My older sister is who got me started with scrapbooking. She took me to a Sherman Williams store that was going out of business. They gave away their old wallpaper books. I picked up a few for her. Once we got back into her vehicle, I started looking at them. I quickly realized that these were really pretty. For the next couple years, I started collectiing wallpaper books.
I called everyplace in the phone book that sold wallpaper. (I live in a different state than my sisters) Every now and then I would be able to pick up a few. Then I hit the jackpot when one place had a carload of them they wanted me to pick up.
Now I have bunches of papers to use for scrapbooking. I used an exacto knife and carefully cut the papers out of the books. I discarded the book part. My next thing I'm doing is cutting the papers int 8 1/2 x 11 or 12 x 12 inch sizes. This may take me the rest of my life. Therefore, I've started scrapping a few pages already. I've started with my oldest daughter's pages.
Lately, I've also been scanning all my pictures. I hope to eventually get them all scanned, so that I can write them to a cd. That way everyone can have a cd. The main problem with that is that most were scanned in the .bmp mode and the cd writer doesn't accept .bmp. Once I get them all scanned and converted I'll be in business, so to speak.
