Author Archives: Stephanie Medley-Rath

Cultural Appropriation in the Scrapbook Industry

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series The Scrapworthy Lives Guide to Market Research

Every other Wednesday, I write a business post for the scrapbook industry based on The Scrapworthy Lives Guide to Market Research This week you get a bonus early market research because CHA is happening right now and retailers are making … Continue reading

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Fashion!: Triangles

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Fashion!

Each Monday, I share my latest layout illustrating a fashion trend from the September 2011 issue of Vogue.Geometric shapes and patterns are popular in scrapbooking and fashion right now. This week, I’m highlighting triangles. The Inspiration The Layout For this … Continue reading

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This Week on Scrapworthy Lives: January 28, 2012

This entry is part 43 of 47 in the series This Week on Scrapworthy Lives

Each Saturday, I provide a compilation of links from the week’s posts. This Week: Fashion!: Using Glitter on a Scrapbook Layout Documenting Sometimes Challenging Family Relationships in Scrapbooks Books & Blogs: Load of Scrap One Year Ago: Scrap Happy: Remember … Continue reading

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Books & Blogs: Load of Scrap

This entry is part 44 of 45 in the series Books & Blogs Review

Every other Friday I review a book or blog related to scrapbooking. Today’s review is the Load of Scrap blog by Eric Erickson. I reviewed his posts from December 6, 2011 to January 25, 2012. I normally only review one … Continue reading

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Documenting Sometimes Challenging Family Relationships in Scrapbooks

This entry is part 33 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Every other Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Doing family via scrapbooks is not just documenting that a familial relationship exists, but capturing the essence of that relationship in the scrapbook. Sometimes the relationship is not just about … Continue reading

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Fashion!: Using Glitter on a Scrapbook Layout

This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series Fashion!

Each Monday, I share my latest layout illustrating a fashion trend from the September 2011 issue of Vogue. Glitter is already quite popular among scrapbookers. Here’s an example of glitter in fashion: If I were still 14, I would own … Continue reading

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This Week on Scrapworthy Lives: January 21, 2012

This entry is part 42 of 47 in the series This Week on Scrapworthy Lives

Each Saturday, I provide a compilation of links from the week’s posts. This Week: The Winner of the Take Twelve Inspiration Kit Fashion!: Bright Primary Colors January’s Take Twelve What do you Scrapbook? A Minimalist Christmas Scrapbook Update One Year … Continue reading

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A Minimalist Christmas Scrapbook Update

This entry is part 29 of 37 in the series Minimalist Scrapbooking

Every other Friday, I write a post about Minimalist Scrapbooking. Remember how I said I don’t do December Daily or any other Christmas-Internet inspired projects? Well, here is what I did instead: I actually created nine 12×12 Christmas layouts from … Continue reading

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What do you Scrapbook?

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series The Scrapworthy Lives Guide to Market Research

Every other Wednesday, I write a business post for the scrapbook industry based on The Scrapworthy Lives Guide to Market Research Today’s scrapbook industry market research post is one question for you: What were your last five layouts about? Please … Continue reading

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January’s Take Twelve

This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Take Twelve

I’ve decided that for most months, I will be using my iPhone for photos on the 12th. In January, I opted to stick with using Instagram and used the same filter (Toaster) for every photo. I ended up with 23 … Continue reading

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