March 11, 2010

Scrapbooking makes it to the Chris Evans BBC radio 2!  It was not what I expected to hear at all!, Chris was talking to scrapbooking enthusiast, Carolyn Exwood about her love of scrapbooking.  Keeping a scrap book is not just about gluing your memories and embellishments to a page it can be big business! ‘Scrapbooking has become an obsession for many French women and in the United States there are claims that scrapbooking is more popular that golf!'  Here is the more information page from BBC radio 2 for the show. BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Scrapbooking Article   It also has a link to the scrapaholic website. Link to www.scrapaholic.co.uk Scrapbooking site

Scrapbooking was a hobby that was spread by Tupperware-style parties in the USA where women would meet to share tips and purchase new albums, papers and embellishments for their scrapbooking.  The scrapbooking craze has been helped along in the UK by Richard and Judy along with many magazines and clubs dedicated to embellishments and scrapbooking.  Scrapbooks are a little like photograph albums.  The resultant craft creation is a collection of pages, each one beautifully designed and adorned with embellishments.  There are many things to remember like the rule of thirds and colour matching and getting that perfect matching embellishment!  Accents are very important, you can add all sorts of embellishments to the pages, these can be printed just like the Little Big Tree original artowork, ribbons and even the odd button!  There is a great scrapbooking article about this on Link to the BBC article on Scrapbooking