A story

Good morning... I hope you are having a great day!

After a LONG absence from online scrapbook forums, I have joined up with Scrapbook.com.
There are some very nice people there, as well as a lot of talent!
I used to be very involved with Lifetime Moments, where we had great fun, and was inspired constantly to scrap our pics.
From the experience and knowledge I gained from there, I was able to apply, and was accepted as a designer for our LSS, and I have to tell you, THAT was fun!!! Alas, things come to an end, and the store closed, and it was the LAST LSS in our area.
But for me, that was ok.... I realized that Digital Scrapbooking was better for my needs.
I had great fun learning my new photo-editing software, starting with Photoshop 6.0, and progressing to Photoshop CS2.
Pretty soon, that developed to an online business. I designed digital kits, and sold at several online stores, and had great fun, but it was taking up so much of my time, and I wasn't getting my own pics scrapped.
So, I took a break from it all.....
THEN.... I met my son's girlfriend... who is TOTALLY into creating wonderful works of art, photo albums, layouts, cards, tags. She put any of my work to shame! She inspired me to pick "creating" back up again..... so, off to the stores to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars updating my old supplies. Yes, I had lots of things already, enough to open my own store, as my husband says... lol.... but it was "old"... I needed NEW!!! :)
So, here I am.... again.... learning new techniques, and creating my own works of art. I am NOT doing layouts tho.... I am in total awe of mini-scrapbooks. Oh what fun they are. I love the themed idea, and they are so decorative, plus, they make great gifts!
Well, I somehow HAVE to justify all that money I spent on new supplies, so..... I have started selling my creations. OK... well, as of right now, I only have 2 mini-books up, but more are coming real soon. I sell at ETSY... I LOVE that place, a great place to find all kinds of things hand-crafted, as well as vintage items. I don't plan on my business taking off til November.... until then, I am working on getting it ready, and IF I should sell something in the meantime, I will be happy :)
I create SLOW.... so I've given myself plenty of time to create, and to learn as much about the business end as I can.
Oh my..... I've talked more than I expected to... lol... well, it's ok...  I don't do it too often.... :)