What is Scrapbooking?
Scrapbooking is the art of preserving your memories by arranging and storing your photographs in a unique and creative way for future generations to enjoy. Scrapbooking helps you to record your everyday experiences and the special moments in your life. It is the practice of combining photos, memorabilia and stories in an album. A page that contains a story is bound to become even more cherished.
Scrapbooking is the practice of combining photos, memorabilia and stories in a scrapbook style album. Scrapbooking has actually been around for over 180 years, even before the first camera was invented! The scrapbook was devised to display a wide range of minor mementoes. Scrapbooking began in Germany. The first scrapbooking albums were called THE COMMON PLACE BOOK. The word “scrapbook” didn’t appear until the 1830’s. Printed pictures were etched, engraved, or lithographed. William Granger invented books with blank pages in the back for personalizing. Granger books were also published with a manual on how to create them. Friendship albums were little books that included quotes, poems, thoughts, and hair weaving of a person. Hair weaving was a common thing in Germany in the 17th century. Girls would collect hair from all their friends and weave them into an intricate design including ribbon and pressed flowers, with remembrance about that person. The scrap collecting craze started in 18
Scrapbooking is about the preservation of memories. It involves combining photographs, memorabilia and stories into an album. Each page is designed to not just display the photos but capture the mood and feelings of the memories. Today’s scrapbook albums are aimed at preserving these memories in such a way that they will last for our future generations to enjoy.
