Card making

There are some technique that seems to gain popularity lately.  Or some crafts.  Things like scrapbooking or card making.  Items for those makes their way in stores.  People buy that and they are doing these things.  It become an hype thing to do.

I often look all that can be sold in those alley, in big or little store.  I kind of smile.  Yes, it can be used to make a card or a photo album prettier.  It is kind of a cherry on a Sundae.  I just know better.  My mother had done scrapbooking when I was a child, way before all those nice paper came flooding the marked.  What does she used?  Tree leaves dipped in paraffin.  So, she was creating some nice addition to photo album using what she had on hand.  As we were in a wooded area, she used what she could find.  It was easy to find beautiful fallen tree leaves.  Very colorful too.  In a rusted kind of way.

Since I was a child,  I always had made my own cards.  Even before learning how to write.  At that time, I would draw the pictures in front of the card.  My mom would do the writing inside.  I started it because of my grandpa.  He like when his birthday cards were hand made.  We learned it the hard way when my mom bought one card, one year.  I was young and I don't really remember it.  She bought it.  She signed it for me.  I don't know if she was in an hurry.  Or didn't wanted to take time for the card to be hand made.  When I gave the bought card, my grandpa told me why I didn't made it.  It was the only time he received a store bought card.  My mom understood the message my grandpa.  He knew what he like, so he received what he liked. 

It always been a no brainer for me.  Making my own personalized cards bring something that a store bought card can't bring.  It been hand made, personalized and I took the time to make it, custom made.  Nothing can beat that.

So, all those things sold at store are pretty.  Not at all essential, in a way.  It add to the project at hand, getting it more pretty.  It is like a icing on the cake.  We can find ways to do things that aren't store bought.  It also bring something I love to do: take everyday items and turn them in a use they aren't intended to.