| That's right, men, the scrapbooking craze isn't just for | | | | picture of the fish. Use golf tees to decorate that |
| the ladies anymore! Many men are finding that | | | | scorecard. You can purchase many items that you |
| scrapbooking is a great way to express some | | | | can't find around the house and chances are that your |
| creativity, preserve their precious memories, and | | | | scrapbook supply store will have some accessories |
| above all else, spend some quality time with the family | | | | that are perfect for you. |
| without video games or television. So speaking just to | | | | The scrapbooking industry is responding to the needs |
| the men, the scrapbooking craze can appeal to you as | | | | of men who are into this hobby. More and more |
| well, but how? You may have seen some scrapbook | | | | manufacturers are releasing designs that appeal to |
| pages that were anything but masculine, so how can | | | | men. There are now albums and supplies in masculine |
| you make it work for you? How can you avoid the | | | | colors and patterns. The biggest change has been in |
| frilly, silly, girly pastime and really make it something that | | | | the scrapbooking supply themes. You can find |
| "the guys" can enjoy? | | | | embellishments and papers on so many typically male |
| One good thing about scrapbooking is that there is no | | | | interests, like fishing, military, poker, golf, and team |
| right or wrong way to compose a page, and no right | | | | sports. |
| or wrong thing to preserve and to use as elements. | | | | We may never see men gathering together for |
| Dig out those pictures of your last fishing trip or that | | | | scrapbooking crop parties. Yet that idea is certainly not |
| great golf scorecard that you couldn't bear to throw | | | | impossible. However, men want to preserve their |
| away because you finally broke 90. These are great | | | | memories as much as women do. Men also are |
| items for men. The scrapbooking craze really took | | | | becoming more aware of the importance of archival |
| hold for women because they were able to keep | | | | safe albums for their photographs. Men want a way to |
| those funny, silly, sentimental photos and other items | | | | collect their photos and record their memories. They |
| from their lives and you can do the same. | | | | may not want them overdone with embellishments, but |
| Once you have the mementos you want to put on | | | | their scrapbooks will still reflect their unique personalities |
| your page, then you decide what decorations and | | | | and styles. |
| other elements you want to use on the page. This is a | | | | And if nothing else, men, the scrapbooking craze is a |
| great creative outlet for men. The scrapbooking craze | | | | great way to spend time with your family and your |
| really saw the women get creative with their | | | | kids. If you don't want to do your own pages, sit down |
| decorations - buttons, dried flowers, yarn, twigs, and | | | | with your kids as they do theirs. The days of the kids |
| pieces of fabric or pockets from old jeans. All of these | | | | gluing macaroni onto construction paper and calling it |
| things are often used for scrapbook page decorations. | | | | art are over; creating scrapbooks is the new craze, |
| You men can do the same. Use fishing lures for that | | | | and rightly so! |