What do you miss from Scrapping's heyday?

I miss the magazines. There so many choices. You could pick the ones with the styles you likes.

I loved the B&M stores. I had about 5 within 20 minutes from where I lived. All those papers and embellishments up close and real.

In person events were awesome. I went to two CKUs and it was so much fun.

My LSS stores had crops with raffles and lunches and/or snacks. I liked ir
T when we could all share our layouts and get new ideas.

Oh, I miss crops so much. I did a 4 day weekend with 12 of us every November.

I miss local stores and I miss the excitement of a new issue of a magazine.

Yes, scrapbooking stores. Going to Archiver’s was such a thrill.

Definitely miss all the stores! There used to be so many in my area, now there is one about 30 minutes away and I'm lucky to have a very small store within walking distance of my house. The small store mostly does stamping stuff but they do sell papers & cardstock too, plus she'll order whatever you want.

I loved getting the magazines as well, it was so nice to just flip through and get so much inspiration.

I miss the old days of the Scrapbook Expo when there would be so many vendors selling stuff for super cheap!

I miss seeing, smelling and touching all the paper lines in person.

Except for an 8 person annual 4 day retreat, I was never really a crop away from home person, but last weekend I attended a 3 day crop and it really made me miss the old days big time. The best part was the store they set up on site and OMG I spent a ridiculous amount of money. 

Okay, that was the second best part. The truly best part was spending creative time with 4 friends, a couple that I hadn't seen in person in 5+ years.

I managed to only take one rolling cart and one tote with me because I took a couple kits to work on. The volume of stuff some women were bringing in was mind blowing. And I'm pretty sure they spent most of the weekend setting up their space and taking it down again. It was interesting to check out all their organization options that I didn't know about.

Our closest scrapbook store is a 2 hour drive in perfect traffic. A beautiful store, but too far for more than a once a year trip at most.

ETA pantsonfire Frank Garcia Studio is only a few miles from the Ontario airport

Yes, I plan to drive out there on winter break! 😃

The magazines and the stores for sure.

AH, I the excitement of conventions, the LSS, magazines, local 3 days crops and retreats!  It was all lovely.  I started in 1997 and got to enjoy all the fun with my Mom and sister.  At first we did classes together at conventions and some of the party crops.  Then we went to just cropping in our hotel room, setting up mini stations for each of us.  We enjoyed groups crops that had about 20 women at a retreat house.  They would feed us and have a few games or make-n-takes.  The conventions had great make-n-takes too. 

The conventions started getting smaller, and the classes not as challenging or exciting.  My mom wasn't able to go due to my dad's declining health.  Everything was dying and then COVID shut it all down.  Alas, the heyday was over and we've all gone online! 

I am very thankful for 2peas and the relationships we have developed here.  grammadee, who is the powerhouse and den mother behind the Challenge board.  Those who started online crops mom, gramma, and so many others! AussieMeg who heads up SketchySaturdays.  I know I am forgetting someone!  

Just this month I went to an in-person crop sponsored by a Creative Memories Consultant.  I was underwhelmed and truly missed the heyday crop of 100+ women (men too on occasion) in a room.  Where when you were tired of working you could walk around and be inspired by others!  At 2peas the same is true!  But at this crop of 10 or so women, I was the only one scrapbooking in more modern style.  I did my thing and had fun!  I also used punches, border maker, and border punches that were appropriate for my pages.  Following our old rule of crops in ages past--use other's tools at a crop and share yours, so your pages would reflect the different fonts and punches that other's owned.

Ah those were the days!

I miss LSSs (including Memories & Archivers locations), the in-person supply shopping experience (i.e. perusing entire walls bursting with a rainbow of Bazzill cardstock, aisles filled with multiple racks of patterned papers, pegs full of embellishments & tools, etc.), & the plethora & diversity of companies, styles, & creativity in the industry during its heyday. 

I miss when Quickutz would come out with new products and we would get excited and discuss it on Two Peas

I miss being able to visit scrapbook stores when we travelled - DH would always find at least one and often several for us to stop at. The only times I went to an Archivers was in Virginia when we drove to RI from FL. Even just visiting Joanns, Michaels, ACMoore, Hobby Lobby was fun because we didn't have them locally - even now I only have HL nearby - J's and M's are an hour+

The little rural town closest to me had not one but two LSS and there was another about an hour away. My bestie and I did a weekend in Orlando where we went to ALL the LSS there and there were quite a few.

I miss the magazines. I miss Lifetime Moments (online store/board). I miss the excitement over new releases and the sheer variety of products and manufacturers.

The scrapbook stores.

The original Two Peas gallery.

Creating Keepsakes Magazine.

Now defunct companies >> Daisy D's, Creative Imagination, Rusty Pickle, Junkitz

Everything, all of it! The crazy ass crops, the local stores, the huge hauls when the Expos and CKCs were good, fun retreats, good stuff at the big box stores, Tues AM, friends that also scrapped, and definitely 2peas and the magazines. Ahhhh, the good ole days. Miss 'em.

Yes - the stores and magazines for me as well.
There was one store that ran a crop weekend once a year that I went to with. Friend 3 or 4 times.
Really miss those times .
I love walking around at the crops and seeing what everyone was working on and what supplies they had