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MOMENT vs. EVENT
“I scrapbook events. My albums are a year’s worth of events, month by month. I like to look back at pages from each month. Sometimes a month may take only a two-page layout and then some months there are multiple pages.” Jackie Toebben (Bellflower, MO)
“I am an event scrapbooker. I didn’t set out to be one, it just happened that way, because I started scrapbooking shortly before my daughter was born 11 years ago. Now we can sit on the couch and re-live her entire life by reviewing the ‘special events’ of her life contained in her scrapbooks. I lovingly refer to her scrapbooks as her ‘history books’.” Cathy Haney (Hardy, AR)
“I am a chronological scrapper for sure, but life is really about all the little moments. Every day is full of its own joys and its own sorrows. Yes, I scrap events, with lots of pictures. But a lot of my albums are those daily moments that no one really thinks about: silly moments at home, regular visits to the local coffee shop, shopping and trying on clothes, something silly or that makes me smile.”
...which style fits you best?
Deb Wohlleben (Pewaukee, WI)
“My time is limited and I only get to scrapbook every once in a while, so I try to scrapbook from pictures placed in date/event chronological order. I have a hard time choosing photos for pages, so I attempt to place several on one page - definitely more than five in a double-page layout!” Ann Petersen (Carthage, MO) “I am an event scrapper. I started down this road in 2001 when I sought to replace as many of our family's photos as I could after they were destroyed in the flood of 1993. After gathering photos from family, I made a 100-page scrapbook as a surprise for my mom. The album began with her marriage to my dad through my younger sister's high school graduation. It's the first gift that's made her cry and it's something she cherishes. From that point on, I knew the value of capturing, at a minimum, the highlights, holidays, and events that make life special.” Misty Ramirez (St. Louis, MO) “In this season of my life I
consider myself an events scrapper. When you have small children there are just so many events: school plays, sporting events, dances, graduation. But as my youngest is soon to leave the nest, I can imagine my focus changing to more introspective, moments focused scrapping. I find myself doing these types of layouts more and more over the last year, since my oldest left for college in the fall.” Marilyn Taleon (Las Cruces, NM)
“I'm a moments scrapbooker. I don't have a whole lot of photos for things most times, but I'm more interested in the journaling and telling the story. I'm a writer so that's where my heart is. I started scrapbooking because I'd have to hover over someone looking at our photo albums and tell them the story behind the photo. It just seemed faster to make a layout and hand them a scrapbook instead. I was attracted to the idea of Project Life-style scrapping because I could tell more stories, in a weekly fashion, on one layout that included just those moments photos that I snap quickly throughout the week.” Aeryn Kelly-Reitmeyer (Big Bear Lake, CA)