What is Scrapbooking?

What is Scrapbooking?

Do you remember those days as a kid pasting newspaper clippings
onto paper and bundling dozens of papers together with some
fancy ribbon or a string? Do you also remember all of your hard
work falling apart two months later? 

Now there's a grown up way to save and preserve your treasures:
Scrapbooking. 

The concept behind scrapbooking hasn't changed since grade
school. You can still place photographs, newspaper clippings,
poems, and tickets into your scrapbook to display and preserve
your memories. 

However, scrapbooking techniques and tools have matured
substantially since you were a kid. Scrapbooking albums have
replaced the messy bundles of paper. These albums are generally
bound or placed in a three-ring binder. In this way, your hard
work won't fall apart. Furthermore, new specialized covers allow
protection from the outside elements. 

Paste is also a thing of the past. Specialized glue dots and
two-sided tape makes mounting your treasures simple and mess
free. Many of these products are so strong that you can now
decorate your scrapbook pages with ribbons, feathers, flowers,
or even metal charms. 

Due to these new techniques and tools, the uses of scrapbooking
have expanded drastically. Scrapbooking is still used to hold
personal keepsakes and for gift giving.