Scraps

Did you know that there is a National Scrapbooking Day? Did you also know that every over-priced scrapbook store that pops up tears a little piece from my soul?

I don't mean to insult scrap booking, the art and the past time, but don't you think we've had enough?! Every stay-at-home mom with a cutting mat considers herself a designer. But trust me, it is a lie.

In Design Observer, there is an article about the historically preservative art of scrap booking. This is, to me, a very valid and useful artifact. The above scrapbook from that article has memorabilia, postcards, family seals and ticket stubs. These are all very personal and historical items.

The kind I detest are the perforated, pre-cut, scrap-paper, hideous things that people spend hundreds of dollars decorating.

For these scrapbooks, it is not about the memories. It is about how much crap one person can squeeze into the page.

Ok, enough of my rant. I will leave you with an image from a scrapbook that would have been so much better without all the stupid balloon paper. Sorry if this is yours.