![]() The pages can be made into a printed product that slides into a traditional store-bought album, or into a printed hardcover or soft cover book. With digital scrapbooking, pictures need to be downloaded onto a computer and then uploaded onto pre-designed or create-your-own page layouts. ![]() "With a computer, you can create a gift in a couple of hours that is so memorable," Van Allen says. The Scrapchicks recently were busy with special Christmas projects and gifts, making everything from holiday invitations to calendars that contain a different family photo for each month. And with digital, I am not wasting paper trying to design special pages." "At a recent scrapbook event, I helped a friend use Creative Memories scrapbook software, and it just seemed easy to use. "I've made three important books for gifts with the Web site since this past June," she said. According to Norris, it is much faster than traditional scrapbooking and allows the freedom of doing it anywhere with just a laptop. Norris had remained with traditional scrapbooking until this past spring when she gave online scrapping a try, with Shutterfly, a Web site where users can process and share digital photos. I love it because it's productive, relaxing time creating books our family loves and making special gifts," she says. "It taught me it's OK to cut pictures, and to toss pictures I don't like. She says she was introduced to it by attending a scrapbooking party and was instantly hooked. Scrapchick mother of two, Corinne Norris of Portsmouth, began the hobby eight years ago when her first child was born. For busy mothers, it is an answer to what to do with all those photos sitting in a box in their closet. Like the old-fashioned quilting circle, keepsakes are being made while spirits are being lifted. ![]() We are saving memories with scrapbooking while we create memories with our friends."īut it is not all about laughter, bonding, wine and friendship. and you just laugh until you realize your whole mood has changed. "Every time, somebody will say or do something as we are gathered around creating. You can go in and vent and these women support you and bring back your smile," Fillion says. Member of Scrapchicks and mother of three, Janet Fillion of Barrington, says she not only loves the craft of scrapbooking but explains this group of women replenishes her soul when she needs it. The women share the cost of renting the function room of a hotel in Portland, Maine, share rooms, shop, dine and, of course, scrapbook together in the rented space until 2 a.m. and our pictures."Īccording to Van Allen, the group is planning its annual get-away during Super Bowl weekend. ![]() It's just us women, our food and wine, our stories and friendships. My friends call me 'Shirley McCoy, cruise director,' because I am always planning something," Van Allen says. "We get away and work on our albums all weekend. The also go away three weekends a year on scrapbooking "retreats." They gather, some with traditional hands-on materials, others with laptops, every Thursday night at each others' homes. Scrapchicks has grown from three women to nine during the past eight years. Now when I am heading out to scrapbook, I pack my laptop and I am ready to create." "Finally, I downloaded software and gave it a try on my computer. so much paper and stuff to lug," she says. "I had become quite the shop-a-holic for scrapbooking supplies and it got to be a chore to pack for a night of scrapbooking somewhere. Van Allen says it is easier, greener and cheaper to do it on the computer. ![]() The creative hobby is scrapbooking, but what started with gathering at a friend's house with a stash of photos, special paper, ribbons and stickers has turned digital and easier to carry.Ĭheryl Van Allen, Greenland resident and mother of one, scrapbooked traditionally for eight years and says her group of friends, known as the "Scrapchicks," have recently entered the digital age, using their laptops to create photo albums and books. In the past, knitting or quilting circles were a way for women to socialize and bond as well as create, but today many have replaced their yarn and needles for a laptop. ![]()
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