Author Archives: Stephanie Medley-Rath

Scrap Happy: Don’t Expect Praise or Appreciation (File Under Remember Love)

This entry is part 15 of 66 in the series My Scrap Happy Project

Each Monday, I discuss my Scrap Happy project based on Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. The … Continue reading

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This Week on Scrapworthy Lives: February 26, 2011

Each Saturday, I provide a compilation of links from the week’s posts. Scrap Happy: Child-Free Edition (File Under Remember Love) Should Scrapbook Magazines Be Treated Like Fashion Magazines? Scrapbooking is Relaxing and Fun (Purpose of Scrapbooking) B&B Review: Becky’s Blog … Continue reading

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Scrapweb: February 25, 2011 Edition

It was a slow week for posts this week. Here are the best links from the web for the week: In Use Your Stash: Older Embellishments (http://www.yourmemoryconnection.com/use-your-stash-old-embellishments), Tammy provides some motivation to scrapbookers to use up some of their scarpbooking … Continue reading

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B&B Review: Becky’s Blog

This entry is part 15 of 45 in the series Books & Blogs Review

Each Thursday I review a book or blog related to scrapbooking. The Review Today’s review is of Becky’s Blog by Becky Higgins. I reviewed her posts from January 21 to February 22, 2011. There were 20 posts during this time … Continue reading

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Scrapbooking is Relaxing and Fun (Purpose of Scrapbooking)

Each Wednesday, I write a post that is from my dissertation. Last week, I introduced a few purposes of scrapbooking. It should come as no surprise that all of my respondents talked about how they found scrapbooking to be relaxing, … Continue reading

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Should Scrapbook Magazines Be Treated Like Fashion Magazines?

One complaint from scrapbookers and a reason why some people stop scrapbooking is because of the high expectations they perceive are placed on them by scrapbooking magazines and idea books. Common complaints about the layouts in magazines are that: The … Continue reading

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Scrap Happy: Child-Free Edition (File Under Remember Love)

This entry is part 14 of 66 in the series My Scrap Happy Project

Each Monday, I discuss my Scrap Happy project based on Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun. As … Continue reading

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This Week on Scrapworthy Lives: February 19, 2011

Each Saturday, I provide a compilation of links from the week’s posts. Scrap Happy: Share an Electronic File of Photographs (File Under Remember Love) Four Ways You Can Use Wikipedia to Scrapbook Scrapbooking Has No Rules. Yes, But Scrapbooking Does … Continue reading

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Scrapweb: February 18, 2011 Edition

Here are the best links from the web for the week: Simple Ways to Create Hybrid Scrapbook Pages shows readers exactly what it says it will. I have only made a handful of truly hybrid scrapbook pages. Most of my … Continue reading

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The Show Notes for The Paperclipping Roundtable Episode PRT057: The Closet Trendsetter

I am a fan of The Paperclipping Roundtable, a podcast devoted to conversation about scrapbooking and the scrapbooking industry. One thing that listeners occasionally ask (both The Paperclipping Roundtable and it’s sister show, The Paperclipping Digi Show is about having … Continue reading

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