My sister is about to have twins and is trying to figure out their scrapbooks. Rather than texting her my thoughts, I said I’d write a post on the topic. I scrapbook for myself. My priority is not to scrapbook for … Continue reading
Scrapbookers create scrapbooks of specific events but also “general family scrapbooking” which includes “keeping up with vacations, birthdays, regular pictures.” A more out of the ordinary scrapbook subject is about a person’s occupation. One industry worker has a customer who … Continue reading
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
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Over the last few months, I’ve shared with you my findings from chapter five of my study. I’ve spent time discussing how family, gender, race, and religion shape scrapbooking. The posts: … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about family and scrapbooking. Here is a collection of all of those posts. Next week, we’ll move onto the next topic in my … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Scrapbooks about others are not necessarily for others. Most respondents plan on passing their scrapbooks onto other family members after their own death. In most cases, the scrapbooks belong to the … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Most respondents in my study made a scrapbook as a gift at some point. Some made several while others no longer make gift scrapbooks. I heard horror stories about what gift … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Most respondents in my study report support for their hobby to varying degrees from their family. In fact, other family members are more supportive than non-family. Husbands may roll their eyes … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Doing parenthood is something that child-free scrapbookers do, too. Child-free scrapbookers report that they include the personal context in their scrapbooks so that years from now when their children or grandchildren … Continue reading
Each Saturday, I provide a compilation of links from the week’s posts. Because I’ve cut back on posting, this Saturday includes all of my posts from March. This Month: A Letter to My Readers Why do Moms Scrapbook? Why Scrapbook … 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.
