WHEN DIANNE THOMPSON RETURNED HOME FROM A SIX-WEEK HOLIDAY IN WHICH SHE WITNESSED THE SPECTACULAR GREAT MIGRATION OF 1.4 MILLION WILDEBEEST AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ZEBRAS AND GAZELLES CROSSING THE PLAINS AND RIVERS OF EAST AFRICA, THE FIRST THING SHE DID WAS TO GET BUSY SCRAPBOOKING.
“It was a dream holiday. We were with a fantastic group of people and the sight of the great migration was amazing! Those were memories, backed up with all the photographs we took, that we always wanted to remember and, by scrapbooking them, our family – now and in the future – will also be able to enjoy them,” said the GemLife Woodend homeowner.
The former primary school teacher has been scrapbooking for 25 years.
“I fell in love with it straight away and am still as passionate about it today as ever.”
Dianne has an entire bedroom dedicated to her favourite hobby and admits she puts all her spare time into scrapbooking and has lost count on just how many she has created.
“Scrapbooking is such a wonderful way topreserve, present, and arrange personal and family history in a book,” said Dianne.
She said every memory has the power to take herback to a happy place.
“I’ve done scrapbook albums for my daughters and I’m now doing albums for my grandchildren.”
Dianne also enjoys getting together with her GemLife friends each Monday for junk journaling which is a creative process of making a book out of found and recycled materials such as paper scraps, book pages, music sheets, maps, illustrations as well as stamps, postcards, greeting cards, tickets stubs and more.
“My hobbies give me and all my family so much pleasure.”