Ali,
Great giveaway. My favorite part of scrapbooking right now is the journalling.
My middle daughter has been ill and I made a mini album of pictures and stories that details her struggles. It may seem strange to have a bunch of dates and times and hospital admissions in a scrapbook but it really helps to be able to write it down at the end of the day and get rid of it. Helps to move on. She can look at it and see where she's been and it gives us things to talk about.
I also wrote her some letters and put them in there for her to read, if she needs a hug or a smile. Without scrapping I never would have thought of it. Have a good Monday!
Kim

Beautiful kit!
I'm in the process of implementing Stacy Julian's library system, and I love seeing all the pictures from just a few years ago! Even if they're not scrapped, the pictures still bring back many good memories.

Without a doubt, it is the keeping of all the funny/cute things my girls say and do. I know I would forget most of them, so I try to record them. I may be waaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind in Christmas pictures, but rest assured that I've captured most of my girls' idiosyncrasies!

Watching and enjoying
my children remember
as they look through
each album I've made
for them.

I am getting married this week and I am loving capturing and recording all the details as we begin our life together.
Stephanie P

My favorite thing is knowing that in the future I'll be able to look back and see (and tell the kids) this kid did this. All three of my boys are very close in age and I have a hard time remembering who did what already, let alone 20 years from now. So at least I'm preserving some of it from fading from memory.

My favorite thing? There are so many!
I love the creative outlet I have found. I love documenting both events and everyday moments. I love that my family appreciates my efforts and shares my work with their friends. I love the social aspect..the wonderful girlfriends I have made thru this hobby and I love the fact that I can always learn more by taking classes and reading blogs and magazines.
thanks for the great give-away!

The nicest thing right now is that I am updated with my scraps, I am a chronologic scrapper and I am very happy to have all of my 2008 pictures scrapped :) and just in time to become a new baby girl, arriving next Monday, August 4th :) and to take some 1000 of pictures of her and her brother and her sister and be so behind my scraps again :lol:

My favorite thing is to record a piece of a memory that blossoms into multiple memories. I think many times you remember a time/event which leads you to remember other things related to that time. Just recording a piece is a way to pare down. (Can you tell my scrapbooking style is minimalistic?!)

Hi Ali,
My favorite thing about memory keeping is seeing my childrens eyes light up when they look thru their books. They love seeing themselves and the fun things we have done and I love that my scrapbooks will keep that memory alive for them.

My favorite thing about scrapbooking is documenting my family and friends stories through pictures in my books. I often have a hard time journaling with words, but love how you can tell a story with the pictures. All of the products out there make it easy.

Good morning Ali! What i love to preserve are the every day memories. I love to look back and see what was going on in our lives at a particular point. Thanks so much for doing this RAK. Studio Calico kits rock!

My favorite thing is being able to capture memories and photos of the past so that they are still fresh when I look at them in the future. I also love the feel of the paper in my hands and the thought process that goes into making the layout.

My favorite part is recording the every day moments, as opposed to big events. Those are the things that shape our lives and the things I want to always remember. Thanks--great giveaway!

My baby is growing so fast... the memories I preserved just last week or even yesterday are already valuable to me because he has moved on to new and different things already.

my fave thing about memory keeping right now. is my blog.. I make sure to write something daily.. to keep little snippets of my life somewhere, to scrapbook at a later time.. to let my friends/family know what the REAL ME is all about.