5WH of your memory keeping. A little quiz

Why? Because life can be challenging and even hard. Scrapbooking helps me remember that there is more good than bad in life. It may also help me remember later, since it has been proved that scrapbooks help dementia and Alzheimer's patients.

Who do I scrap about?  Mostly my family, and sometimes my friends. 

What?  Places we go, things we do, special events and everyday fun. I do scrap major historical events once in a blue moon, but only if it affects us personally. I have only done so twice.

Where do I take my pictures? Everywhere. No limits. Wherever the moment I want to remember happens to be happening.

When is my focus? Both past and future. I do it for the sake of my children and grandchildren, but also to remember my own past.

How? Traditional scrapping. I love to play with paper. However, I do want to do my mom's life in digital, so I can share it with my siblings and our children & grandchildren. I also want to scan the pages of my scrapbooks, or at least photograph them.

WHY do you do this?  I scrap to record the fleeting present, the ephemereal. I'm a thinker IRL, which is not unusual considering the culture I'm from. We're big on sitting down at a café and just talking for a couple of hours. I've always had a fascination with Time and identity. Time goes by, we remain ourselves but we also change, our environment evolves too. Memory-keeping is my way of not letting the years dissolve parts of my life and myself that, soon, will no longer be. The records made are food for thought and accuracy later on. Luckily for me, I love the creative process behind it, the handy work that goes into it and the aesthetic pleasure that arises from it. So, really, it's a win-win(-win)!

WHO do you scrap about?  I only scrap my own life which includes the people I currently share it with (significant other, family, friends) and the "background" against which it unwraps itself (home, city life, current events). I also do an annual scrapbook with my parents' memories as a yearly Christmas gift since they love sitting down and looking back at what the past year brought them. But I'm definitely not a heritage scrapper. Disclaimer: I don't have children. It's not like I'm purposefully ignoring them and keeping them out of my scrapbooks.

WHAT do you scrapbook about?  Everything that's part of my life. No restrictions, no specific thematics. I'm big on Project Life to keep a good record of both the everyday and bigger events. I scrap the boring everyday stuff and make sure that my current routine is recorded at least once a year, travels, my relationships (family, friends, romantic), celebrations and events, how we interpret and put our own spin on old traditions (family recipes that have been handed down, rituals around certain moments of the year, etc.) and the current makeup of myself as a person (a lot of selfies and self-portraits, what I'm reading/listening to/watching at the moment, reflective layouts about changes I'm observing in myself and so on).

WHERE do you take most of your photos?  I have a solid mix between outdoors and indoors photos. There's a seasonal balance to them: spring and summer are almost exclusively documented outside, winter gets a much heavier indoors treatment due to the changes in weather and my chilly disposition. Most of my photos are taken outside my home which is likely due to the nature of big city life where a lot of time is spent away from where you actually live (I often joke that the city's my garden, my patio, my extended kitchen and living room). I'm lucky to be living in a seaside town of Mediterranean Europe so my everyday pictures include urban views, sea, beach and mountains.

WHEN is your focus?  I'm definitely a present time scrapper. I am not big on going back in time. I'm fine with writing out memories from my childhood and teenage years but I feel no need or push to properly scrap those photos. Also, I'm a firm believer in taking something from the scrap process both in the present (such as daily gratitude, immediate self-reflection, reminder the truly stop and enjoy the present moment) and the future (memories restored, thinking about where life has taken me so far, gratitude for life overall).

HOW do you scrap?  I scrap mostly the old fashion way with pretty papers, adhesive, trimmer and printed photos. However, I also hop over to digital and/or hybrid when I'm busier. And I'm not afraid of documenting in "simple" photo book style for events that include a lot of pictures to cover for a short period of time like a vacation. I tend to like keeping up with documenting the present, no matter what. I'm almost always up to date with my Project Life. And by up to date, I mean that I work at it up to twice a week. If I let my PL slip, I'm done. I need to document as I go, with my mind fresh, my feelings and thoughts still boiling.

Thanks for the lovely thought-provoking questions, grammadee ! It's always good to stop and reflect on what it means to be a documenter...

WHY do you do this?   To tell stories, mostly.  To serve as a way to jog memories for myself or anyone else who looks at my pages down the road.

WHO do you scrap about?   Myself, my family, my ancestors, my kids, neighbors, friends, school teachers & staff.

WHAT do you scrapbook about?  Everything and anything related to our everyday lives and the lives of our family and ancestors, including local history.

WHERE do you take most of your photos?  The US.  Anyplace we happen to be.

WHEN is your focus? Present or past? Are you doing this for now or the future?  Both.  I scrap for myself, but have left instructions on who should be given a chance to pick out some pages or take photos of pages down the road if they would like to do so.   

HOW do you scrap?   Paper & glue and not nearly as much as I would like. 
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WHY do you do this?
-Something crafty to do. It relaxes me.

WHO do you scrap about? Mostly kids.

WHAT do you scrapbook about?
-Mostly events. I have many ideas for other pages, but these are the ones that get finished the most. I don't have a life, so no adventures, travel, or pages about what I do.

WHERE do you take most of your photos?
-I'm not sure. It's generally of people and not a specific place. I've taken very few photos the last six years.

WHEN is your focus?
-Usually past.

HOW do you scrap?
-Paper & glue. I've done some digital, but found it to be a chore. My scrapping is seasonal. During the summer; little to none. Fall and Winter, more. Spring is hit or miss.

I'm pinching most of my answer from sleepingbooty - you captured exactly my thoughts and I can't write it any better, thank you. I've just added a couple of sentences...

WHY do you do this? I scrap to record the fleeting present, the ephemereal. I'm a thinker IRL, which is not unusual considering the culture I'm from. We're big on sitting down at a café and just talking for a couple of hours. I've always had a fascination with Time and identity. Time goes by, we remain ourselves but we also change, our environment evolves too. Memory-keeping is my way of not letting the years dissolve parts of my life and myself that, soon, will no longer be. The records made are food for thought and accuracy later on. Luckily for me, I love the creative process behind it, the handy work that goes into it and the aesthetic pleasure that arises from it. So, really, it's a win-win(-win)!

And it will be fascinating to look back in 10 years, or 20 years and marvel at the changes. Just like seeing old photos, films etc now. I do also like being creative, and playing about. I miss it when i can't do it.

WHO do you scrap about? I only scrap my own life which includes the people I currently share it with (significant other, family, friends) and the "background" against which it unwraps itself (home, city life, current events). 

WHAT do you scrapbook about? Everything that's part of my life. No restrictions, no specific thematics. I'm big on Project Life to keep a good record of both the everyday and bigger events. I scrap the boring everyday stuff and make sure that my current routine is recorded at least once a year, travels, my relationships (family, friends, romantic), celebrations and events, how we interpret and put our own spin on old traditions (family recipes that have been handed down, rituals around certain moments of the year, etc.) and the current makeup of myself as a person (a lot of selfies and self-portraits, what I'm reading/listening to/watching at the moment, reflective layouts about changes I'm observing in myself and so on).

There's some ideas in here I ought to incorporate - thank you Family recipes - my mum's meat and potato pie versus my husband's family meat and potato pie. How we do our roast dinners etc... they have the meat cold, we always had ours hot. I should do more reflective stuff too, and more about what I do to fill my time.

WHERE do you take most of your photos? Around the house. Occasionally I go out into the garden, and sometimes even further afield! Winter presents problems for light, and I intend to have a play with the phone camera this year to see if I can improve on that.

WHEN is your focus? I'm definitely a present time scrapper. I am not big on going back in time. I'm fine with writing out memories from my childhood and teenage years but I feel no need or push to properly scrap those photos. Also, I'm a firm believer in taking something from the scrap process both in the present (such as daily gratitude, immediate self-reflection, reminder the truly stop and enjoy the present moment) and the future (memories restored, thinking about where life has taken me so far, gratitude for life overall).

Also, I seem to toss out memories quickly; like 2 1/2 years ago, the surgery that saved my life following four years of illness. If I hadn't started snapping a few photos I'd have forgotten what we went through and how we coped, and how far we have come. I remember virtually nothing of my early years, well more like well into my thirties! I'd like to remember more of my life in future and this certainly helps.

HOW do you scrap? Digital, with a weekly Project Life routine that produces a couple of pages. These are printed at the end of a year in a photobook.

But... I've recently obtained a Traveler's Notebook, and I love it. I think this is where I'll put more of the personal stuff. This will be hybrid - I am planning the pages in PaintShop Pro/Silhouette Studio, then I can print, cut and stick with abandon! I've tried printing a few photos and embellishments and then creating the page, but I can't do it. I have to do the creative bit on the computer first, then I can mess about with additions afterwards. I think I might improve on that once I've done more in the notebook. Practice makes perfect, eh?

I do the digital bit every day; edit photos, plan pages, make embellishments etc. I don't print, cut and stick every day currently because that takes more physical effort and my hands don't like too much to do! I also get backache, cramp and generally tired if I do too much. It sounds weak, I know, but if I've messed with paper for an hour I often can't even make a cup of tea to recuperate, sniff 

ETA:  Ooh, I'm a Mushy Pea!! As someone brought up eating mushy peas with her roast dinner every Sunday this is so comforting Sadly, i can't eat peas now and I do miss them....