avocado
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May 29, 2018 15:58:54 GMT
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Post by avocado on Jun 19, 2018 19:56:48 GMT
I've enjoyed reading all the responses here. I've always loved anything crafty as a kid and loved art projects, paper projects and sewing projects. I also liked making cards. But I didn't actually start scrapbooking until much later, in my 30s!
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Post by freeatlast on Jun 19, 2018 21:07:28 GMT
I made my first scrapbook in high school (junior/senior years). That's 1968 - 1970. A few photos (since photos were not so readily available), greeting cards, newspaper articles and lots of ephemera (things cut out from magazines, ticket stubs, school programs, etc.)
And, yes, I still have it!
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 19, 2018 22:16:17 GMT
Not cards but I taped pictures, memorabilia, dried flowers, newspaper clippings, certificates into a book starting in middle school going through high school. I wrote names and dates on most everything. Old school scrapbook I guess lol
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 20, 2018 19:06:20 GMT
In elementary school I made cards. As I got older, it wasn't something I wanted to do. I like to be crafty but could not care less if anyone sees what I create. I feel like I need to step it up and make it better than my usual stuff. I rarely make them now.
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Post by travelscrapper2 on Jun 20, 2018 23:24:56 GMT
When I went through things a few years back I found that I had actually put some memorabilia in an album (glued it with rubber cement - gasp). That was in the 70's. I did keep all sorts of things in addition to pictures (I have 4 tubs full). Now to get it scrapped.
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Post by LisaDV on Jun 21, 2018 1:51:44 GMT
I did crafts and some sewing.
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on Jun 22, 2018 5:37:04 GMT
I learned to embroider when I was 6, started sewing Barbie clothes when I was 9 and graduated to MY clothes by the time I was 14. It was WOW, MY clothes are easier to make than tiny Barbie clothes! I started baking cakes when I was 9 and when I was 10, started doing pies, cookies, rolls and the occasional main dish. Cooking the entire meal by the time I was 14. I made some really lousy cards at a young age but I do remember making a log cabin on a Mothers Day card for my grandmother with long wood beads. By the time I was 14, I was making cards with white construction paper, markers, glitter and glue. Those were pretty good. I made cards with computer programs, made cards with sandwiching a message negative with the negative to make photo cards and circling back to white and other colors of cardstock, copic and other markers, die cutting, glitter embossing powder, etc. I make popup and box cards now. I bought a heat press a couple of weeks ago and now decorating EVERYTHING. THe great thing is that I can use my heat transfer foils with Siser Adhesive for Foil and can put foil on fabric now! Along the way, I've also learned to crochet and knit, glass etch, done ceramics since I was 10, in fact, my garage IS a ceramic shop. I decorate cakes, make candy. Basically, if it is a craft, I've done it!
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