Memorial Days - Scrapbooking shows that one person's junk is another's decoration. By Dennis Cass
Several months ago I was at a Longaberger basket party where the discussion turned to scrapbooking and one of the guests said, "That's a cult-y hobby." A round of laughter rose up, but there is an uncomfortable kernel of truth to her statement. I've heard other people say they spend about an hour per page while working on their scrapbooks, adding tiny embellishments, cut-outs and stenciling lettering.
As a former English major, I feel compelled to write, lest I lose the skill amidst a host of IT projects. I've been keeping a scrapbook on and off for several years now. One of the first pages I created was about watching the Blair Witch Project at the drive-in. (A great movie to watch on a moonless summer night, while surrounded by a grove of trees and mini-vans.)
Originally, I used art supplies for scrapbooking, such as a big spiralbound sketchbook and Crayola markers. Now supply stores such as Archiver's have introduced an educational component to the scrapbook hobby, and everyone needs to learn to use the acid-free supplies and not glue pictures on regular paper. While this is wonderful for photo preservation, it's not so wonderful for the pocket book. I've joined the craze, striving for photo-safe conditions whenever I'm scrapbooking with pictures, but a bit of the excitement is gone. It takes much longer to document things properly, in fact, so long that I no longer have time to memorialize "trivial" events such as a drive-in movie.
Sunday, May 23, 2004
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I liked Blair Witch project. But did you see the sequel? Talk about mega suck. I had seriously HIGH hopes for that movie, and then it ended up being the stinker of the century. The great part was that I saw it a few days after it came out at the Rosemount theater, and my date and I were alone in the biggest room there. That happened again when I saw Rockstar. That theater is awesome for solitary weeknight late shows.
ReplyDeleteScrapbooking sounds cool, by the way. Maybe I'll have to try it out if I ever run out of hobbies to try.
The sequel to the Blair Witch project was terrible. The decision to forgo the documentary style of the first movie stripped the sequal of the deramatic agent inherent to the success of the series.
ReplyDeleteInteresting blog you have here, I landed here on accident. I was searching for something else and came across your site. I found it pretty interesting and entertaining. I got you book marked.
ReplyDeleteI will pop back in from time to time to see what you have new here.
My site is a bit different than yours, but just as entertaining and educational, I run a scrapbooking product related site pertaining to scrapbooking product related articles.