This is what Elsie Flanigan dubbed her blog. Aptly so. Her scrap style is very artjournal-esque: lots of doodles, notes, color. Its messy but addictive. That is how I explain the amount of time I have spent pouring over the pages. I have a lot of pics to scrap. I have no printer at the moment. You have no idea how the idea of hand journaling stresses me out.

Looking at Elsie’s reminds me to consider this a rare opportunity. Many of the pages featured in the early scrap magazines (and the early albums on my shelves…) now look dated and cute with a K. They suffer from bulletin board syndrome. : /  These art journals draw me in and make a person WANT to look at someone’s snapshots. I am a bit of a visual control freak though. Gotta admit I still miss my printer. But my daughter just asked a question I can’t resist…. "What are you going to make Mom?"  I don’t know.  Something. With her.