Each Wednesday, I write a post that is from my dissertation.
It seems only fitting that the topic of scrapbooking celebrities is the topic from my dissertation today, since I published The Five Most Influential Scrapbookers of 2010 yesterday.
Most of my respondents had no idea that scrapbooking celebrities exist. Only one of my industry workers referred to scrapbooking celebrities at all. For her, they influenced her philosophy surrounding scrapbooking. Others made a point to mention that did not purchase idea books by specific designers like other scrapbookers are known to do.
Only a handful of respondents mention scrapbooking celebrities at all. They spoke of being in awe of seeing some of these celebrities at Creating Keepsakes University. They also felt validated by the scrapbooking celebrities. In particular, one respondent talked about how because Ali Edwards does not always use acid-free materials it confirmed her own scrapbooking practice of not always using acid-free materials.
It is really only the more devoted scrapbookers who discuss scrapbooking celebrities at all, let alone actually look at them for guidance.
Related posts:
- I Scrap Alone
- Scrapbooking Norms: Learning the Rules of Scrapbooking
- Scrapbooking on the Web
- Scrapbookers Using Idea Books and Magazines
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
