Hello, my name is Maggie Holmes.

I am 33 years old and married with 5 children! I am constantly taking pictures of them in an effort to capture every little moment. My only complaint about being a mother is that these precious years go by way too quickly!

I have been scrapbooking for years and years.... ever since I can remember!

I started scrapbooking because I always loved taking photos and enjoyed creating with those photos!

I generally scrapbook at least once a week and I find/make the time by using little bits of time during my day while the kids are at school and my baby is napping. I can squeeze in some extra time here and there by allowing my 4 year old daughter to come in my scrapbook room and create right by my side. She loves to pull out her craft supplies and make pretty things as well!

I find I am most often inspired to make a page because I want to remember the moment or feelings that accompany each photo. I know that I will eventually forget and so I want to document and record every little detail!

One of my go-to techniques is misting! It adds just enough texture and dimension to a plain piece of cardstock and also makes things unique to me!

I could NOT scrapbook without the following products/tools: cardstock, journaling pen, alpha stickers for titles, patterned paper, mist, brads, buttons, ribbon and sequins!

How and where do you store/display your completed pages? I use the American Crafts Modern D-Ring albums and I use a different color album for each child. Then I have family albums as well for pages that involve more than one person.

What page size do you generally scrap? 12" x 12".

What is your favorite photography App? Instagram!

What journaling pen is your favorite? American Crafts Precision Pen in .03.

Do you also create mini-books or theme albums? Yes, I love to create mini albums and I keep them out for my children to look through! They especially love when I create mini books that are unique to them such as documenting their birthdays in their own albums!

What photo software do your use? Photoshop and Lightroom.

What is your best advice to someone just starting out? Don't be intimidated by the idea that you have to start at the beginning of your life (or your child's life) and work through in chronological order. The day I gave that up was the day I really began to enjoy scrapbooking! I create with any photos that are inspiring or meaningful to me at the moment and I have come to accept the fact that I will never be "caught up". There will always be photos to go back and scrapbook from years past and really, that is the beauty of it because it means I will never run out of subject material!