Take a notebook or a mundane daily diary or journal and add some decoration with a border and you end up with a scrapbook The notebook, diary, journal or scrapbooks have the same basis for production

The number of people who practice scrapbooking is soaring The roots of modern scrapbooking took place in Greece

Okay so you have 2 items to consider These items both tell the same story

Take memories that are precious to you Add some scraps, some mementos or photos

Judging by the number of websites and brick and mortar stores dedicated to scrapbooking, this hobby is now a trend The activity spreading out and expanding its horizons is obviously pointing to its growing popularity

Get some photographs that are related, add some special effects like borders, glitter, and explanations and you have a scrapbook A scrapbook is for preserving memories

Wikipedia defines scrapbook as “Scrapbooking is a method for preserving a legacy of written history in the form of photographs, printed media, and memorabilia contained in decorated albums, or scrapbooks” While the photographs, printed media and memorabilia make it distinct, the “decorated” part identifies the project as a scrapbook as opposed to a basic notebook

Manual scrapbooking is dependent of a variety of papers Patterned paper, vellum color paper or specialty paper are amongst the favorites of scrapbooking pundits

Scrapbooking is one of the most ancient methods of preservation of memory in the form of information Now obviously ancient man didn’t have things like cameras or paper but if you think of it, the drawings on cave walls are just early scrapbooks