Useful Scrapbooking resources and links

Srcapbooking is a wonderful hobby that is favourite pastime of millions. This post would help you learn about scrapbooking as a beginner and for experienced scrapbookers there are many useful links and resources.

According to 'Wikipedia': Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks.

In addition to preserving memories, the hobby is popular for the strong social network that scrapbooking can provide. Hobbyists, known as "scrappers" or "scrapbookers," get together and scrapbook at each other's homes, local scrapbook stores, scrapbooking conventions, retreat centers, and even on cruises. The attendees share tips and ideas as well as enjoying a social outlet.

Modern scrapbooking began in the early 1980s when the first scrapbooking store opened in Utah. But the hobby really exploded about 10 years ago, turning into a $2.5 billion annual industry. Scrapbooking is bigger than golf; 'addicts' say the hobby enables them to document their family stories.

One in four households has a scrapbooker, compared with one in five households with a golfer, according to Creating Keepsakes magazine.

As the hobby has grown, it has evolved. It provides a growing market for women entrepreneurs, a way to celebrate faith and a way to raise money for charities.

Scrapbooking also provides a spiritual outlet for a growing number of people.
Scrapbooking has long had a strong spiritual component, said Brent Plate, an assistant professor of religion and visual arts at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

We live in a world that has gotten rid of many of its rituals, Plate said. Scrapbooking has provided a new kind of ritual.

Sources:
- WikiPedia
- The Freelance Star

Useful links for scrappers:

* A search engine for scrapbookers: 'Creative Klix'

* "Better Homes and Gardens" pages for scrapbooking

* "Scrapbooking ideas for kids"

* Information for beginners "Learn 2 scrapbook"

* Helpful tips and tricks for using your computer to enhance your scrapbooking. Free scrapbooking clip art, fonts and page layouts available. 'Computer Scrapbooking'

* Dmoz Directory 'scrapbooking sites'

* Dmoz Directory 'Scrapbooking Chats and forums'

* Scrap of mind is an online magazine for paper, digital and Hybrid Scrpbookers.

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