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Post by zoeybug on Jul 2, 2014 12:59:29 GMT
I follow Ali Edwards on Instagram and last week either the day TwoPeas imploded or right after, she posted a picture of a paper napkin with the hash tag "scrapbooking matters."
I can't stop thinking about that hashtag.....and how true it is in MY family. I have three quirky kids:one with high-functioning Autism and the other two have whomping cases of ADHD, are dyslexic and one is also dysgraphic. Life can sometimes be really tough with them and now that both boys are teenagers and the "baby" is almost thirteen, we're on a whole new level of "crazy." My kids LOVE to look at my scrapbooks and remember the good things we've done and some of the things that they have accomplished that weren't easy and even some of the things that were extremely hard.
And I still scrap...I've scrapped about the youngest's transition to public school last year and her struggle to make friends (which she did), getting the accommodations she needed and just life without a uniform!
Scrapbooking really DOES still matter to my family and especially to me. Do you feel the same way?
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Post by bingcherry on Jul 2, 2014 13:16:07 GMT
I do think it matters. It's sad how few memories I have of my childhood and no one really around to answer questions for me. The photo albums I do have I cherish but they are merely thrown in an album with a date. I love looking through my books and reading my journaling. The story is just as important to me as the photo and that's what I cherish. Once the stories are gone, you can't get them back.
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Post by scrappinvt on Jul 2, 2014 13:44:42 GMT
I totally agree with you. I always believe we are the history keepers for our families & future generations to come.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 2, 2014 14:32:16 GMT
I totally agree.
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Post by alissa103 on Jul 2, 2014 16:12:59 GMT
Yes. absolutely 100%
I do love the memory keeping and I love putting my love for my family into their albums. I hope when I'm long gone they will look at those albums and feel that.
I also love the creative and social outlet it gives me. I have met some truly wonderful friends because of this hobby. People I never would have met otherwise. It also gives me time to myself and for myself! I go to a monthly crop with my husband's blessing and it's just nice to do something fun with others who share the same passion.
Finally, my dad passed away very unexpectedly a few years ago and it was a rough time for my family and mom. Scrapping was an escape for me. And eventually scrapping about my dad and photos of my dad was therapeutic too.
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Post by TracieClaiborne on Jul 2, 2014 16:22:22 GMT
zoeybug - I love your profile pic. You two look so sweet.
What an awesome hashtag. I follow Ali too but overlooked that - thank you for pointing it out! I loved her blog post this week with pictures 'round her kitchen table. I immediately took a pic of my daughter sitting on the couch playing the Wii. I want more of the everyday and "this is our life" pictures. My daughter turned 14 this week so the years are flying by. I figure we have about 5 more years of her at home and our life looking like it looks now. I need to document as much of those five years as I can with stories and photos. I started scrapping when my daughter was one but I never did a layout when she was little about our day-to-day routine. I THOUGHT I WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER!!!
My goal this year is to start with the story and get my important stories told. This post reminds me that I need to make a page this week about something that counts!
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Post by amandad74 on Jul 2, 2014 16:31:45 GMT
I agree. My 2 ds are growing up to quickly and I love to tell our family story.
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Post by zoeybug on Jul 2, 2014 17:47:48 GMT
zoeybug - I love your profile pic. You two look so sweet. What an awesome hashtag. I follow Ali too but overlooked that - thank you for pointing it out! I loved her blog post this week with pictures 'round her kitchen table. I immediately took a pic of my daughter sitting on the couch playing the Wii. I want more of the everyday and "this is our life" pictures. My daughter turned 14 this week so the years are flying by. I figure we have about 5 more years of her at home and our life looking like it looks now. I need to document as much of those five years as I can with stories and photos. I started scrapping when my daughter was one but I never did a layout when she was little about our day-to-day routine. I THOUGHT I WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER!!! My goal this year is to start with the story and get my important stories told. This post reminds me that I need to make a page this week about something that counts! Thank you Tracie! This was taken at my niece's wedding in December and we like it too! You are RIGHT! You are entering the "life on speed dial" phase of your daughter's childhood. I have really tried lately to get the "story" down ; more than the design and how awesome a page I can make  . I took Ali's "Hello Story" class this spring and I LOVED it; I really think it took ,y storytelling on my layouts on a whole new level. |
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Post by woodysbetty on Jul 2, 2014 18:19:58 GMT
Absolutely.....the memories preserved are priceless to me....life goes by so quickly we forget moments!
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Post by scrappykindofgirl on Jul 2, 2014 18:24:07 GMT
It really does matter and I'm so glad people are putting out those reminders! My son lights up when he walks by my project table and sees a layout about him or our life. It makes me so happy to see him excited and he is even proud of the pages and books I make and tells me too! |
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Post by blueswede on Jul 2, 2014 19:16:18 GMT
The importance of scrapbooking really hits home as you face life's changes. A friend's father just went into a nursing home, and she is helping her mother move into a retirement community. She was volunteered to organize her parent's photos so I am going to give her a helping hand. Too bad we only think of doing this after family members start losing their memory.
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Post by cynipidae17 on Jul 2, 2014 19:32:26 GMT
My girls are still little and I love that I can capture a glimpse into this time period. I hope my girls love the albums I made as much as I do
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Post by lilypop on Jul 2, 2014 19:37:08 GMT
I agree. Scrapping has helped me in so many ways over the years. Beginning as hobby to share with my then ten-year-old daughter and others. Relief from a stressful career. The joy of gifting albums to family and friends. My Dad and older daughter cried happy tears when they first looked through their albums. My family enjoys looking through seasonal scrapbooks when we are together during holidays. My grandchildren love looking through scrapbooks of my children when they were younger. My five-year-old granddaughter has been making mini scrapbooks since she was three. This is my 70th year and the benefits of scrapbooking matters to me and my four children, ten grandchildren. My three great grandchildren are babies, and I believe the love of all the scrapbooks we have created will be passed on to them.
Oops, got caught up in my enthusiasm for scrapping!
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 2, 2014 21:51:50 GMT
Scrapbooking matters to me. It makes me happy. I like doing it, looking at it, the products, all of it really.
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Post by vi on Jul 2, 2014 22:15:56 GMT
Scrapbooking definitely matters. Like Alissa mentioned, scrapbooking has been therapeutic for me. I got involved in it because I wanted to record my mother's life story after she suddenly passed away from a heart attack. I laughed and cried as I scrapped her life and it was definitely grief therapy for me. This was 13 years ago. Since then, I've done heritage books for an aunt, my Dad, my grandma and recently completed another aunt's life story (It took 3 volumes) to celebrate her 90th birthday last month. I totally agree that scrapping your own life matters. No one else can tell the story like we can.
Vi
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Post by irisheyes on Jul 2, 2014 22:56:58 GMT
I find the things my kids remember best are the things that are in the scrapbooks. They love looking through them.
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Post by love2scrap on Jul 2, 2014 23:16:52 GMT
The story is just as important to me as the photo and that's what I cherish. Once the stories are gone, you can't get them back. So true! |
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Post by mandymae on Jul 3, 2014 2:21:04 GMT
Scrapbooking matters regardless of the industry. Scrapbooking existed a long time before the industry did. Even if the industry completely imploded (which I don't think it will), we will still scrap, and we'll still have online communities, via formats like this. |
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Post by kittens on Jul 3, 2014 2:23:12 GMT
Absolutely!
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Post by scrapheart on Jul 3, 2014 2:43:55 GMT
I agree, it does matter. I scrapbook for my history, to say "I was here!" I am a childless scrapper and I get asked quite a lot, why I bother to scrapbook. I bother, because I want to have our (mine and DH) memories locked in for me, if no one else.
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Post by pamp on Jul 4, 2014 19:03:57 GMT
Agree totally... keep on, keeping on!!
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Post by craftykitten on Jul 4, 2014 20:13:53 GMT
I agree, it does matter. I scrapbook for my history, to say "I was here!" I am a childless scrapper and I get asked quite a lot, why I bother to scrapbook. I bother, because I want to have our (mine and DH) memories locked in for me, if no one else. Yes! No-one asks why I scrapbook (I don't really share it with people IRL) but I do it for ME and for US. My other half loves it and loves when a photo or a story 'makes it' into a scrapbook page. I've recently started doing more project-life style scrapbooking and it is wonderful to reflect and record our life together. I am very aware that these days (for us, anyway) are definitely the good old days - we are working hard, playing hard and enjoying life. Whatever our future holds I am glad that I have scrapbooks to remember these times. |
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Post by st1tches1 on Jul 7, 2014 13:22:04 GMT
When the tragedy of 9-11 struck- my scrapbooking changes. Up until then it was about the sticker sneezes or the cute papers and paper dolls I could construct- then life changed
I now try to include the big news-- newspaper clippings, and then document my personal feelings or thoughts of those events.
I also do a year in review page- it's a hodgepodge mess- but I love those pages- I include celebrity deaths, headlines of the year, highlights of the family, price of gas or eggs- places we traveled- just a line here or there- a real documentation of life as we know it this year. (I am a chronologic scrapper living in the past - i.e. I'm behind)
#Scrapbookingmatterstome2
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Post by carolynhasacat on Jul 7, 2014 14:41:58 GMT
It matters to me, too, for all the reasons mentioned here. And to DH. He sees the big picture and appreciates that I'm the "historian" in the family, capturing the important stuff. I'm luck to have a hubby who gets it.
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Post by pierogi on Jul 7, 2014 15:28:00 GMT
I still scrap, and it's really helped me feel gratitude about the good stuff in my life, as well as get me through a few bumpy transitions. It's important to keep a record of the small things as well as the big. The little things help give me the greatest clarity.
I like the idea of including current events in scrapbooking. I've never done that, but it's something I focus on in my daily life as well.
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Post by Laura in OK on Jul 7, 2014 19:53:29 GMT
Yes, yes, yes! I always knew that the pictures were important, but since I've gotten grandkids, the journalling is even more so. They are always asking me to "read the story" when we look at them!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 21:14:05 GMT
Couldn't agree more. I've always had a thing for photographs, especially of family. Being able to add another level of information and interest and enduring affection to them through scrapbooking is extremely important to me.
To me, it's a way to show love and caring!
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