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I’m sure most of us either have dreaded or do dread doing layouts that are all about us! Let’s face it, finding motivation to scrap ourselves can be very difficult! Why though, do we scrap the memories that we do about other people? Usually, it’s to help our loved ones remember, to save the memories for those that will come after, and have the memories so that we can relive them again and again. If WE, the memory keepers, don’t preserve the memories about US, who will???
I (Steph) remember a couple of years ago, a thread at DST about Cathy Zilske’s “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life Album” class. I too had read the article in Simple Scrapbooks that the original poster referred to and realized that I had nothing like that to leave my family. I was determined to create an “EOL” album and even bought the book to help give me some ideas. I am so sad to say that I haven’t done it….yet!
As I was preparing for this post, I did some digging and found that Cathy will be teaching this class in September called:
Me: The Abridged Version, An A to Z All About Me
Cathy will teach the class at Big Picture Scrapbooking next month and the best part is that it will be HYBRID!!!! I WILL be taking the class because I know myself and I know that with deadlines, I can get pretty much anything done, but if it is open ended, it probably won’t happen. The really cool thing about the class is that I will get (and you will too, if you join me 
) digital 8.5×11 templates, digital alpha blocks, digital journaling blocks, and digital title blocks all designed by Cathy Z herself! The digital elements are designed to be printed and combined with real paper to create a hybrid album. If you are like me though, you will want to combine them with digital papers and print (making a completely digital album). The class is a four week class, so it breaks everything down into manageable chunks. One of the goals of the class made me smile and I can’t WAIT to accomplish it! Here it is: You will learn how to let go of preconceived notions of what constitutes good journaling. Ahhh, the freedom! The best part is when the class is done, I will have 26 pages of memories about myself documented for my kids and for myself!
If you would like some challenges to help motivate you scrap about YOU, I found a few:
My Story Matters at Scrap Matters
Book of Me at Scrapbook Elements
All About You at Shabby Pickle
Project 52 at ScrapArtist (which is not necessarily layouts, but could be adapted)
And one last thing to help get the mojo flowing when it comes to scrapping YOU…
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Danielle (Something Blue Studios), Kristen (K Studio), and Creashens, have put together a kit to help scrap those memories about US and are giving us TWO of them to give to you, our readers! 
We will randomly choose two readers that post a comment in this post by Friday midnight EST to win this HUGE kit! For those that can’t wait, they have given us a coupon code with some savings!
If that wasn’t enough, I just got in my inbox a set of freebie quickpages from these girls!
You can download them HERE
Are you ready? Join me in my renewed commitment to leave some memories about ME for those I love! The ones YOU love will thank you for it!!
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I’m totally stoked. I’m doing it completely digital as well (and plan to do another in 10 years or so – part 2!) but I’ve also come up with a way to do a childhood “encyclopedia” in a slightly different format so that I can continually add to it. I’m excited about all of it.
Wow, thanks for such a great post! I never journal about myself, but maybe I will start! Thanks so much for the chance to win this gorgeous kit, the girls have done an AMAZING job!
OH! I have my eye on this kit since it came out. This is just fabulous!!! Thanks so much for the freebie & the TWO chances to win.
What a great looking kit! I’m always on the lookout for things to scrap with about me!
OMG!! A perfect kit with amazing designers.. Yes.. I would love to win…
Thanks for the fun giveaway! I hope I’m not too late to enter.
What a GREAT post! SO INSPIRATIONAL! Thanks for making it and thanks for the Qps! Bookmarking this post right now.
I know I just missed the deadline but what a great kit!
Wow, that looks like an amazing kit!!! Have yet to do any ‘about me’ but have been giving it lots of thought lately as yet another bday approaches and I think of all that I would like my family to remember about me!
It’s a great kit with endless possibilities..It’s hard to scrap about me but now I’m inspired!
Love the kit. I don’t have many pages about me, unless you count that all my pages are in my own point of view.
Wow great kit. I sometimes do pages just about me although because I often tell the stories on other pages from my POV there’s a bit of me in those pages too.
I’m not sure what all exactly it would take to bribe me to do a page about myself… but this kit might just be the way to start! *LOL* Thanks for the chance to win.
This looks like a wonderful kit – I would love to win it. I would love to have it even if I don’t win it! Thanks for the quick pages – they are beautiful!
Would love to win this kit! Layouts about ME are always the last to be created which means they are never created because I’m never caught up! Thx for the reminder that someday people will want to know a little about ME.
Wow, what an informative post and I love the free quick pages. Thanks very much for sharing them.
Please enter me in your contest. My hubby and I have both been laid off from our jobs for three months so my digi scrapping budget is nil right now. It would be wonderful tho win your awesome contest.
Thanks again for the gorgeous quick pages.
What a great kit!
Hi,
thank you so much – really beautiful!
Charlene
I would love to try to create an album like this for my children. I want them to know me as thier mom and so much more!
What an awesome class & really beautiful collab
What a great kit – Hoping it will inspire me to do some pages about me!
I agree those pages about me are the hardest to do. I would love a chance to win this kit to help me get started. Thanks!
I love the My Story Matters at ScrapMatters!! And pulling out those pictures from my childhood is fun!
What a beautiful collab!
Good reminder! I need to scrap a few things about me! ALways wanting to scrap the kids and grandkids!
Beautiful kit too!
Beautiful collab!
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Fabulous Blogger here, dear!! and what do I find? another brilliant kit from Kristen and Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww a Collab to boot!! So Excited EXCITED!!!!
Me? No way!!! LOL
Wow, wow, woooooooooow, this kit is ROCK!!!! i love it all!!!!! Thank you for the chance to win!!!!
Thank you for the lovely QPs, still find scrapping about me too hard (you know how some people are photogenic – not me!) Think I’ll have to wait till I hook them into scrapping and see what they come up with he he!
I am terrible at scrapping about myself – and even worse at taking photos of myself. One day my kids will grow up and ask where Mummy was and someone will say “behind the camera”.
Fantastic kit for all of us who plan to scrap more about ourselves….I grew up on the other side of the world & my son really doesn’t know much about my “other” life. Great inspiration to get going!
Such a cute kit! Thanks for the inspirational note too. Yes…I need something to help include more of ME in my books!
This kit is amazing! Perfect inspiration to include more of me in my albums. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win!
What a fab looking kit…. I haven’t done any pages about myself. I have just turned the big 3-0 so it might be a good time to do so, at such a milestone
Great kit! I’d love to win it…may just have to but it. I’ve been thinking about taking Cathy’s class…still thinking. I heard about it after signing up for an “about me” class at jessicasprague.com (terrific classes over there, by the way) I may decide to take both. After no pics of me it would be good to do a bunch. Always ready to learn. Thanks, DailyDigi!!
Such a gorgeous kit! Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful kit!
Love the kit, love the book “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life,” love CZ…But, with four little kids, I barely find time to scrap anything, much less myself. Maybe it’s time to change that.
It’s always a struggle to believe it’s important to journal about me but so much fun to look back later and see how far I’ve come. Thanks for the opportunity to win such a beautiful kit!
Taking the CZ class as well, nothing to motivate me but a deadline… Great kit.
The hardest subject to scrap: ME! Good motivation!
Thanks to the gals for the free quickpages – they are adorable! What an awesome kit!
Great post – it really gets you thinking about leaving a legacy to your family. Fingers crossed I’ll win one of the two kits – it would help immensely with such a project! Thanks for the chance to win!
Great idea! I do so many pages about every second of my daughters life I forget about me lol
I signed up for Cathy’s class last month and have been diligently journaling in the tag book she provides. Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book, Encylopedia of an Ordinary Life is fantastic. It was very easy to read and entertaining. It was perfect inspiration for the class. I had the feeling after I finished the book that every person’s story is important.
So in my book, under L, you will find Lottery, Winning the … I am genuinely surprised each and every time I DON’T win the lottery.
Thank you for forcing me to really do this and think about leaving this for my kids so they know who mom is. Other than just mom.
What a fantastic kit. Thanks for the opportunity.
I think I’m a rare scrapper – I don’t have kids so I love to scrap pages about myself!
I think it’s all those little things about you that are so important to remember – what music you like, books, movies, your favorite shoes.
Great Idea, I always scrap about my family, but not myself… I may have to try this one!
Such a cute kit! I do try and do this every so often, if only to do what I’m currently listening to or reading or whatever, just to get it down on paper.
Because like you said, no one else will! Thanks for the enabling!
Wow! This kit is just gorgeous! I really want to buy it now….but I guess I’ll wait to see if I get lucky and win it. Thanks for all you guys do!
Great idea and fantastic kit! I’d love to scrap all about ME…
Thanks for the chance to win!
Fantastic idea and kit…think I’ll need a few more pictures of me tho! And thanks to you and your team for all your hard work!
I agree, the All About Me pages always seem to take the back burner. With deadlines, something could be achieved. I’ll have to check it out!