by Debbie Hodge “archival” scrapbooking in the 90s When I began scrapbooking in the mid 90s (this was following the photo-albuming I’d been doing until then) I immediately learned that to scrapbook well, using supplies low in acid content was crucial for my photos’ assured long life. And I believed! Of course I believed: I [...]
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A Brief History of Scrapbooking in America
by Debbie Hodge From my interview with Patricia Buckler, co-editor of The Scrapbook in American Life in 2006. “Scrapbooking is not just a craft or a way to pass the time, but a serious activity designed to speak to the future about life as we know it,” says Buckler. The essays in her book are [...]
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Alternatives to the traditional scrapbook album
What’s your approach to memory keeping for your family? Do you keep prints of your photos in order in boxes? Do you have everything uploaded to a site like Flickr and organized digitally? Do you make albums? And do you make these albums to share for the whole family or do you make albums for [...]
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