{"id":8006,"date":"2011-10-05T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2011-12-14T18:22:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T23:22:23","slug":"365-days-of-bliss-why-do-i-scrapbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/365-days-of-bliss-why-do-i-scrapbook\/","title":{"rendered":"365 Days of Bliss &#8211; Why do I scrapbook."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is Sugi here with my first post. Today i am going to share with you all the reasons why I scrap.<\/p>\n<p>It started with my obsession to document life and events in my life and not to mention all the pretties that called out my name in craft stores. I did not want to lock away\u00a0 all the memories that we made collecting dust or stored away in a shoe box. I wanted to preserve a legacy of my family&#8217;s rich and fascinating history so the future generations would be able to look back and understand the world now and the lives before us.<\/p>\n<p>Scrapbooking is also an ideal creative outlet for all ages.I love the idea of adding a personal touch of spunk to the memories. Being creative gives me a sense of pride and healthy self-esteem. It is a fun and relaxing hobby as well.<\/p>\n<p>When I sit with my son flipping through all the incredible memories and laughing silly at some of the stories the pictures triggered i realized the importance of scrapbooking lies in the why and not the how.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us why you scrapbook and what inspired you to start or go an extra step and make a layout and link it in the comments:)<\/p>\n<p>Here is mine:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppecommunity.com\/gallery\/showphoto.php?photo=201461&amp;ppuser=8530\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"I Heart Scrapbooking\" src=\"http:\/\/i1091.photobucket.com\/albums\/i383\/sugirox\/SSD\/i-heart-scrapbooking-pb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Credits: Cindy&#8217;s Half pack 19, At the Crop by Libby Pritchet and Bad Sewing Machine 18: Kinda Kleen by Traci Reed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Sugi here with my first post. Today i am going to share with you all the reasons why I scrap. It started with my obsession to document life and events in my life and not to mention all the pretties that called out my name in craft stores. I did not want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[132],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9704,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006\/revisions\/9704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}