artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Aug 14, 2022 16:55:00 GMT
This is a spinoff of another thread. Several people mentioned that they didn't know anyone else who scrapped. Do you?
I have a group of girlfriends that go on a scrapbook retreat once a year. We rent a cabin in a state park and scrap non-stop from Friday night through Monday morning. We have been doing this for probably 15 years. In the beginning there were 16-18 people going. It has gotten smaller and smaller as the years have gone by. Right before covid we had 11 and this year we had 6. I'm hoping that we'll get more of the other members to go next year.
So yes, I know other people that scrap. I'm a really different type of scrapper than they are. I'm up on new products and new trends and they are more old-school, but I love scrapping with them.
Do you know anyone else who scraps?
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Post by grammadee on Aug 14, 2022 17:38:37 GMT
I scrap with justjac a few times a year, both at in-person crops and in one of our homes. And I sometimes scrap at the LSS where I often see some of the other crop attendees who come in to shop. I know a bunch of local ladies who are friends of a former CTMH rep. They get together about once a month and I have been occasionally invited. I have also met in person some of the scrappers I got to know on line on other sites &/or met at scrapbook events. And the two founding editors of The Creative Magazine are local gals, but one lives in Calgary. I know their parents better than I know them, but have scrapped with the one who lives locally when she used to run a LSS from her basement. A couple of nieces do card making, and I have had them over here to do holiday cards.
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Post by miominmio on Aug 14, 2022 17:43:44 GMT
I know several women who scrap. Some I have met at crops over the years, others are online friends.
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scrappinwithoutpeas
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Aug 14, 2022 17:47:40 GMT
One of my sisters-in-law is the only one I know who still scraps. I used to have a few other people in my circle who scrapped, but they've since either moved away (2) or stopped scrapping altogether (2). Pre-COVID, my SIL and I went on 2 weekend retreats per year, but that has waned during COVID. We did do a one-day crop this spring, and eventually may get back to our semi-annual crop retreat schedule. I've had her over to my house so we can to scrap together as well.
We have a great time scrapping together, even though we have totally different styles (she is mostly old-school CM style), even including the things we choose to scrap and our preferred color palettes. She scraps pretty much everything, including a lot of day-to-day stuff, and uses lots of brights and primary colors. I am mostly an event/trip/vacation scrapper and prefer more muted colors, rarely ever using primary or bright colors. In addition to her CM-style, she also uses mostly CM paper; I use 98% non-CM (I do like their journaling mats). The list of differences goes on...but we have a lot of fun because we talk nonstop (our husbands are brothers), stay up late (we're both night owls and are regularly the last people to leave the crop space at night), and enjoy a nice dinner out the first night of the crop when dinner is not provided.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 14, 2022 18:18:28 GMT
Yes. I've been scrapping with a group of ladies, some of them for 20 years now. Over the years the group has changed (folks moving, folks passing away, new members joining, etc.) We started out as a Yahoo Group and met once a month at a local library. Currently we are a group of 12. We rent a retreat house three times a year and scrap Thursday thru Monday. In our current group there are three that don't scrap. One crochets, one does puzzles and one does a mix of other crafts.
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Post by Linda on Aug 14, 2022 18:56:35 GMT
my best friend scraps - she got me hooked back in 2002 shortly after she started. We used to scrap together - she lived with our family for 7 years - but she's lived out of state for 12 years now so it's been a long time since we've been able to. I don't think she's scraps as often as I do - I have more free time than she does.
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pancakes
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Post by pancakes on Aug 14, 2022 18:57:14 GMT
None. I used it as my fun fact about me when I introduced myself to my new company 😂
Not one person had any clue what modern scrapbooking was like but they thought it was cool.
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leeny
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Post by leeny on Aug 14, 2022 19:19:56 GMT
Not anymore. I had a group of friends who did many years ago and we got together every month. That stopped, they lost interest and I tried another group, but it is was hard to integrate into this already formed group.
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Post by lilacgal on Aug 14, 2022 19:29:48 GMT
I have some local friends. One lives on the other side of the lake. We see each other a few times a month - usually for breakfast and shopping. We’ll video chat during the week and scrap then. Another friend I got into scrapbooking. We keep talking about scrapping together again but they have a baby so again, we do other things when we’re together. These aren’t friends because of scrapbooking though the first started as that. These are friends I care about and, lucky me, they happen to scrapbook too.
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on Aug 14, 2022 19:35:38 GMT
I have 3 different groups of friends I used to scrapbook with but none of us have gotten together since COVID hit. We tried zoom scrapping but we all decided it was more fun when we're in person.
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Post by Neisey on Aug 14, 2022 19:37:38 GMT
I was the first of my friend group to start scrapping back in ‘98 and I introduced my bff to the hobby when we first met the next year and then sucked s few more friend in.
I joined a message board for “maritime scrappers” and started making more friends. A large group of us would do weekends away twice a year and meet in each other’s basements. Most of these friends have moved on or just dabble in card making now so we are a smaller group and haven’t gotten together since March 2020. Hopefully this fall things will line up.
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 14, 2022 19:50:46 GMT
I got my sister into scrapbooking many years ago. We used to go to crops at our lss back in the day.
We met a group of scrappers through the old CK message board back in the early 2000s. Currently there are 2 in VT, 3 in NH, one in New Brunswick, one in Vegas (my sister’s bff who she got into scrapbooking) and the two of us in MA. Most of us get together every November for a long weekend crop. Any number of us gather on Zoom on Saturdays to scrap together. We have another dear friend in New Zealand who scraps with us in Zoom and has come to the US and Canada twice to visit.
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 14, 2022 20:18:34 GMT
I know lots of people that scrap. Most are CM devotees but definately active scrappers.
I would guess that there are about 50 women I know in various circles who still scrap.
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Post by Citygirl on Aug 14, 2022 20:55:39 GMT
Sadly not anymore. My friends all gave it up.
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Post by Embri on Aug 14, 2022 21:07:55 GMT
No one who's among the living, no.
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Aug 14, 2022 21:09:28 GMT
I know two women that scrap regularly. Two others that have supplies but don’t scrap much. I’ve never gotten together to scrap with them.
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Aug 14, 2022 22:07:41 GMT
My mom is the only person I knew IRL first before she started scrapping. She is super old school and always has coordinating two-page spreads with every photo matted. She belongs to a kit club and will scrap almost any photo(s) to use up the kit regardless of whether they actually match or not. I also got my cousin to digitally scrap for a year or two. I have lots of online scrap friends and have met several in person. When we get together, though, it's more of a social thing vs. a crop.
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FurryP
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Post by FurryP on Aug 14, 2022 22:07:46 GMT
I only know a couple of Stampin Up people, so not even cardmaking with them because they only use SU stuff.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Aug 14, 2022 22:38:45 GMT
I used to know zillions of people. Now I know a few. Nobody local to me who would want to get together to scrapbook.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 14, 2022 22:46:08 GMT
Not anymore. The ones I knew back in the day, that jumped on the bandwagon when scrapbooking was in it's prime, didn't stay with it. One I know of switched to mainly cards, the other to digital only. A couple switched to making a "year in review" photo books through walgreens, snapfish, etc...
I think I am the only one left that still scrapbook actively. I love scrapbooking just as much now, as I did when I started.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Aug 14, 2022 22:57:54 GMT
I met two women who scrap at work. One is a few years younger than me and the other is my DS's age. The young one moved away, so we don't scrap together anymore. The other one changed jobs, but we still attend crops together. She also introduced me to her scrappy friends. Then I found out my new office neighbor scraps and I invited her to crop with us at our LSS. We have also befriended others at crops, so we have a nice group of 8 where someone is usually willing to attend a crop.
When reading here, I feel like I have found the holy grail of a scrapping city. We have an LSS that hosts crops and classes and keeps us in new product that we can see in person. I'm not so sure the owner is making any money with the contraction of the hobby, but she's dedicated (and husband funds) her passion for crafting. We also have quite a few crops/retreats that are nearby from other organizations. The midwest seems to be the last holdout for good scrapping in person.
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 14, 2022 22:58:14 GMT
I used to crop with friends at the LSS. After it closed, we moved to the local library, then people’s homes.
After I moved to a different state, I found a few friends who scrapbook, but we only got together on an individual basis a couple of times. I did a card class in my home till COVID, and that was fun, but I wouldn’t have room to do a crop in my house.
I loved getting together with my friends, but with DH now disabled, I just find it easier to craft alone when I have time here and there. So yes, I know others who scrapbook, but we don’t get together.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 15, 2022 0:27:23 GMT
Nope, not one single person. One of my friends from Mothers Group took it up for a little while, but she hasn't scrapped for many many years. I wish I had IRL friends who scrapped.
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Post by refugeepea on Aug 15, 2022 1:07:51 GMT
I was going to say no, but I've met nylene !
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Post by marg on Aug 15, 2022 1:28:01 GMT
My SIL used to be hugely into Creative Memories and even signed up to be a demonstrator just to buy the stuff at a discount. She still scraps occasionally - gift albums once every few years. She's the only person I know who still scraps, but she does it as a duty and isn't really interested in it anymore. She's moved on to quilting.
I used to go to CM crops (15-20 years ago) and had so much fun, but once I branched out into SU and then every other company out there I stopped going, and then everyone who did CM quit. But I still miss those Friday night & Saturday crops.
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Post by melanieg on Aug 15, 2022 3:14:06 GMT
Yes. My friends and I get together a few times a year for what we call our 'Soul weekends'. We scrapbook and make cards.
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paget
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Post by paget on Aug 15, 2022 5:35:18 GMT
I do not.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 15, 2022 9:49:40 GMT
No, but I wish I did.
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Post by mrsloafbot on Aug 15, 2022 10:19:14 GMT
I had friends that scrapbooked when I first started. But each of them slowly quit and sold off their stuff for a variety of reasons. So, now I don't know anyone who still scrapbooks IRL. It's ok, I only get to scrapbook when my son naps or is down for the night. So not sure I'd have time to meet up with anyone IRL anyways.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 15, 2022 10:51:20 GMT
I used to go to a retreat every year, Thursday to Sunday with 12 people. A few dropped out, the pandemic happened, and the retreat house was sold.
I have a friend that digital scraps and several card making friends, but no one that scrapbooks IRL any longer.
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