My First Blog

I'm really not sure why I created this blog.....there are several blogs that I read daily and I noticed that they all have a link to "create your own blog" so out of simple curiosity I clicked it! Now I find myself writing this blog and trying to think of things that I would like to share with the world. Not that I really think the world will be reading my blog....or that I think anyone will read it, but it would be nice to be able to share some pictures and scrapbook pages with friends and family. And that is what I plan to do with my blog...share pictures and scrapbook pages. Those are the things I love....photography and scrapbooking.

I look at lots of layouts and scrapbook pages on line every day. I see lots of beautiful work but a lot of it is just not my style. I like clean lines and organization. I look at pages that have buttons, flowers, ribbons, tags, pins, and lots of "stuff" on them and it looks great but when I try to create that look it just doesn't work for me. It's just not my style! The same goes for photography; I see lots of really cool pictures that have been cropped, colored, tinted, embellished, and totally Photoshopped and, like I said, they look really cool, but to me that is not photography. I want to take a picture and it look incredible just the way it is. If I have to change it and Photoshop it to make it look good (or even better) than it's not good photography.

When I grow up (or more appropriately...when my kids grow up) I want to go back to college and get a degree in Visual Arts/Communication with an emphasis in Graphic Design and Photography. Maybe one day I can make some money by doing something I love and enjoy instead of answering phones and being nice to idiots!! Maybe this blog will help me branch out beyond my "clean lines and organization" and force me to let my creativity roam. Maybe it will help me work up the courage to write the essay required for the application to Drury University. Maybe it will help fill a small but lonely void in my life. Maybe.....