Books & Blogs: Snippets by Lain Ehmann

Each Thursday I review a book or blog related to scrapbooking.


I bought Snippets about a year ago and finally got around to reading it. I bought it before I realized it is sort of out of print (I think!). See, Snippets was published by Simple Scrapbooks shortly before the magazine folded and it got a bit lost in the shuffle.

It’s a shame that it got lost in the shuffle because it is a cute and humorous book by Lain Ehmann.

The book is definitely not your typical scrapbooking book or even book for that matter. It is a 4×6 hardcover book complete with ribbon bookmark and elastic thing to keep the cover closed (I am sure there is a much more eloquent way of saying all that). In a nutshell, it would fit in a purse, or even your pocket. It is also short, at 115 pages. I read it over my lunch break–correction–I forced myself to do something other than my real job while eating my lunch.

In Snippets, Lain does a good job of making some spot on observations about scrapbookers (the desire for a larger and more permanent scrapbooking space), while at the same time relying on stereotypes about scrapbookers (we are all women with children hiding our addiction from our husbands).

Of course, I have a tendency to take things too seriously so it should come as no surprise that I also wasn’t thrilled with the reliance on self-deprecating humor (dieting, struggles exercising, and a purse so full it causes back pain). I was not a fan of all of the humor, but did find myself laughing out loud, too. Lain does a nice job gently poking fun at scrapbookers. It helps that she is such an awesome person to begin with.

Overall, Snippets would make a cute gift for the scrapbooker in your life.

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Stephanie