SCRAPBOOK FACTS
1. National Scrapbooking Day was started in 1994 by the well-known album company Creative Memories, and is celebrated on the first Saturday of May. As that is this weekend, I thought I'd talk a bit about one of my (many) hobbies.
2. Scrapbooking is a way of preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks, along with detailed journaling of events.
3. With the advent of affordable paper, early memory books became available to a wider number of people. As early as the 15th century, “commonplace books,” popular in England, were a way to compile a variety of memorabilia that included recipes, quotes, letters, poems and more. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator's particular interests.
4. Friendship albums became popular in the 16th century. These albums were much like our modern yearbooks, where friends or patrons would enter their names, titles and short texts or illustrations at the request of the album's owner.
4. According to the Craft & Hobby Association, close to 1/3 of all households in the United States include at least one scrapbooker; that makes scrapbooking a more popular hobby than golf (with ¼ of all households having at least one golfer).
5. Queen Victoria and Thomas Jefferson each had scrapbooks.
6. Printed scrapbook paper was produced in Holland and Germany as early as the 1700s.
7. The first book of scrapbooking ideas called The Scrapbook was published in 1825.
8. Scrapbooking first became popular after the book Manuscript Gleanings and Literary Scrap was published in 1826.
9. In 1872 Mark Twain invented Mark Twain’s Adhesive Scrapbook and went on to generate sales which totaled $50,000.
10. Modern scrapbooking became popular in 1980 when Marielen Christensen displayed 50 of her scrapbooks at the World Conference on records.
11. The scrapbooking industry doubled in size between 2001 and 2004 to $2.5 billion with over 1,600 companies creating scrapbooking products by 2003. Creative Memories, a home-based retailer of scrapbooking supplies founded in 1987, saw $425 million in retail sales in 2004 (CM recently underwent chapter 11 but has, apparently and for the time being, emerged in tact). An infinite selection of products and layout ideas can now easily be found online.
12. In addition to preserving memories, the scrapbooking is a popular social networking source. People gather to scrap together at local stores, conventions, retreats, cruises or each other’s homes for a “crop,” a reference to the cropping (trimming) of photographs. Stores across the country hold sales and crops throughout the day, some lasting the entire weekend.
13. Scrapbooks come in all shapes and sizes, with the most popular sizes being 6x6 (mini albums), 8.5 x11, and 12x12. Basic supplies include an album, designer paper, a paper trimmer, mounting corners or archival safe (acid free) adhesive, and archival pens for journaling (again, acid free). As many companies offer an array of paper kits, little experience is required to create a lasting memory.
50 ideas to get organized
http://www.scrapbookinghow.com/lib/tips/50-tips.htm
I have done at least 20 books. A few pages of a book I did for a friend's daughter can be seen here.
1. National Scrapbooking Day was started in 1994 by the well-known album company Creative Memories, and is celebrated on the first Saturday of May. As that is this weekend, I thought I'd talk a bit about one of my (many) hobbies.
2. Scrapbooking is a way of preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks, along with detailed journaling of events.
3. With the advent of affordable paper, early memory books became available to a wider number of people. As early as the 15th century, “commonplace books,” popular in England, were a way to compile a variety of memorabilia that included recipes, quotes, letters, poems and more. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator's particular interests.
4. Friendship albums became popular in the 16th century. These albums were much like our modern yearbooks, where friends or patrons would enter their names, titles and short texts or illustrations at the request of the album's owner.
4. According to the Craft & Hobby Association, close to 1/3 of all households in the United States include at least one scrapbooker; that makes scrapbooking a more popular hobby than golf (with ¼ of all households having at least one golfer).
5. Queen Victoria and Thomas Jefferson each had scrapbooks.
6. Printed scrapbook paper was produced in Holland and Germany as early as the 1700s.
7. The first book of scrapbooking ideas called The Scrapbook was published in 1825.
8. Scrapbooking first became popular after the book Manuscript Gleanings and Literary Scrap was published in 1826.
9. In 1872 Mark Twain invented Mark Twain’s Adhesive Scrapbook and went on to generate sales which totaled $50,000.
10. Modern scrapbooking became popular in 1980 when Marielen Christensen displayed 50 of her scrapbooks at the World Conference on records.
11. The scrapbooking industry doubled in size between 2001 and 2004 to $2.5 billion with over 1,600 companies creating scrapbooking products by 2003. Creative Memories, a home-based retailer of scrapbooking supplies founded in 1987, saw $425 million in retail sales in 2004 (CM recently underwent chapter 11 but has, apparently and for the time being, emerged in tact). An infinite selection of products and layout ideas can now easily be found online.
12. In addition to preserving memories, the scrapbooking is a popular social networking source. People gather to scrap together at local stores, conventions, retreats, cruises or each other’s homes for a “crop,” a reference to the cropping (trimming) of photographs. Stores across the country hold sales and crops throughout the day, some lasting the entire weekend.
13. Scrapbooks come in all shapes and sizes, with the most popular sizes being 6x6 (mini albums), 8.5 x11, and 12x12. Basic supplies include an album, designer paper, a paper trimmer, mounting corners or archival safe (acid free) adhesive, and archival pens for journaling (again, acid free). As many companies offer an array of paper kits, little experience is required to create a lasting memory.
50 ideas to get organized
http://www.scrapbookinghow.com/lib/tips/50-tips.htm
I have done at least 20 books. A few pages of a book I did for a friend's daughter can be seen here.
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Ella Drake * Mel * RJ LeBeau * Adelle Laudan * Stephanie Adkins
Jenna Bayley-Burke * Lanie Fuller * Inez Kelley * Lia Morgan
Janice Seagraves * Shelley Munro * Jamie Babette * Alice Audrey
Paige Tyler * Jennifer McKenzie * Ms Menozzi * Harriet
Storyteller * Janet * Daisy * Kate Willoughby * Elise Logan * Brenda ND
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I have no idea why the backing and sides are pastel pink, other than a misguided notion of Kat's that it is my favorite color. 
Closeup of bottom half
And just for kicks, this is a similar quilt Mom N. made for our friend Kim. Don't you just love the deep colors of this one? This was the second set of blankets Mom N. made for us. A few years ago I received a Mary Engelbreit Christmas designed blanket, and Kim one in a Star Wars design. The woman certainly knows what we like!
