Tag Archives: Dissertation

No Longer Attending Crops?

This entry is part 63 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. The last few weeks, I’ve written about attending crops. Some scrapbookers no longer crop with others for several reasons. The scrapbooker now has a permanent space in her or his home to … Continue reading

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Socializing at Crops

This entry is part 65 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. For some scrapbookers, physically spending time with a specific person is just as, if not more important than actually accomplishing the scrapbooking. Some crop with religious groups strengthening their involvement with … Continue reading

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Attending Crops

This entry is part 67 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Cropping space may be temporary or permanent. Temporary cropping spaces may be within the scrapbooker’s home, another person’s home, or a more public place like a scrapbook store or a … Continue reading

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Cropping Inside and Outside the Home

This entry is part 68 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. It has been awhile since I last posted on my doctoral research. The last portion I wrote about had to do with scrapbook shopping. Today, I am going to start … Continue reading

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A Roundup of Scrapbooking and Shopping Posts

This entry is part 61 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Over the last two months, I have written about some aspect of scrapbooking and shopping. Before I move on to cropping, here is a collection of the links to all of … Continue reading

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For Kids or Not For Kids?

I’ve argued elsewhere that scrapbooking is for the scrapbooker first and only secondarily for family if at all. But then there is this pesky mixed-message that I hear mostly from industry-workers: it doesn’t have to be perfect because you’re kids … Continue reading

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Product Selection at Local Scrapbook Stores

This entry is part 59 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. During the time of my interviews (2008), there was a clear distinction between the products that were available at local scrapbook stores and chain stores but the chain stores were encroaching … Continue reading

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Scrapbook Shopping While on Vacation

This entry is part 60 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. A few respondents shop at local scrapbook stores while vacationing. A major reason people do this is because those stores might have something their store back home does not carry. Scrapbook … Continue reading

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Is Scrapbooking an Expensive Hobby or a Cheap Thrill?

This entry is part 57 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. What Industry Workers Say… Scrapbooking is perceived as an expensive hobby and can quickly become expensive, but industry workers are quick to point out that it does not have to be … Continue reading

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“It Costs Me Money to Work in the Industry”: Spending Money on Scrapbooking

This entry is part 58 of 86 in the series Scrapworthy Lives Results

Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Excluding scrapbook business owners, industry workers earn close to minimum wage, commission-only, or a combination of the two in addition to discounted supplies. A running joke among brick and mortar employees … Continue reading

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