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About
Elizabeth Dillow...
What are your basic tools? In other words, what can you NOT
scrapbook without?
I
always have my Fiskars
microtip scissors, Therm
O Web adhesive, my guillotine-style
paper cutter, and a giant mess. Sadly, I think better
when I pull everything out to look at first.
How
did you discover scrapbooking and how did you know it was
right for you?
I've
been scrapbooking in some form since I was little, saving
post cards and birthday party invitations to tape into old
and dangerously acidic albums. I've loved taking pictures
since I was a little girl; when you throw in my love of storytelling,
office supplies and pretty paper, it was inevitable that I
would fall in love with an art form like scrapbooking.
What
was the topic of your very first scrapbook page or project?
My first "modern" scrapbook page was a page
about my 31st birthday; it included all the birthday cards
I received and some ephemera from Blue Star, the restaurant
where we went to celebrate.
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Can we see it?
Why do you
continue to scrapbook today?
Because
I love creating a family history complete with stories and photos
and commentary. It's such a great feeling to catch relationships,
funny stories, and growth on paper.
If you could
give one piece of advice to someone just getting started, what would
you say?
Don't
ever say "I just couldn't do that, I'm not creative enough."
No! Everyone is creative, and everyone can learn how to do something
new. Just because it doesn't feel like it comes naturally doesn't
mean you can't learn and have fun in the process!
Will you
show us a few of your most favorite pages or projects and tell us
… why you created them, what you learned in the process, and
where you keep them?
Why: I created this page for a special issue of Simple
Scrapbooks, but more specifically, I chose this particular story
because it's one I want my girls to hear so they understand
why I always have a camera close at hand.
What:
This page reinforced how much I love to talk to my girls
on scrapbook pages-I want my voice to come through, so that
when they read it they can hear me tell the story.
Where: In a 12x12 American Crafts album. |
Why: This page is a scraplift of myself; I made a
similar one to include in my Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame
entry in 2006 for my niece Lily, and decided I wanted to make
one for Maddie, too.
What:
I learned that I am happiest when I make my embellishments support
the message of the page! Each ribbon color corresponds directly
to the colors in Dr. Seuss's book My Many Colored Days, and
I like that I built in a little extra meaning into this page.
Where: In a 12x12 American Crafts album. |
Why: I created this for my Big Picture Scrapbooking
class Red Letter Days, which was a companion class designed
to go with my book The Scrapbooker's Almanac.
What: Creating this page reinforced my love of capturing
personality on scrapbook pages. I just love to catch my children's
personalities, and I believe I did that on this page about my
daughter, Gracie. It's one of the most important aspects of
scrapbooking to me.
Where:
I keep this in one of my 12x12 American Crafts albums that
sit atop our desk unit. My pages live in complete and utter
random order, unless you consider the order in which they were
created an acceptable theme. I haven't decided that another
system works better for me yet. |
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What is your
favorite part about teaching at BPC?
I love teaching--in a public high school, at home, in scrapbook
stores, and here at Big Picture Classes. It's the exchange of ideas
that I love best. I certainly don't claim to be an expert on anything
but I sure do love sharing what I do know with other people, learning
from them in return, and watching as the exchange of ideas and creativity
turns into amazing things.
classes...
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