My first {SMASHBOOK} page

Back when I first started scrapbooking there weren't cool tools and embellies... just cheezy dies cuts and ugly colored cardstock, lol. I didn't like those, but I did like to collect receipts, tags, notes from friends, magazine clippings, comics and pictures. I pasted them using plain elmer's glue into a huge old kraft-paper scrapbook that is still one of my favorite things to look at. Ahhh, good memeories. :)

A lot has changed since then. The scrapbook revolution took place and suddenly it was CUTE! Cool! {Fun!} to make scrapbooks, and almost overnight everything was different. While I embraced the changes and gladly said goodbye to the die cuts and cardstock mentioned earlier, I found myself drawn into the new trends and I pretty much lost my early "style".

Enter {SMASHBOOK}.

I know that some people don't get what all the hype is about, but seriously? This is how I started, so I {love} this style! I haven't made a traditional layout in about a year (since I decided to try a digital scrapbook last year) so it has been an adjustment trying to remember my roots, but it has been fun. Here is my first page:

While I don't plan to include photos in this, it will be very similar to my scrapbook from high school - odds and ends that catch my eye or that are special to me for whatever random reason - but with a twist. I plan to use this mostly as an idea book; a place to turn to for inspiration when my mojo takes a vacation. So I'll include some more artistic aspects as well. I'm looking forward to seeing how it evolves. :)

I don't have set plans to work on this on a regular basis, but I'll be sharing pages if and when the mood strikes and I put something together. So stay tuned for more! :) Oh, and btw... it would take me way too long to list out individual supplies used on my smash pages, but I'm happy to let you know what I use if there is a need. So if you're dying to know about a stamp or paper scrap or chipboard piece or whatever, just leave a comment and I'll let you know where it's from. :)