How did you get started?

I used to think that you had to have kids to be a scrapbooker.  I knew a couple moms that did scrapbook and I would longingly look over their layouts and remind myself that someday I could join them.  Then one night at a Hobby Night held by my church, my friend asked me to help her with a title.  I had always been one of those crafty people, so I happily obliged.  In the ten little minutes it took me create the title, a transformation took place:

I became a scrapbooker.

I realized that I did not have to have children to create awesome layouts all I needed were pictures and I had a few thousand of those already.  I had been to Germany, Scotland, Aruba and many, many states in our great country.  I had layouts calling my name, I just couldn't hear them.

I think maybe a few days passed and I was at my local craft store.  I had NO IDEA what I was doing so I bought white card stock and stickers.  My pages were beyond hideous, but they were mine and I loved them.

I will never redo them.

I like to see how far I've come and trust me, it's far!

So, how did you get started?  Should we be so brave as to share one of our first layouts?

~Jenn
Mama Scrapper