Hello. This is Lisa Damrosh for Big Picture Scrapbooking. I am so happy that you're here listening to me today, and that you clicked on the button to hear more about Scrapbooking, It Matters, because scrapbooking does matter!

I can't wait to tell you a little bit more about this class and how we're going to celebrate this thing that has, one way or another, brought us all together in this moment listening to this audio. I'm guessing you're here because you like scrapbooking and you want to learn more about it, and I'm here because I love scrapbooking too. I cannot imagine my life without it. To be honest, it's that important to me.

I really believe that I see my life differently because of this hobby, and I am really grateful for that. So, this class is all about taking the time for ourselves which we as women, and maybe men, don't do enough. First of all, we feel guilty for doing things for ourselves. This is about stopping feeling guilty because scrapbooking is important. It's not just that thing we do in our spare time, it's something that's also very important to who we are. It's a part of who we are. This class is about celebrating that. It's not just about the emotions of scrapbooking, it's about taking a look at those…which I'll help you do. I'll kind of guide you through some ideas on how to brainstorm on what scrapbooking means to you. What we're going to do is look at the Who, What, Why, Where and When you scrapbook, and we're going to scrapbook it. We're going to "scrapbook" scrapbooking…LOL!

I have a wonderful chipboard album that was created exclusively for this class by Scrap Supply. You do have to purchase that separately, and there are links all over the website for how to do that. We're going to create this album from start to finish. We're going to conceptualize our album and we're going to create our sections and our pages. I'm going to help you do that in ways that hopefully you haven't scrapbooked before. Not only about things you haven't scrapbooked before, like where you scrapbook or why you scrapbook, but in ways that maybe you haven't scrapbooked before. I'm going to help you with patterned paper selection, photos, how to put it all together, how to tie an album together where you use a lot of different products that maybe don't seem like they go together, but by doing certain things throughout the process, at the end you will have a cohesive album that will be "all you". It will be all you from beginning to end, and I can't wait to help you create it.

We will have a gallery so that we can share what we're coming up with with each other. We're going to chat every week, and I can't wait for that. You're going to get emails from me every day with more inspiration and ideas and mini assignments. You can email me anytime and I will be 100% available to you. We're going to have a message board so we can chit chat and answer questions. It's just going to be awesome, and I really hope that you will give yourself the gift of scrapbooking for yourself…scrapbooking about scrapbooking…because, honest, at the end of the day you're going to be so glad you did. This album is one of my favorite things I've ever created for myself, and I look at it often, and I am reminded of just how much richer my life is because I scrapbook. So, I hope to see you in class, and this is going to be so big!