Why I Scrapbook
Written: Mar 20 '00
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Pros: creates a legacy for future generations
Cons: can be expensive and time consuming
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I started scrapbooking about three years ago and I am now thoroughly addicted to this popular and growing hobby. For those of you who are not familiar with scrapbooking, it is basically preserving memories and photos for future generations. That is really a bare bones definition because scrapbooking has taken off in the past few years and there are so many different albums, tools, stickers, papers, magazines, etc. Some scrapbooks are very creative with many embellishments and some are very simple but the basic purpose of all scrapbooks, or memory albums, is the same. I could give my opinion on which albums or stickers I believe are the best but instead I will give you my reasons for scrapbooking. I believe this approach will give you a much better insight into myself and the hobby as well.
1. Scrapbooking provides me with the opportunity to create something of lasting value. As a stay at home mom with two little boys, a lot gets done and undone again in my home. I do laundry today and there are dirty clothes again tomorrow. I mop the floor after breakfast and by dinner time it needs it again. It can be very frustrating to constantly feel like you aren’t making any headway and aren’t accomplishing anything. Scrapbooking, like most creative hobbies, allows me to make something that doesn’t get undone tomorrow. It gives me a sense of accomplishment.
2. Scrapbooking allows me to get together with friends who share my love for the hobby. A common scrapbook activity is a crop. Basically, a crop is when you get together with fellow scrapbookers and work on your albums. Crops can be large with 50+ scrapbookers or they can be small with just two or three friends. This is very similar to the old-fashioned quilting bee. A crop not only provides an opportunity to get a few pages done, but it also builds and nurtures friendships through the time spent together.
3. Scrapbooking creates a legacy. This is the main reason I scrapbook. I want my children and all future generations to have recorded memories. Not only do I want them to see photos of their ancestors but I also want them to read about them. I want them to know their professions, where they lived, family traditions, trials they endured, what they were passionate about and anything else I can manage to record. I want my descendants to know what was important to me and what my values were. As I work on my scrapbooks, I imagine someone several generations from now reading them. I will have left this earth but I want to leave them something priceless.
The following is a story I found and it describes exactly why I scrapbook so I’ve included it here to help you understand why I find scrapbooking to be so important.
Your Legacy
I had a philosophy professor who was the quintessential eccentric philosopher. His disheveled appearance was highlighted by a well-worn tweed sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses, which often rested on the tip of his nose. Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, he would go off on one of those esoteric and existential "what's the meaning of life" discussions. Many of those discussions went nowhere, but there were a few that really hit home. This was one of them:
"Respond to the following questions by a show of hands," my professor instructed.
"How many of you can tell me something about your parents?" Everyone's hand went up.
"How many of you can tell me something about your grandparents?" About three-fourths of the class raised their hands.
"How many of you can tell me something about your great-grandparents?" Two out of sixty students raised their hands.
"Look around the room," he said. "In just two short generations hardly any of us even know who our own great-grandparents were. Oh sure, maybe we have an old, tattered photograph tucked away in a musty cigar box or know the classic family story about how one of them walked 5 miles to school barefoot. But how many of us really know who they were, what they thought, what they were proud of, what they were afraid of, or what they dreamed about? Think about that. Within three generations our ancestors are all but forgotten. Will this happen to you?
"Here's a better question. Look ahead three generations. You are long gone. Instead of you sitting in this room, now it's your great-grandchildren. What will they have to say about you? Will they know about you? Or will you be forgotten, too?
"Is your life going to be a warning or an example? What legacy will you have? The choice is yours. Class dismissed."
Nobody rose from their seat for a good five minutes.
by Tony D'Angelo
You may have tangible wealth untold, baskets of jewels and boxes of gold. Richer than me you can never be, I had a mom who made a scrapbook for me.
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