Southern Verisimilitude

For a couple of months now I've been struggling with that "the thrill is gone" scrap malaise. Shopped til my cc has whimpered, surfed the net til my mouse needed new batteries, whined til my friends ignore my cries. BUT now, maybe, possibly, dare I say it? I wanna scrap! Think a couple of things just clicked into place and hopefully the dust will get blown off my paper. First off Cori pointed out the other day that we have less than a 100 days until the Scrap Etc event in Nashville. Didn't click immediately but kinda simmered in my head all weekend, really making me want to climb out of my slump. So I sat and stewed, really asked myself what inspirational ingredient was missing and realized that while I enjoy looking at the work of quite a few scrapbookers, only a couple can I really relate to. That sounds so hokey but it is kind of a Goldilocks syndrome, each chair has something that I enjoy but very few feel "just right". So, headed for the computer and did a search for Brenda Arnall's work and was thrilled to find that she has a blog. Right off the bat, her sharing of a fabulous planner has me wanting to pull out product and start creating. I have always loved Brenda's work...multi photo, very clean and balanced but in no way stark, great use of embellishments and her attention to detail is over the top. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to actually spend some time with one of her albums in my hands...I can honestly say I learned more in that sitting than I did in all of CKU-Atlanta's regular classes combined (LOL, gotta add though, Lance Anderson's album class more than made up for that! worth the entire cost of the trip). And of course Brenda being so warm and gracious, just makes her work even more of a pleasure to admire. I told Cori that I had something that would make her smile, hope that link to Brenda's blog did the trick! Now I'm all pumped, going to dig around in these boxes and attempt to find Brenda's books, then scraplift until the furnace is fully fired.