Scrapbooking might be making a return due to coronavirus

I think her shelves are a scrapbox. The little table is what made me think so.

OK, I'm half way through and this is just nonsense. Number one, Amy's last name isn't Tangerine. They repeatedly used it as her last name in the piece and in the caption/story. They've misrepresented a lot of what she does, especially in the caption.

AT has had this "side hustle" (hate that term) for a lot longer than the last six months - she just had to change it up a bit during the pandemic. They've interviewed her about one thing and twisted it into a story about something else entirely. She didn't even say that scrapbooking was making a comeback, just that it's a cool thing. I don't even know that she was talking about why it's especially awesome now.

Yes, Etsy sticker shops can respond to "trends" and movements like Black Lives Matter very quickly. Great, are people watching this going to conclude that they should start a crappy sticker shop to compete with artists who have been building their audience for years? And who legitimately have something to say about social justice?

Oh, CM has a "social selling model" - this is news? And those pages (face palm)

They reached out to 2 random "scrapbook companies" and concluded that this is a great way for people to make money during the pandemic. What? I'm glad if some businesses are doing well during the pandemic, I'm glad people are enjoying the hobby, and I hope people are making some money, but this video is just nonsense.

Also yes, AT, always happy to take free stuff and sell it to her audience, has a couple of detailed DreamBox videos on her channel. One is a set up video, about 8 mins, one is a 20 min tour after she got it all filled up. If you have a spare couple of thou you too can have one.

I know! I don't have anything against CM style scrapping besides cutting photos into shapes (guilty of it in my early scrapping years). I've seen someone who does some great cohesive pages with just some stickers and simple journaling using only CM products.

It's funny, because I am working on a CM album right now! A friend of mine decided she did not want these albums and gave me a few of them, 7x7 and 8x8, and a couple 12x12. They are HARD to use! I have almost done two pages upside down, because I flipped them vertically instead of sideways, and because the actual page is very sturdy, I don't know whether or not to use cardstock or other paper on top of it, but I don't want just white! I feel quite spoiled with my WRMK page protectors and 12x12 albums!

You would be surprised... I went to a few crops and there were many people scrapbooking in the old style using embellishments and stickers that I thought cannot be bought nowadays. I see some Facebook groups where these types of embellishments are still sold and people still make old fashion pages. Most of people moved on with the modern times but the old-fashioned scrapbooking still exists as well.

Creative memories actually has some really nice collections nowadays. I still shop from them (I’m not a consultant or anything) and use their stuff! I do mix it in with plenty of other brands, I’m no loyalist lol

I have no idea if people are really scrapping more. I know I am. My mom is doing more crafting, but not scrapping. A lot of people my age are super busy with working from home and virtual schooling their kiddos. The pandemic has given some people more free time, maybe, but others are definitely more busy.

I go to large crops locally and people still scrapbook in the old fashioned CM style. I also see some project life, December Daily, lots of cutting machines with pieced page designs, Scrapbook Generation sketches, Kiwi Lane designs, and lots of card makers using the latest and greatest tools and supplies.

I did think CM should have used newer designed pages mixed with the old school pages. I actually started with CM back in the late 90’s and the designs then were better than what I saw in that piece.