Welcome to my new Scrabooking blog! I am so excited to have this new crafty, scrapbooking, papercrafting, blog and share all of my fun tips, projects, and how-to's with all of you! Check back often to see what's new! 
Webster’s defines Scrapbook as: a blank book in which various items (as newspaper clippings or pictures) are collected and preserved
Anyone that is a “Scrapper” knows it is a lot more than that! Scrapbooking is a creative process to preserve photos, memories, memorabilia, and history about themselves and their family. It is almost like a time capsule which we share and leave behind for our descendants. And Digital Scrapbooking is becoming more popular.
Mark Twain was a lifelong creator and keeper of scrapbooks. He took them with him everywhere and filled them with souvenirs, pictures, and articles about his books and performances. But in time, he grew tired of the lost glue, rock-hard paste, and the swearing that resulted from the standard scrapbook process. So, he came up with the idea of printing thin strips of glue on the pages to make updates neat and easy to do. In 1872, he patented his “self-pasting” scrapbook, and by 1901, at least 57 different types of his albums were available. It would be his only invention that ever made money.
Some people who scrapbook go to parties called ‘Crops’ which is where you bring a project you want to work on, photos, paper, and embellishments, and eat, win free items, visit with friends and share ideas. There are also ‘Online Crops‘ happening all over the blogosphere, complete with free giveaways.
Nice intro to scrapbooking. Weird to think that Mark Twain’s only work that made money was a “self-pasting” scrapbook. And I thought Tom sawyer would have made him some dough. Thank you.
Wow! that is something I had know idea about. Mark Twain as lifelong creator and keeper of scrapbooks. Or that in 1872 he patented his “Self-pasting scrapbook”. We are talking about the famous writer Mark Twain who wrote ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”? An interesting post and I like the idea of ‘Crops’ sharing with friends.I think our local scrapbooking shop may do this on a regular basis and I always mean to go! Thanks.
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