Am I the only one who doesn't scarpbook????

[Roma]

Just wondering if anyone else has no interest in this fad? Regular photo albums are fine for me. I just visited relatives and friends and everyone has a scrapbook.

[UltraMother]

I don't. I think they're kind of neat, but I have no interest in making them.

[threecubs]

I don't. I think they're kind of neat, but I have no interest in making them.


This is me too. I like to look at them, but I have no desire to make them.

[Lisa]

I'm also don't scrapbook. I love crafty things... right now I'm currently obsessed with knitting... but scrapbooking never appealed much to me.

[gracefuljourney]

Hi,
My name is Cynthia
and I don't scrapbook!

Seriously, you would think I need a support group or counseling because I don't scrapbook.
I think maybe I would have gotten into it except for a friend who bombarded me with it all the time ... every time I saw her I had to see her new pages and her new books. It was just naseating! I also saw it consume her life and I vowed then that even memories would not become an idol to me ...
So, no scrapbooks for me. I am just now getting around to putting pictures into small, convenient for the children to hold and look at, albums.

Slowly but surely . .. .

[RealLifeMama]

I don't.
And even worse, I don't even really take pictures!!!! I haven't had a picture I could hold in my hand for I don't know how long!
Occasionally we will print some out to send to a relative but not often.

Honestly, this scrapbooking thing is such a guilt thing for me. I never went through our honeymoon pictures and put them in an album because "An album is boring, I need to put them in a scrapbook!" and then never did, then I got behind, then I'd never catch up, LOL. I can't have any craft supplies in my house until I get it better organized. I'd love to stamp too but don't have anywhere to put materials.
I am not interested in digital scrapbooks.

Yes, everyone does it!!! And it is the Mom's night out activity of choice, too, it seems. I would rather go sit in a coffee shop and put my feet up, drink my outrageously expensive coffee drink and chat. Most moms here get free time and they want to crop! I told my friends last time we organized something if they wanted to do that, fine, but I'd sit and read a magazine and drink coffee while they worked.

[DebraBaker]

I don't even quite know what scrapbook is.

db

[MarynMunchkins]

I've done some digital stuff, but the thought of cutting up my pictures literally makes it hard for me to breathe. :giggle

All of my pictures are organzied nicely in albums, however. ;)

[This Busy Mom]

the thought of little bits of this & that to organize makes me hyperventilate.

[BethS]

I don't but not because I don't like it. I know I'd like it too much and don't want to invest all of my time and money. For now regular albums are great!

[Meredith]

Nope, it doesn't interest me at all. Plus it's expensive.

[Chris3jam]

I don't either. It just seems like it would take way too much time, and I would have to get more bins to organize more stuff, and I would have to make sure that I got all the coolest stuff ----- and then it will sit there for years (or until the fad is over). :hiding (no offense to anyone that does, I do think it is neat).

[Gailmegan]

Add me to the non-scrapbooking list! I even have a huge box of pictures from the past 5 years that haven't even made their way into albums, let alone into a scrapbook. If I have free time, there are so many other things to do that are more important to me.

[BearyBlessed]

Add me to the list too! Actually, Amy pretty much described exactly how I feel about it. ;)

My mom does scrapboook, though. So, I just benefit from her work! :)

[Embracing Grace]

Nope, I'm not a scrapper either. :grin I'm not very crafty, although I have just learned how to knit, so that's pretty exciting!

[tiglet]

I have no interest in scrapbooking. :)

I think they look beautiful, but I don't want to make one myself.

I don't even take pictures. And the 100s of pictures that dh takes are just stacked in a box, or filed on the computer...oh well!

I love other crafts, though. I'm obsessive about quilting, and enjoy calligraphy.

[Lady TS]

. I would rather go sit in a coffee shop and put my feet up, drink my outrageously expensive coffee drink and chat.

Me too!

[Roma]

well this is good to know. i do think it is a trend that willgo by the wayside in the future. i do like to take a lot of pictures, becasue i know my children, grandchildren, and great granchildren will treasure them. i don't print all the pictures i take though, a lot are just stored on discs.

[eoconnel]

I don't either.

[DogwoodMama]

I never did it UNTIL is discovered digital scrapbooking, which I really like. :O I tried a few times and just couldn't "get into it" with paper stuff. Digital is quick & easy for me. :shrug

[Irene]

um I guess Im in the middle. I buy the offbrand acid free albums just because Im concerned about ruining my photos. I keep most of my pics on discs until Im ready to throw them in an album. I crop a bit, but just so that I can get more pics on a page :blush because Im so cheap :shifty I like stickers so I put stickers on and write about it only because I love to write and I have something to write about with the pictures :giggle

but I dont go all ga ga about it and spend umpteen hours and money on it and stuff. I just like to look at my pictures in an album and not on my computer :lol I used to use the old sticky albums but they get old and all the pictures fall out and you can see them aging already- which is why I was convinced to use acid free. :shrug

[efuego]

This is so great! I am not a scrapper. I have two friends that have their layouts put into magazines. Everytime we get together, I have nothing to say, because I hate scrapping!

I LOVE pictures, I have all the family photos for both of my parent's sides of the family. I love to put them into albums, but the frustrating thing about scrapbooking is that you only can put one or two pictures per page. I would never get them into albums at that rate. I also hate all the wasted paper resources, but that is my own thing. Anyways, it is nice to see that I am not the only one who is not into this fad.

I agree with the comment of wanting to sit and drink coffee instead. I could totally go for that or a nice beer or glass of wine. :)

[booboo]

No, I don't scrapbook either. Funny, I work at a crafts store part time (looking for another job actually) and I deal with scrapbookers all the time. I do a lot of cross stitch, which in this store, it seems to be the forgotten craft! :rolleyes Okay mostly these days I make friendship bracelets. It's a good stress reliever, making all those knots. :mrgreen The idea of cutting up a perfectly good picture makes me nervous!

[UltraMother]

:) We need a gcm coffee shop.

[Miss Priss]

I don't because I don't have time... I have lots of pics I want to scrapbook, and some supplies, but no time.
I've been trying to find someone who is willing to do it for me for pay or for bartering something else.

[cannuke]

Yes, everyone does it!!! And it is the Mom's night out activity of choice, too, it seems. I would rather go sit in a coffee shop and put my feet up, drink my outrageously expensive coffee drink and chat.

Sign me up when you get this coffee group going! :cup

I don't scrapbook either and I'm lucky if I take any photos while stuff is happening. :shrug I'd just rather be in the action than on the edge of it taking the photos.

[DogwoodMama]

Julie, it's too bad you don't live near me, I'd do scrapbooking to help pay for your services as a doula! :)

[Miss Priss]

Well, I'm not moving... but maybe you could. :lol