A Downer of a Day and A Treasure Hunt..

Today has been one of those days..
Nothing is seeming to go together just right. It's probably because I am getting over ANOTHER bought with the flu.. (ICK!) But, I've just been down today.

I've been trying to work all day on Fancy Pants stuff and it's just not coming together like I want it to.. And I probably should have just walked away from the computer a long time ago.. But, Brenna was at school, Lorynn was at a play date and I was supposed to be working.. This was to be my uninterrupted time!! Why was I having such trouble??

So, I started digging.. Digging into the depths of my hard drive.. Un-earthing ancient treasures. Man, You wouldn't believe what I've got in there! :)

First off, I found this fantastic photo of my girls. Ahhh.. I miss this age.



I remember this moment exactly. Lorynn kept planting big slimy kisses on Brenna's mouth and they both thought it was the funniest thing ever... It wasn't really that long ago.. But it's still seems like a lifetime away..

Then I started surfing.. Oh, the treasures I uncovered!! :)



I found this AWESOME layout from Leora :
Amazing journaling, Seriously gorgeous stuff.. And I am IN LOVE with Jen's Tulle Flower! How cute is that??

Then I saw this one by Dagmar:



WOW!! It's so beautiful!! I love the orange of Lynn's paper, and Anna's Plumes, and all of Jackie's and Katie's beautiful elements and the perfect way that Dagmar has brought them all together in this breathtaking masterpiece.

Looking at all this goodness, kind of left me feeling a bit unworthy, you know? Do you ever get that way?? It was almost overwhelming.. There are so many beautiful digital products out there!! And on a day where NOTHING I did was working.. It left me feeling down..

Yes, I started turning into that melodramatic artist.. "OH, I am not good enough!!" Was all I could think. So I stopped surfing and started digging again.. I went to parts of my computer that haven't been seen in years! :) and guess what I found..

Vintage Anna, Vintage Holly, Vintage Maya, even Vintage Nan and Michelle where in there;) Old kits and papers that I had collected from back in the day when I first started digital scrapping. And as I looked at all these 'old' treasures, I could see the progression of digital design right before my eyes. And I was amazed..

Amazed at how far we have come. Amazed at the quality and standards of products that we have developed. I remember seeing one of the very first digital 'twisted ribbons'.. And I remember looking at it and just being 'awed' by it. "How did she do that??" Now, if you were to compare that ribbon to the likes of Natalie's Trinkets of goodness.. Well, they can't even be compared.. They exist on almost two different realms.

Seeing our progression of skills and art, makes me so excited. Designer's and scrappers a like are working so hard to hone their amazing skills.. What is digital going to hold in just another short year?? Because in the two years I have been doing this.. we have all come so far. It makes me feel proud. And honored to be a part of it all..

So after my downer of day.. Browsing through my archives helped me to put it all into perspective again..

And All I can say is keep up the great work ladies!! YOU ALL ROCK! :)