Once a month I report my scrapbooking expenses in an effort to make myself accountable and motivate msyelf to use the scrapbook supplies I already have as part of Minimalist Scrapbooking. I’ve been a bit busy with work and have … Continue reading
Did you hear that Ella Publishing is now part of Big Picture Classes? As a member of Ella Publshing’s Take Twelve team, I get to host a giveaway for Picture Color from Big Picture Classes as part of the announcement. … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Industry workers emphasize that they do not pressure customers to purchase products, they offer better customer service, and they are more knowledgeable about scrapbooking than the competition. Industry workers focus on … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Direct sellers and brick and mortar industry workers feel the competition from online retailers. The internet makes it much easier for customers to find what they are looking for, but at … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Scrapbook stores do not just sell scrapbook supplies, but also sell (or more accurately, rent) scrapbook space. Scrapbookers expect brick and mortar scrapbook stores to offer some sort of scrapbooking space … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. People who work in the scrapbook industry see their way of selling[1] the product as superior to the alternative. I was surprised to find that industry workers overall had little … Continue reading
Thanks everyone for your links and layouts! I think I’ve got everything I need! I have the best readers! Stephanie (August 13, 2012) I’m preparing a couple of presentations about my research to an audience of sociologists and am looking … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Scrapbookers may be artists and historians, but they also are scrapbooking shoppers and croppers. Both shopping and cropping shape the identity of the scrapbooker as a scrapbooker and shape their larger … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Last week, I talked about how scrapbookers are artists. Scrapbookers often are historians—specifically, they are their families’ historians. Not all scrapbookers take on the role of historian in terms of learning … Continue reading
I won’t be writing for Scrapbook Update anymore. My contract was discontinued. That’s fancy for fired. It came as quite a shock as I had been having some great conversations in the comments of my posts at Scrapbook Update. After … Continue reading
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.
