Scrapbooking is a method of preserving a legacy of written history in the form of photographs, memorabilia and printed media in decorated albums or scrap books and has been suggested to have arisen in ancient Greece where notebooks called hypomnemata were used to record one’s hearings, readings and things that were worth remembering. Memory scrapbooking has been performed by people for many years where they blend memorabilia collections with journaling. Both Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain are some of America’s earliest and famous scrapbookers. Marielen Christensen of Utah is often credited with reviving interest in scrapbooking in the United States and had already gathered over 50 volumes of scrapbooks by 1980. Modern scrapbooking is so advanced that many scrapbookers now use computer digital memory scrapbooking to preserve their photographs and memories.

Memory scrapbooking is a common hobby that is not only done to preserve memories but is also used to socialize with others. Scrapbookers get together and scrapbook at each other’s houses and meet at conventions, scrapbook stores and retreats where they exchange tips and ideas while enjoying a social outing. Today, scrapbooking is so popular that in the USA, someone is involved in this hobby in one out of three homes. Traditionally, memory scrapbooking is done using albums that are permanently bound or allow for insertion of pages. These albums are created using background paper, photo corner mounts, scissors, a paper trimmer, art pens, archival pens for journaling and mounting glues. Specialized tools such as inking tools or eyelet setters and accessories such as stickers and stamps are also used to make creative designs. With the advent of computers, many scrapbookers now prefer to use computer digital memory scrapbooking.

Computer digital memory scrapbooking uses scanners, desktop publishing, page layout programs and advanced printing options to make professional looking layouts in digital form that can be self published on the Internet. Some of the advantages of computer digital memory scrapbooking include a greater diversity of materials, less environmental impact, cost savings, the ability to share scrapbooks on the Internet, editing software that allows multiple ways to manipulate a design without making permanent adjustments, the ability to do and undo actions on a page and the ability to print finished layouts and store in scrapbook albums if desired. While it may sound relatively easy to do computer digital memory scrapbooking, many scrapbookers need to have some sort of design skills. If you are about to use computer digital memory scrapbooking for the first time or if you already use it but want to learn creative design skills to make professional layouts for your scrapbooks then the e-book Secrets of the Designer™ can teach you all the design skills that graphic designers use.

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