Scrapbooking

Memories...ah.

Everyone has them, everyone else wants to experience them. Nothing in the world makes this transaction easier than the scrapbook. A time honored tradition, passed down from father to son, mother to daughter. In the middle ages scrapbooking was so revered by the people that a scrapbooker would be called in when no one could decide whose story was better. Ah, memories...

Actually, this wonder woman has no idea when scrapbooking started. All she knows is that it has become so in vogue as of late that there are literally STORES for the hobby. Books have been written on it. People write BOOKS on scrapbooking...do you know how long it takes to write a book? Much longer than an afternoon, that's for sure. Don't misunderstand, this wonder woman is not ragging on scrapbooking and its enthusiasts. It's just, well I don't get it.

You have pictures, and you put them in an album. That's great! It's a treasured piece of history that you can show to friends, family, so on and so forth. You add captions when necessary, to give your readers a little understanding of the whole module. I get it. But special stickers? Stamps? Little nick-nack things you buy at a store for the specific theme of your scrapbook? It's a little bit over the top, don't you think? What could that money be going toward? If you took the money that would have gone into specialized paper and gel pens for your scrapbook fix, and put it in a jar and saved for a rainy day, you might be able to use the money to create a new memory. I'm just saying. Money is tight, and this wonder woman is not spending it on specialty tape. It's going towards the memories.

Scrapbooking as we speak, WW