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Monday, October 24, 2011

Scrapbooking made memorable

    Scrapbooking is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of a scrapbook. Typical scrapbooking albums include photographs, printed media, and scrapbooking stickers. Scrapbook albums are often decorated and frequently contain extensive journaling. Scrapbooking is a widely practiced pastime in the United States. Scrapbooking was initially known as commonplace books were popular in England, emerged as a way to compile information that included recipes, quotations, letters, poems and more. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator's particular interests. Friendship albums became popular in the 16th century. These albums were used much like modern day yearbooks, where friends or patrons would enter their names, titles and short texts or illustrations at the request of the album's owner. These albums were often created as souvenirs of European tours and would contain local memorabilia including coats of arms or works of art commissioned by local artisans. Starting in 1570, it became fashionable to incorporate colored plates depicting popular scenes such as Venetian costumes or Carnival scenes. These provided affordable options as compared to original works and, as such, these plates were not sold to commemorate or document a specific event, but specifically as embellishments for albums. K and company can provide the buyer with all types of scrapbooking tools when it comes to these types of books. These scrapbooking supplies are decorating and priced just right.