My name is Misty Foresman and I have been playing with paper my entire life. While I enjoy all forms of paper crafting, my “one true love” is scrapbooking.
I started as a 19 year old first time “Mommy-to-Be” because I knew that I would be taking thousands of photos of my baby, of course! This was back in 1997 when there were still film cartridges in cameras, so you can imagine those struggles!
Over the years, I had 4 more children, took thousands more photos, and scrapped a plethora of pages of my Littles. I served on many Design teams- for kit clubs and Manufacturers alike, as I had a deep love for the art of scrapbooking.
In 2016, my oldest son was killed in a hit and Run motorcycle accident 5 days before his 19th birthday. Rather than having the birthday celebration that I had planned for him, I buried my son on his birthday that year instead.
My entire world shattered and I withdrew from everything, including Scrapbooking. I found that I couldn’t finish a layout without having to wipe away tears from my eyes so that I could see… and then puddles off of the photos that were inevitably ruined. I was a mess and needed to allow myself time to heal.
I spent the next several years figuring out how to live again and trying to help myself and my 4 other children heal and continue moving forward.
In 2021, I married an amazing man that had helped me on my healing journey, and had encouraged me to begin scrapbooking again. He reminded me of my “WHYs”…and that’s when my love of the hobby evolved into my “Mission”.
I still scrapbook for the fun and the love of the art, but now it is even more. I help grieving Mothers in my community to heal through scrapbook-therapy. Because of this, I have discovered that I have changed my personal scrapping style. I now have a crafting style that is not only fresh and trendy, but also reproducible and easily adapted for new and experienced crafters alike. My goal is to encourage memory keeping to everyone that I encounter, both in person and on social media. Document ALL the memories...and take ALL the photos. You never know when it will be the last opportunity that you have with your loved ones. 
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