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Vi
AncestralPea
PeaNut 24036 - 11/1/2001
Posts: 4283 Layouts: 13
Loc: Mesa, AZ
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I've been doing this hobby for 8-1/2 years now and got to thinking about my completed albums. How often do you or your family members look at your albums? I go in spurts -- sometimes I like to look at the completed ones and then others times, they get neglected. I have 4 grown children -- 3 boys and one girl. My daughter loves looking at scrapbooks -- my boys could care less.
Also do you have a favorite album you've completed -- and what was the subject you scrapped?
Do you make most of your albums for yourself or do you make albums as gifts for other family members?
My favorite album I've completed is my mother's life story. (She passed away 9 years ago.) For some reason, I've only kept a few albums and made most of them as gifts for other family members.
My last question -- how many albums have you completed since you started scrapbooking? I've done around 25.
Vi
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TreeLover
Liberally conservative, conservatively liberal
PeaNut 401406 - 11/28/2008
Posts: 7437 Layouts: 0 | Posted: 6/1/2009 11:18:11 PM
I look at the albums I have either in progress (like a HS sports album that is intended to take four years to complete) and those that are done fairly regularly. Certainly those in progress get more ~views~ since I have my hands on them much more regularly.
I have found the boys looking at theirs on many occassions and even my DH will pull one down and look at it on his own from time to time.
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EllenPea
Pea with a Pen
PeaNut 70644 - 2/19/2003
Posts: 14304 Layouts: 564
Loc: Southern California
Count: 34 | Posted: 6/2/2009 12:06:35 AM
There are some, mostly my really old ones, that I haven't looked at in awhile. I have sooo many. But sometimes I'll pull out at least a few and look at them, so I'd say they've all been glanced at at least once in the past year.
ETA: I didn't see your other questions when I first replied. My favorite album is one of my earlier ones, and it is about a cross-country vacation DH took with his kids, my stepkids, in 1987 when they were still quite young. I was married about two years when I did this album, and it seemed like I was getting to know the kids better as I looked at these old photos of them.
I have more than 30 albums, but many of them I keep adding to. So probably about 15 completed. |
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camanddanismom
AncestralPea
PeaNut 274243 - 8/26/2006
Posts: 4937 Layouts: 199
Loc: Northeast | Posted: 6/2/2009 5:39:19 AM
How often do you or your family members look at your albums? At least 2x a year, approaching my kids bdays...we always pull them out to see them when they were babies. I currently only have 2 albums organized - the first year books for my kids who are 4 and 6. I have been trying to organize the rest of my pages into albums but am not done yet!
Also do you have a favorite album you've completed -- and what was the subject you scrapped? Ask me again at the end of the summer, my goal for completing my organization project!
Do you make most of your albums for yourself or do you make albums as gifts for other family members? For myself.
My last question -- how many albums have you completed since you started scrapbooking? I've done around 25. I have been scrapping for 5 years and have about 5 albums completed. I have scrapped pretty much everything through 2007.
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Vi
AncestralPea
PeaNut 24036 - 11/1/2001
Posts: 4283 Layouts: 13
Loc: Mesa, AZ
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That is interesting to me how often you or family members look at your albums. I was thinking if this hobby is worth it to me if I don't look at the completed albums. I know I get a lot of satisfaction just through the creative process but I also want my scrapbooking to be valued.
That is so nice when your husband appreciates your work. I made my husband a couple of albums of his early years but he never has looked at them again since I made them about 5 years ago. My kids will look at his albums sometimes, though.
It is a great idea to pull out the albums around birthday times and see the growth.
Vi
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caspad
peas&crackers
PeaNut 3602 - 4/3/2000
Posts: 13130 Layouts: 363
Loc: Massachusetts
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I almost never look at my albums. Once the page is completed I don't look at them until I need to pull out a layout to send to a magazine. I do frequently go through my scanned completed pages to submit though.
I like scrapping for the creation process. Plain and simple. If no one else ever sees my pages, I'm still satisfied with having taken the time to create. For me it's like being a pastry chef. You spend all that time baking and then POOF! in 2 seconds it was eaten and gone.
To answer your other questions:
I don't do many mini albums with themes. Most are just collections of pages. The one that I've been adding to since I started scrapping and is more unique is 100 Things to Do Before I Die.
I don't make gift albums.
I've only "completed" four albums which were all vacation related so they have a definite ending point. The rest are just albums filled with pages in random order. I have about 12 of those and I've been scrapping since 2000. I'm a slow scrapper.
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Dancingfish
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51456 - 10/7/2002
Posts: 7787 Layouts: 45
Loc: VA
Count: 1 | Posted: 6/2/2009 9:14:58 AM
My travel albums get pulled out all the time.. hubby loves to show the places we have been to guests. The family albums not so much... but I do find that if you randomly pull out an older album and put it on the coffee table friends and family will leaf through it and reminease (sp?).
I do have to agree with others.. I do this for me-- so when I have lost the memories I can go back through time! |
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stinkerbelle
What can I post about?
PeaNut 57105 - 11/26/2002
Posts: 998 Layouts: 1
Loc: NWMO | Posted: 6/2/2009 10:39:13 PM
i pretty much never look at older albums, unless i'm looking for a specific date or something. my kids never ever look...they could not care less.
i've been scrapping since 2001 but lost all my albums in a fire in 2006. since i began scrapping again, roughly september of 07, i have done approximately 10, plus 2 8x8 gift albums. i scrap 8.5x11 so i have 2 albums going that i stick pages in when i finish them (one landscape, one vertical), plus i have 2 6x12 books going too.
i don't have a favorite album. mine are all completely random and i have only ever made the two gift albums mentioned above; i scrap for myself mainly. | |
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Chichi Labamba
PeaNut
PeaNut 424913 - 6/1/2009
Posts: 475 Layouts: 10
Loc: Southern California
Count: 2 | Posted: 6/3/2009 1:02:03 AM
I have a son with Asperger's Syndrome and it helps to show him what he's done and how far he's come. It's great to look at them with him. Sometimes my hubby looks at them just for fun. My youngest boy could care less.
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scrapnpea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 266150 - 6/23/2006
Posts: 2370 Layouts: 41
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I have done about 30-35 albums I too have scrapped many years,
I do give alot as gifts, of the ones I keep I don't look at them often.
I do this more for a creative outlet and to keep a "history" for my daughter and her family in years to come.
I have referred to them some for change comparisons.
My favorite album is one I did for myself of all the photos and memorbillia I kept when I went to the New York Worlds Fair/and visit to New York City back in 1964/65.
It reflects alot of Walt Disney's ideas for WDW that was in the secret planning stages, during that time and that now we visit almost monthly as we are pass holders. I rode the original Its a small World, Carousel of Progress and what is now The American adventure was part of his Abe Lincoln exhibit at the fair.
I also have photos of Macys/Gimbels[no longer exsists] and all the sites of the city.
It's a wonderful memory, from so many [44]years ago. |
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vickiecno
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 107389 - 9/19/2003
Posts: 2009 Layouts: 197
Loc: Southeast Louisiana
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How often do you or your family members look at your albums?
I usually look through the on going ones when I have a new layout to add. My family never asks to look at the albums.
Also do you have a favorite album you've completed -- and what was the subject you scrapped?
I would have to say my Disney albums.
Do you make most of your albums for yourself or do you make albums as gifts for other family members?
For myself.
My last question -- how many albums have you completed since you started scrapbooking?
No real count. Will have to sit down and make a list. A wild guess would be about 15.
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teachNpea
He calls me his future wifPEA
PeaNut 260956 - 5/9/2006
Posts: 7038 Layouts: 413
Loc: Heart of America
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i enjoy looking at them quite often, maybe a couple times a month. |
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wvbeetlebug
PeaAddict
PeaNut 212460 - 6/30/2005
Posts: 1257 Layouts: 89
Loc: Winston-Salem, NC (Home of the Krispy Kreme!)
Count: 2 | Posted: 6/3/2009 9:18:10 AM
Good Post.
How often do you or your family members look at your albums?
Not very often. I display my pages on my desk and my son and DH see it in passing. I'll show DH a LO I think I've done really well on. He's quite impressed and appreciates what I'm doing to preserve our precious family moments.
Also do you have a favorite album you've completed -- and what was the subject you scrapped?
I only have two albums that I'm working on. My son's album and our vacation album. I haven't worked on the vacation in a long time. I've been concentrating my efforts on my son's album, which is my favorite.
Do you make most of your albums for yourself or do you make albums as gifts for other family members?
I make the albums for myself.
My last question -- how many albums have you completed since you started scrapbooking? I've not completed the two albums that I've started. I would like to start an album on the house we bought, but I need to get my son's album at least up to the year 2000 before I worry about starting a new album.
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stamperscrapper1
Will I ever get to Buckethead?!
PeaNut 171792 - 10/9/2004
Posts: 402 Layouts: 67
Loc: somewhere between going & crazy
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I've been doing this hobby for 6-1/2 years now (starting after the birth of first child).
How often do you or your family members look at your albums? 4-8 times a year. (not counting mini's which are in a basket for easy access).
Also do you have a favorite album you've completed -- and what was the subject you scrapped? probably my mini's for DS & DD for 07 & 08. They have pockets for tags which house journaling about what they did/how they did things during the year. I love reading through them to see how they have changed or how they haven't.
Do you make most of your albums for yourself or do you make albums as gifts for other family members? Myself (only a few get given as gifts) + I make pages for my sister to put in her album (although she's ready for a new album)
My last question -- how many albums have you completed since you started scrapbooking? 2-gift albums (3 if you count my sister's). I separate my albums into DS, DD, us as a family, DH&me, my family/friends, DH's family/friends. I try to keep them as chronological as possible without scrapping that way. So the album is complete if I can't fit any more layouts in, then I move to the next album for the topic. I have 5 completed. |
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stamperscrapper1
Will I ever get to Buckethead?!
PeaNut 171792 - 10/9/2004
Posts: 402 Layouts: 67
Loc: somewhere between going & crazy
| Posted: 6/3/2009 10:16:59 AM
Vi: "I was thinking if this hobby is worth it to me if I don't look at the completed albums. I know I get a lot of satisfaction just through the creative process but I also want my scrapbooking to be valued."
Although I & the kids do tend to look a lot right now at scrapbooks, I expect there will be a time when I have too many and the kids won't be interested. But I expect when I am in my rocking chair looking over every detail of each layout thus protecting my poor memory at 100, I'll see even more value. And I bet my grandkids will love seeing there mom & dad as wee ones (I know I would love to have these about my parents/grandparents). |
Lisa d.
http://myrecklessabandonment.blogspot.com/ | |
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arelys1228
PeaNut
PeaNut 422247 - 5/7/2009
Posts: 52 Layouts: 12
Loc: Queens NYC
Count: 1 | Posted: 6/3/2009 10:22:08 AM
ive been scrapbooking for almost 4 years and I just cant get enough. I look foward to showing my 20+ albums but most of all making pages of my family and them seeing.
My favorite subject is my duaghter and dog but of coures my family
everyone one in a while I do me LOL - but for occassion such as bday, mom day, xmas i do mini album or crats to give away as gifts and they are much appreciated.
my fav. albums ar ethe ones of xmas its a tradition to get together at my brothers BIG apartment with his LIL tree and we each take our turn informt of the video camera opening our gifts.
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erink8
PeaNut
PeaNut 266513 - 6/26/2006
Posts: 232 Layouts: 0
Loc: middle of the midwest-STL
| Posted: 6/3/2009 11:40:29 AM
I have been scrapping for about 6 years. The first few albums I made where for family members (didn't have my own kids).
I love giving mini albums and or pages/collage frames as gifts...always a big hit.
My favorite album is my sons, I love looking back to see how much he has grown.
I would say my albums get looked at quite often. Even if I haven't added pages in a while it is the first thing my mom wants to do when we sit down to relax! I keep my albums in the living room and pull them down often to look through. My son is almost two and LOVES to look at his book as well as the basket of mini albums I have made.
I really think it depends on why you scrap and how you display your albums. THere is no doubt when you walk in my home that I scrapbook (even without seeing my scraproom). I have home decor projects and mini's all over the place ! I figure I put all of the time, money, love and hardwork in that I should get to enjoy it all the time, not just special occasions...or in my old age! |
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SonjaW
PeaAddict
PeaNut 123540 - 1/10/2004
Posts: 1842 Layouts: 0
Loc: San Jose, California | Posted: 6/3/2009 2:46:02 PM
How often do you or your family members look at your albums? I guess I don't take them out too often. When I want to show someone, but I really don't take them out and look at them just for the *** of it.
Also do you have a favorite album you've completed -- and what was the subject you scrapped? I think my favorite album is my trip to Greece with my husband. He wasn't much of a traveler when I met him and the Greece trip was really the expression of a mutual desire to travel. Besides, it was our last big trip before he died.
Do you make most of your albums for yourself or do you make albums as gifts for other family members? Mostly I make albums for myself and my friends. I probably make one for a friend for each 5-6 that I make for myself. Usually the friend ones are smaller than my big 12x12 books I make for myself.
My last question -- how many albums have you completed since you started scrapbooking? I've done around 25. I have done maybe 15 over 10 years but I am picking up speed.
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Tam2
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 358347 - 1/22/2008
Posts: 2704 Layouts: 46
Count: 3 | Posted: 6/3/2009 3:19:38 PM
Most of the sb's I've made are our family albums. We don't have any children, but, no, we don't look through them very much. Mainly b/c when tornado season comes, I put them in the basement - which I usually forget to bring them back up afterwards.
I don't know how many I've made - but it's been several. I've made a lot for gifts (both 12x12 & smaller) & quite a few for us (12x12).
I guess that I mostly do it for the creative therapy. I also like the fact that I'm keeping our memories for later (you know, when we can't remember anything any longer ), but I really don't have anyone to "pass them on to". |
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Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Philippians 4:8
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Pluck
PeaAddict
PeaNut 141671 - 4/13/2004
Posts: 1229 Layouts: 0
| Posted: 6/3/2009 3:22:54 PM
I have been scrapping about 8 years. We (DH and I) frequently look through our scrapbooks. He loves to take them to work to show off our DGS or pictures of our vacations. My DGS (almost 8) will look at them if I insist, and then he shows interest, but he would never look on his own.
I have about 10 completed albums, I guess. I also love to do mini albums. In fact, I need to get one made for my DH for Father's Day. He will be very disappointed if he doesn't get one. He wears them out from dragging them to work and showing everyone he knows. When DGS was a baby, he would even go up to complete strangers. To say he is proud (of DGS) would be the biggest understatement ever. (He had no kids of his own)
Other than for DH, the only gift albums I have made have been for my FIL, who was dying of cancer, his sister (a memorial album), and one for my MIL, which was also a memorial album of her mother. My FIL, who was an alcoholic with a lot of mental problems, who seemed to be the last person you would think would appreciate a scrapbook, was so touched he kept it in his bed until the day he died. It really touched my heart, since I had gone through a whole gamut of feelings about this man. I say this because you just never know who will be touched by your scrapping.
I don't have a favorite album, although I do have a tender spot for my huge Alaskan cruise book. It was my first attempt at serious scrapping, and although I cringe when I look at some of the LOs, I can remember making each one, as I relive our first cruise. I made a LO of everything we did, LOL.
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mlamarre
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 150625 - 6/5/2004
Posts: 2199 Layouts: 431
| Posted: 6/3/2009 4:46:19 PM
Great thread, I really need to look at my albums more and clean up som eof them.
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scrapperGurl91
BucketHead
PeaNut 391100 - 9/9/2008
Posts: 690 Layouts: 59
Loc: The South
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I don't look at them a lot, but I guess I look at them about 1 or 2 times a month when I get bored! |
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iluvsunflowers15
BucketHead
PeaNut 131841 - 2/19/2004
Posts: 838 Layouts: 14 | Posted: 6/4/2009 11:43:36 AM
The best scrapbooks I have made were for my parents. For my mother's 60th birthday, I made a scrapbook that documented her whole life. For my father, I did the same thing but it was given to him on Hanukkah.
I look at the albums frequently to reminsce the memories I had and still have with my parents.
I just recently lost my grandfather (last living grandparent) and its bittersweet when I look through the albums and see the grandparents.
So, in addition to reminiscing, I like to reuse some ideas from the books.
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