Photograph albums are places for photographs to live, whereas scrapbooks give photographs something to do.
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Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. A discussion on scrapbooking is incomplete without a discussion of the role religion plays within scrapbooking. One genre of scrapbooking is called faithbooking, which involves compiling a scrapbook about one’s faith … Continue reading
Ella Publishing Co. has a bundle of photography e-books that I get to giveaway to one of my readers! Just leave a comment below for your chance to win. I’ll select a winner from all entries on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 … Continue reading
On the first Friday of each month, I report my scrapbooking expenses in my quest to achieve Minimalist Scrapbooking. Here’s where my scrapbook dollars went in May: $44.10 at my local scrapbook store $1 on a postcard of Colorado from … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. This is the last post on race and ethnicity from my dissertation. (You can read the other two posts here and here.) The way stories are told in scrapbooks typically emphasize … Continue reading
There are lots of ways to manage a child’s memorabilia. As a scrapbooker, I’ve been a bit torn. Do I scrapbook all the artwork? Do I scan it and create a photobook and then toss it? Do I just throw … Continue reading
In the comments section on my most recent post at Scrapbook Update, I was accused of not supporting Local Scrapbook Stores. I find this really troubling. I started out working in a Local Scrapbook Store. Besides the accusation being untrue, … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Probably, one of the most interesting findings regarding race in my study was that I could observe a color-blind ideology at work. Color-blind ideology basically means a person no longer sees … Continue reading
It is time for Take Twelve again. Each month in 2012, I’m joining Ella Publishing’s Take Twelve challenge. The goal of the 2012 Take Twelve Project is to take 12 photos on the 12th day of each month for a full 12 months—and … 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.
