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Post by dasmith2 on Apr 26, 2017 11:20:35 GMT
I think when I first got started, there was so many magazines, LSS,old 2 peas board and what not. That was in 2004-2005... and also I love right now- In 2010, I took a long hiatus after my divorce, about 2 years ago I got back into scrapping, and I am really loving it again. I still feel like I am learning and I will get there, but I am enjoying the process. There might not be magazines and what not now, but at least we have the refupeas, youtube and Pinterest for scrappy inspiration.
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Post by jenr on Apr 26, 2017 13:32:22 GMT
artisticscrapper , good for you! I don't have kids either and I will never forget the time a lady said to me at a crop, "You don't have kids?? Then what do you have to scrapbook about?" This was while I was scrapping my recent trip to Paris Save
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Post by nicolep on Apr 26, 2017 13:42:04 GMT
Especially if you are a long time scrapper, what time in your life were you the happiest scrapper? I've been scrapping since 2004. I would definitely say the years between 2004 and the middle of 2009 were my happiest. I was a stay at home mom, and had time to scrapbook just about every day. Life felt very happy and complete. There were scrapbook stores near me. I knew other scrappers IRL. I hope to someday reclaim that feeling. If I could have said this myself I would have. I started in 2004 and scrapped strong into 2009 before life took a different path. I was married with no children and was not working. I scrapbooked EVERY day. I scrapbooked with my sister, SIL and best friend on the weekends until late in the night! I knew other scrapbookers IRL. I was active on message boards, designed for online stores, mfg design teams and submitted for publication. I loved watching Lisa Bearnson and the all day scrapbooking on QVC. My Google Reader was stuffed full of every scrappy blog imaginable and I read them all. LSS were everywhere and I certainly didn't let a 40% Joann or HL coupon go to waste. I savored every page of MM, CK, SS magazines that arrived in my mailbox. I went through a divorce in 2011 and didn't scrap again until 2014 or 2015. I missed it horribly! It was just so fun and fulfilling when it was all the rage. It is more of personal journey for me now. I may not have all the things listed up there but I genuinely enjoy the hobby without deadlines or feeling like I have to 'keep up' with everything.
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Post by scrappyesq on Apr 26, 2017 14:08:14 GMT
I started scrapping in 1999, but my real heyday was from 2006-2011. Between QVC (with Lisa Bearnson), LSS, and every store (it seemed) having a ton of SB stuff I was in heaven. Most of that time I was either in school full time, studying for the Bar or just home unemployed. It was the best.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 26, 2017 15:17:31 GMT
Always and now. Always because scrapbooking is my happy place in whatever evolution it is in. And now because my kids are grown and I have more time and space. It is crazy to me that people think there is nothing to scrapbook after your children have become adults. I am scrapbooking now more than ever. I have grandchildren. I can scrap whenever I want. I have more disposable income. I have children and grandchildren who love to spend time with me in my scrapbooking room. My DGD is my best scrapbooking buddy. Products, people, stores, styles, "new" - they've never driven my scrapbooking. I still love telling stories with scrapbooking and it just makes me happy. Me, too!
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Post by JaneB on Apr 26, 2017 15:26:12 GMT
I can echo nicolep - 2006-2007 was great. I designed and wrote tutorials for a then major website, chatty on a couple of boards, read everything I could. Then a big break until 2015 - website closed overnight, lost confidence and then got really ill and not fixed until 2015. But since April/May 2015?? Absolutely love it, and although some stores/sites are gone I think YouTube compensates with all the great content. I am learning more now than ever, and I love it
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 26, 2017 19:18:35 GMT
Re: scrapping without kids. My first foray was when my son was 7 (1998) and I didn't keep it up. I've scrapped consistently since 2011 with no little kids in sight. I just don't get the mindset that you only scrap children. I'm scrapping my life. It's my diary. I love going back to see things that have changed and what has stayed the same. There is life after (or without) children.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 26, 2017 20:07:25 GMT
Probably 2013-14 my niece's first year when I was working on a PL album for her.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 26, 2017 23:48:08 GMT
artisticscrapper , good for you! I don't have kids either and I will never forget the time a lady said to me at a crop, "You don't have kids?? Then what do you have to scrapbook about?" This was while I was scrapping my recent trip to Paris Save People can say such stupid things. But don't worry, IF you have kids, those same people still say stupid things to you. How can you leave your baby with your husband? He's not a mother. Oy!
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Post by Florida Cindy on May 1, 2017 1:35:18 GMT
Scrapbooking was fun for me from 1998-2010 Yes, there was the competition to be the best scrapper. I remember going to a crop and a "Garden Girl" was there. I was in awe. I loved going to the scrapbook expo's-when there were so many businesses selling the latest and the greatest. New products, new magazines would cause great excitement in my brain.
Then, I went digital in 2006. I had one record year where I completed almost 400 pages. I learned PSE and have always upgraded year. After 2010, I craved paper. We began traveling and I really enjoyed creating pages. Then, I heard about PL. I love how simple and easy it was. I purchased many kits. I was completely caught up with scrapping using PL. I have some great albums using the pocket scrapbooking method. I created my own PL cards. In 2012, I had to stop working due to fibromyalgia. DS graduated the same year. I used PL to continue to scrap. It became a memory book for me. One of the symptoms of fibro is fibro fog. We literally cannot remember events and may have difficulty speaking because we can't remember the words we want to say. In 2015, I stopped. My heart wasn't in it. I hit a severe depression (due to fibro). I tried working on an album last year. I was able to put the photos on paper. That's it. It's where I am now. I want to get back into scrapping but seem frozen.
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Post by bklyngal62 on May 1, 2017 1:41:57 GMT
My happiest time was between 2004 - 2014. I had so many pictures to scrap of my children when they were growing up. Although I still love scrapping I find myself not doing it as much as I used to because I'm overwhelmed with so many albums.
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Post by Scrapper100 on May 1, 2017 2:02:48 GMT
Probably 2007 I went to CKU and Creative Escape and met some awesome people. I wish that the store we used to meet up in didn't go out if business as I used to drive to Irvine for crops. It was so we would know each other when we got to Creative Escape and they were really nice. It was a great store to. Now I have to shop online or at the big box stores. I never make it to my Ctmh crops either since our move . I found as it's less than 90 mins away it's just the timing never works out.
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Post by lovestocreate on May 1, 2017 5:59:02 GMT
I've been scrapping since 1997/1998? That was my happiest time scrapping because I didn't have the internet, didn't subscribe to any magazines and had nothing to compare my pages to. I'd love to go back to that freeing place of just creating for me.
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 1, 2017 23:15:34 GMT
I would say from 2000 until 2008 or so. Everyone was alive and healthy. I have lots of pictures of us from then. Everyone was young and skinny. The dogs were both alive. DS was young and would pose willingly for photos. Life was really good then!
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Post by tracyarts on May 3, 2017 5:56:44 GMT
Between 2002-2005. I had a local friend who was a scrapper and we went to LSS crops every week and big event hall crops every few months. There were so many LSS in and around my city, at least 8 at one point. I really enjoyed the social aspect of it and the excitement of sharing a hobby with so many people, and having it be so accessible.
Now? I have one acquaintance who wants to get into scrapbooking, and I'll be moving closer to her in a few months, so hopefully I'll have somebody to scrap with again. Too bad all but a couple of the LSS closed down and there are only a few local event crops a year these days.
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Post by wonderwoman on May 3, 2017 6:04:41 GMT
2007 was the heyday for me... Many LLS in my city and always a fun crop to attend.. Even though there are still several different crops I attend monthly it just isn't the same ~
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Post by pas2 on May 3, 2017 8:23:46 GMT
2000-2006 My family was doing so many fun things so I had lots of variety to scrap. There was variety of product in stores and I even had some great local scrapbook stores around. I had 2Ps to keep me informed and chat since I have no friends that scrapped (thank you 2PsRefugees). Most of all I had TIME since I was a SAHM and my kids were in school full time. Then life got in the way and I am now always busy doing stuff for someone else. I am slowly reclaiming ME time and getting back into this hobby I love so much.
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Post by cupcakepeddler on May 3, 2017 8:36:00 GMT
2002-2004 This was when I first was introduced to scrapbooking and it gave a name and products to something that I had been doing for years and years. Everything was exciting, there were heaps of magazines for inspiration, I could spend whatever amount I wanted on supplies, and being self taught I would just dive in and experiment, they were good times. 2017 I have been working really hard at falling back in love with this hobby and have come to a place where I am excited about what I am doing and what is ahead for me. "You don't have kids?? Then what do you have to scrapbook about?" Urrrrrgh, I loathe this so much. I was 20 and single and would always get asked this, at first I was okay with it seeing it as simple curiosity but after a while it just seemed to me like these older women with kids were looking down there noses at me. I never went to another class or told people what my hobby was for a long time.
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Post by workingclassdog on May 4, 2017 18:46:55 GMT
Probably about 5 years ago when me and my friends did our 2 times a year retreats... We would rent a mountain house (usually one set up for scrapping). We would leave early on Thursday and head home Sunday afternoon. It was grand!!!
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Post by msliz on May 4, 2017 21:23:03 GMT
... I have so many supplies in my craftroom and I have been thinking how I can transition my chronological scrapbooking into something else. Maybe I continue to scrap important milestones after they are 18 (like going to college, etc). but then use my supplies for cardmaking possibly - but that doesn't really excite me a whole lot. And I feel like my life is boring enough that Project LIfe would get old real quick. I've been thinking about this lately too, ever since I started experiencing more of an issue getting photos of my teens. I don't think PL is good fit for me either. I think my next project, after I get caught up with my family album, will be a combination of heritage and autobiographical. I want to try to include a lot of the older stories from my parents and grandparents, and then some of mine. There will be a lot more journaling than I include in my family albums. Would a project like that appeal to you?
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Post by msliz on May 4, 2017 21:40:06 GMT
... In 2012, I had to stop working due to fibromyalgia. DS graduated the same year. I used PL to continue to scrap. It became a memory book for me. One of the symptoms of fibro is fibro fog. We literally cannot remember events and may have difficulty speaking because we can't remember the words we want to say. In 2015, I stopped. My heart wasn't in it. I hit a severe depression (due to fibro). I tried working on an album last year. I was able to put the photos on paper. That's it. It's where I am now. I want to get back into scrapping but seem frozen. Fibro sucks. I'm so sorry. One of my DDs has the same kind of brain fog from dysautonomia and chronic migraine, so I've seen what living with pain can do. I'm glad you have the books you've already made to help you to remember those times. DD can't remember most of her childhood, but if she sees a photo, it helps a lot. I hope you can find a way back to creating for yourself. It doesn't even have to be scrapbooking, if that doesn't appeal to you at the moment. Just putting color on paper can be pretty cool. You don't even have to do anything with it when you're done.
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Post by tracyarts on May 7, 2017 2:32:06 GMT
artisticscrapper , good for you! I don't have kids either and I will never forget the time a lady said to me at a crop, "You don't have kids?? Then what do you have to scrapbook about?" This was while I was scrapping my recent trip to Paris Save I don't have kids, and got the same kind of comments. My husband and I are into taking day trips, so I never have any shortage of things to scrap. It was just so unusual back then to not be scrapping about kids.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on May 8, 2017 22:15:27 GMT
Well, depress me, why doncha? I've been scrapbooking since 1998. Wow. Seeing it in print is jarring. Anyway, my favorite time would have to be between 1999 & 2005. My situation was very similar to yours. I was a stay at home mom. I'm still home, but there seemed to be more things to take pictures of when the boys were younger, so it made scrapping exciting. Don't get me wrong - I still love it, but I'm scrapping pics from 2004 as we speak (and no, I'm not an exceptionally slow scrapper - I just took a LOT of pics back then!) and it's not exciting - it's nostalgic. Gets me a little sad sometimes. I had a few friends who scrapped and we would get together frequently to shop & scrap. There were a lot of brick & mortar stores, so shopping was an all day adventure for us. We would have scrappy weekends at each other's houses. It was lovely. Creative Memories was booming, and even though I didn't buy a lot of their stuff, going to the parties was fun. There were a ton of magazines in publication. Finding the latest issue of Simple Scrapbooks or Creating Keepsakes in my mailbox made my week! And then a scrapbook store opened in my town in 2003. It was heaven. I became friends w/the owner and for a little over a year, spent every Friday in the store - scrapping, shopping and hanging w/new people who became my scrappy buddies. Then my younger one went to kindergarten, I felt compelled to go back to work (what was I thinking? lol) and my friend had to close her store for personal reasons. It all went downhill from there . . . . ETA: I forgot to say that I hope to reclaim that feeling, too!
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Post by Elsabelle on May 8, 2017 22:37:48 GMT
For me that would be around 2005. Like others have said, I loved the time when I lived near several LSS but it was my happiest scrappy time because I feel nostalgic about that time in my life as a SAHM. I'd try to scrap quietly while my kids would nap and I remember so clearly seeing those sleepy little faces come into my scrap room as they woke up. I loved taking pictures of all the little kid things they were up to and couldn't wait to have them printed so I could scrap them. I started scrapping in 2003 so it was still a fairly new hobby for me. I have always loved taking pictures so it was the perfect hobby for me and I loved it so much. And I loved getting my CK magazine in the mail.
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