| While so many women today enjoy the art of | | | | scrapbooking addict would find plenty of uses for old |
| scrapbooking, many are surprised to discover that it | | | | newspaper clippings, advertisements, and printed |
| has a history that stretches back some one hundred | | | | poetry. |
| seventy nine years and has as much to do with trash | | | | - Modern scrapbooking, with archival and acid free |
| as with delicate embellishments and carefully written | | | | paper owes much of success to Marielen Christensen. |
| journals. Indeed, what started out as a book about | | | | In 1980, she shared scrapbooking albums of her |
| collecting scrap pieces of paper and newspaper | | | | families history with the World Conference of Records |
| clippings has turned into a multi-million dollar industry. | | | | in Utah. |
| - Published in 1826, "Manuscript Gleanings and Literary | | | | - The albums generated so much attention that the |
| Scrap Book" by John Poole was a unique collection of | | | | Christensen family saw an immediate business |
| engravings and poems. The book also explained the | | | | opportunity. They opened the first retail stamping store |
| best means of finding, collecting, and arranging scraps | | | | "Keeping Memories Alive" |
| (printed pieces of paper with beautiful ornate designs). | | | | - Today, thousands of scrapbooking companies supply |
| - During this time, even the smallest leftover "scraps" | | | | the eager scrapbooking crowd with stickers, rubber |
| of paper were saved and later used in scrapbooking | | | | stamps, acid-free paper, albums, and a whole host of |
| layouts. Even today, some scrapbooking revolves | | | | embellishments. |
| around stickers intended to look like old "scraps" | | | | Scrapbooking continues to draw much attention and |
| - "Scrap mania" quickly caught on in the society and | | | | interest since it is focused on the wonderful memories |
| companies began producing scraps, scrapbooks, | | | | of our lives and the lives of the ones we love. |
| albums, and supplies used for the display of puzzles, | | | | Whether it is the birth of a baby or the graduation of a |
| poems, journaling, and pressed flowers. | | | | son, these moments are sure to make scrapbooking a |
| - In a society where little was wasted, the | | | | favorite hobby for many years to come! |