All About Me

Hey ladies I know so many of you have lots (and lots) of albums - you have a family albums, an album for each child, a wedding album, a heritage album, a Christmas album, etc -  BUT do you have an ‘All About Me' album? How many pictures do you even have of yourself? How many pages dedicated to you? If something should happen tomorrow would your children know your favorite color, your daily routine, what your favorite board games were, etc.? As moms and keepers of the scrapping tools not to mention the family chief photographer we are so busy documenting the lives of everyone else that we rarely even consider these things about us and we typically don't scrapbook them either.  But this is an important point to consider. If we look at ourselves as the family historian, we really need to make sure to include a very important piece of the family - US! Sooo, maybe you don't want to have a whole album that is "All About Me!" but a page here and there is something that we all need to do. So here are a month of ideas that can be scattered through your current work. 

30 Topics and Titles

1. 10 Things about Me
2. The Chef in Me (love it or hate it)
3. Circle of Friends
4. Crafts & Hobbies
5. A Day in the Life
6. My Faith
7. Favorites
   • Activities
   • Clothes
   • Games
   • Movies
   • Music
   • Books
8. Favorite Foods
   • Restaurants
   • Drinks
   • Snacks
   • Desserts
9. Favorite Job
10. Fears
11. Growing Up
    • Where I was born
    • Where I lived
    • How many houses I lived in
12. Hairstyles through the Years
13. High School Years
14. Hopes and Dreams
15. Housework & Me
16. I am Blessed
17. I am Grateful
18. The Last 10 Years (how I have changed over the years)
19. Making My House a Home
20. Man of My Dreams
21. My Parents 
    • What we do together
    • What our similarities are
    • What our differences are
22. My Emotions
    • What makes me happy/sad
    • What makes me laugh/cry
    • What makes me angry
    • What makes me nervous
23. People That Inspire Me
24. Pieces of Me
25. Self Portrait (a personal photo  or drawing and journaling about the photo)
26. Uniquely Me (things that make me unique)
27. Vacation Favorites
28. My names (maiden, married, nicknames)
29. My Purse
    • Favorite purse
    • What's in it
30. My quirks

These topics cover a wide range and can be funny or serious. Comment your own ideas for topics here! I challenge everyone to make a page about YOU next time you sit down to scrapbook.

I did a 2 page spread earlier this year about my wake up call. It was fun to do and was good to write down my thoughts about  life, aging, and just what I wanted to do with the rest of the time I have here on this earth. Thought provoking and I was very pleased after I finished it. So come on - accept the challenge, you and your children's children will be glad you did.