Real Women Scrap

Welcome to the new home of Real Women Scrap – the book and blog that helps people get inspired to take back their time, find balance, liberate their creativity, and pursue their passions. My name is Tasra Dawson and I’m the woman behind the website, blog, book and brand.

Over the last few years, I have helped thousands of women take back their time and reclaim their dreams.

Here’s my story…

Back in 2002 I was a single mom planning a wedding, moving out of state, beginning a new job, and trying to keep it all together. It was a late night visit to the emergency room for mysterious (stress-related) stomach pain that started the adventure I am currently living.

With doctor’s orders to rest for two weeks, God finally had my undivided attention and I began to reconnect with myself, my family, and my faith. Most of the time I was too busy filling my life with noise, distraction, and stuff, but not anymore. Those two weeks were a time of refreshing, reconnecting and creativity. I began scrapbooking again and found that the lessons I applied to make award-winning pages were the same lessons I should be applying to my busy life.

Here’s my solution…

Learning and applying the lessons of balance, focus, symmetry, boundaries, comparison, sisterhood, and more allowed me to quit a stressful job and begin taking care of myself at least as well as I take care of everyone else.

The same can happen to you…which is why Real Women Scrap, the book and blog, exist…to inspire, educate, inform, entertain, and connect.

With Real Women Scrap, the book, you can start creating the life and layouts you’ve always wanted with inspiring tips, insightful stories, and practical strategies that guide you through the creative process and back to yourself.

From planning to completion, Real Women Scrap‚ shows you how to design a scrapbook‚ and live a life‚ that is a joyfully crafted reflection of your authentic self.

You will learn how to:

Create balance in your layouts and your life
Keep yourself in the picture‚ both on and off the scrapbook page
Crop out chaos and clutter to focus on what’s important
Transform the ordinary into the extraordinary
Preserve cherished memories and leave a lasting legacy