I haven’t really figured out if this scrapbooking phenomenon is legit or not. I mean my sister spends tons of money on the stuff. And the amount of pictures you get in it just isn’t worth the trouble. I remember my sister showed me her first scrapbooking album. Christmas 1998 or something. She got 10 whole pictures in there. Whew.
Backgrounds? Special pinking shears? Sometimes I think this is some kind of fad the scrapbooking people thought up to make ladies *think* they need to buy this junk. There are entire brick and mortar stores dedicated to this. And I’m pretty sure these stores are just remodeled stores that formerly sold Beanie Babies in the late ’90s. You know those type of stores. Kinda like those hospital gift shops that charge you an arm and a leg for a “Get Well” balloon because you were too forgetful to get a gift for your sick friend or relative.
I’ll admit that I’ve been one to put photos in photo albums. But it all stops after that. No colorful backgrounds and junk. Just photos. And for the most part this all stopped when I got a digital camera. None after that.
So maybe this scrapbooking thing will die out in a few years and we’ll be laughing about it when VH1 does “I Love the ’00s.” Much like Pet Rocks and Pac Man.