This is why I scrapbook...

For all you Shimelle fans out there - she has a new project to become involved with showing on her blog now. Click here to have a look!
As usual, She is very inspiring, and I have been thinking about why I scrapbook.

I have no children (although I do have a kitty I adore and who makes a star appearance on some of my pages!!!) and I don't travel widely.
I tend to scrapbook about myself and my partner.  I'm not someone who loves to look at myself at all, but I have found scrapbooking as a way of really accepting who I am, inside and out, and of embracing me as a whole.  I love to take a photo of an occasion, event, day out, or just something mundane but special and really celebrate that.  To spend time over it, and love it, and honour it. 
I have never been what I would think of as an arty person. This is one reason I was so amazed to discover I not only like scrapbooking, but I LOVE it!!! I try to find some time everyday to do something scrap related - this is even easier now I have discovered the joys of digi-scrapping (although it can't overtake paper scrapping for me - I just love cutting and sticking!!!!!!)
I have quite a few friends who roll their eyes when I say I scrapbook.  In fact most of my friends roll there eyes! I have only one dear friend who has become a scrap convert, but she lives many many miles away :0(  Shimelle's prompt of -how would you convince a non-scrapper about scrapbooking is a difficult one.  I often find myself getting defensive when non-scrappers look at me as if I am mad that I enjoy this so much. What's not to love??  I'll have to think on this abit more I think!!!!