It was a sad day in the scrapbooking industry last week when Two Peas in a Bucket announced the closing of their site. I’ll be honest when I say that I was completely shocked. I guess I thought TwoPeas would be around forever. After all, they were a pioneer in the industry. They created a huge community and connected many like-minded crafters throughout the world. I can’t remember exactly how I initially found TwoPeas but the minute I did, it opened my eyes to a whole world I never knew existed.
Growing up, I always loved to take pictures, save them in albums, collect bits and pieces from my travels and adventures and sometimes even put them in a book. I remember putting together my first real scrapbook after my Sweet 16 (photos stuck on white pages of a beautiful book with little captions written underneath). When I moved to Florida after getting married at the end of 2005, I wanted to create a scrapbook of the new life I was creating with my husband but wasn’t sure where to start. I was also looking for ways to meet new people and noticed a local scrapbook shop in my area so I decided to take a class and the rest is history. I eventually discovered other local scrapbook stores, the huge scrapbooking community that exists online and was introduced to so many talented people and amazing techniques. I’ve taken many online classes and made several new friends. I found not just a hobby but a passion. I love it, it keeps me busy and I’m rarely ever bored.
I say all this to get to the real point of this post which is that it’s really sad to see an icon in the industry cease to exist. Last week, I pulled a screenshot of my TwoPeas profile page to keep as a memento. It’s a little piece of my history and I wanted to save it here:
I also took a little trip down memory lane and found the first layout I posted in my TwoPeas gallery which is also the first layout I ever made:
So many great memories! Thank you, TwoPeas, for the many years of fun products, inspiration, education and community! And thank you for opening my eyes to the amazing world of scrapbooking! 🙂
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