The fourth hobby I decided to try was starting a scrapbook. Scrap-booking is one of the bonding activities for the girls on my husband’s side of the family. I figured that since I have almost been in the family for two years it would be a good idea to see if it was something I could enjoy as well.

In order to start my scrapbook I first had to decide what part of my life I wanted to document, the pictures I should use, and how I wanted the pages to look. I really enjoyed decorating the pages with different colors of paper and fun cut outs. The hard part, for me, was deciding which pictures to use, as well as how to lay the pictures out on the page. Looking at all of the pictures and remembering all of the good times made this hobby very satisfying and enjoyable.

"Just as pieces stitched together in a quilt warm our bodies, scrapbooks bind together memories to warm our hearts." ~Author Unknown*

This quote really sums up how I felt about the pages I created. I think this would be a great hobby because it is a good excuse to go through pictures and think of all the memories they represent.

*http://www.quotegarden.com/scrapbooking.html

You don't have to be rich, to have style.

The hobby of the week was making homemade earrings. According to Ehow.com, "making homemade earrings is an inexpensive way to keep trendy styles and have a lot of variety of color and types of beads." When you are a poor college student, it is always nice to find a way to save some money. I thought that learning how to make earrings instead of buying them would be a low cost way of adding some variety to my earring collection. After attempting to make earrings, I found that they were much less expensive, more unique, and matched my outfits perfectly. These earrings are less expensive; however, they also take a lot more time and planning. Not only do you have to figure out a combination of beads that will look spectacular hanging from your ear, but you also have to bend the earring post just right so that both earrings will look the same. This is a hobby that will take a little bit more practice, but is a great way to save some money and add some variety to your earring selection.