Scrapbook Your Way SYW298 - Finding Soul in Scrapbooking
Apr 3, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Dawn Cervo, a mystic and maker from Yukon, shares her journey of rediscovery through vision planning and creative practices like scrapbooking. She dives into the emotional aspects of her retirement and spiritual evolution. Dawn talks about blending families, the joy of genealogy, and the sacredness found in daily life. The conversation beautifully highlights the relationship between spirituality and creativity, encouraging listeners to embrace their unique paths while exploring diverse passions.
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Creative Projects Dawn Cherishes
- Dawn finds joy and progress in creating photo books for her son's school life memories after many attempts at scrapbooking them physically and digitally.
- She also experiments with scrapbooking in German with help from Google Translate and her husband to preserve her multicultural experiences.
Scrapbooking in a Blended Family
- Dawn's blended family includes adult stepchildren who joined when they were teenagers, and she includes them in her scrapbooking as they grow together.
- A heavy box of her husband's old photos awaits sorting, signaling ongoing family memory preservation efforts.
Transforming Scrapbooks into Photo Books
- Dawn digitized and condensed 10 years of her oldest scrapbooks into photo books before dismantling the originals, which was a scary but liberating process.
- The resulting photo books serve as accessible family memory albums for her and her children, easing retrieval of childhood photos.
